debian lenny -vs- VBoxLinuxAdditions

[ThatNewGuy]

Hi, first I want to thank Sasquatch for his very good tutorial on this subject:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... 79&start=0

Now I will share exactly what I did to get mine working in case people are still having problems:

// I am running windows 7 as host, debian lenny as guest in VirtualBox //
// I installed only the basic packages, no options checked initially //
// This is a list of precisely what I did so far... //

//commands executed: //

apt-get update
apt-get install x-window-system
apt-get install bzip2
apt-get install build-essential
apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

// in VBox: do Devices and install additions, then: //

mount /media/cdrom0
cd /media/cdrom0
cp VBoxLinuxAdditions.run ~
cd /root
mv VBoxLinuxAdditions.run VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
sh VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run


// Now we must edit the display properties to make it 32 bit: //
vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
// under "Screen" change where it says 24 to 32 //

reboot

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// By now the display should be properly configured... //
// Have a nice day! //

[Sasquatch]

The move to change the filename isn't needed, other than that, it's just as written in my howto, just slimmed down a lot . You didn't have to copy the file either, you can run it directly from the 'cdrom'. I'm glad my guide was helpful for you. I'll update it now to include the new filename, kept forgetting about it.