Kernel Headers Affecting Guest Additons

[Perryg]

Let's do this. Boot holding the left shift key down to get to grub. Keep doing it until you get the guest to boot to the grub screen.
Select the next kernel down in the list and see if it will boot.

You can't really do anything else until you get this part to work, unless you want to install the guest from scratch.

[Sasquatch]

If you can't get the Grub menu to show, then just remove the kernel package and reboot. Check with 'uname -r' to see which kernel you have booted into. You should have the Ubuntu stock kernel, 2.6.38-8-generic.

[Tim_Olaguna]

Thank you for helping this user. In doing so you helped me a great deal.

[AJavi]

Thank you for helping this user. In doing so you helped me a great deal.

yes this has helped but still i get the same error message. i removed the kernel you told me too and installed over it and seem to have the newest version


Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
dkms is already the newest version.
build-essential is already the newest version.
linux-headers-generic is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

dont think it helped the Guest Additons

[Sasquatch]

I see 2 not upgraded. That would be your kernel headers. The image might have been installed, and you run that kernel, but the kernel headers aren't. But then again, maybe they aren't your headers, but other packages. Either way, check with Synaptic or aptitude which kernel packages are installed: headers and image. Then verify that with uname -r output.

[AJavi]

I see 2 not upgraded. That would be your kernel headers. The image might have been installed, and you run that kernel, but the kernel headers aren't. But then again, maybe they aren't your headers, but other packages. Either way, check with Synaptic or aptitude which kernel packages are installed: headers and image. Then verify that with uname -r output.

I get an error message whenever i boot Linux Mint saying "starting without administrative privileges" and also how do i share a folder. i added one in the vbox settings for my Virtual machine. it is a folder on my windows 7 host machine called "shared files" how do i find this in the virtual machine (linux mint)

[Sasquatch]

I get an error message whenever i boot Linux Mint saying "starting without administrative privileges"

Ask that in the Linux Mint forums. Maybe it should be like that. After all, you should work on Linux as unprivileged user.

and also how do i share a folder. i added one in the vbox settings for my Virtual machine. it is a folder on my windows 7 host machine called "shared files" how do i find this in the virtual machine (linux mint)

That's another question for another topic. Do check my signature links first.

Please don't change the subject. Your problem is installing the Guest Additions. Focus on that first.

[AJavi]

I get an error message whenever i boot Linux Mint saying "starting without administrative privileges"

Ask that in the Linux Mint forums. Maybe it should be like that. After all, you should work on Linux as unprivileged user.

and also how do i share a folder. i added one in the vbox settings for my Virtual machine. it is a folder on my windows 7 host machine called "shared files" how do i find this in the virtual machine (linux mint)

That's another question for another topic. Do check my signature links first.

Please don't change the subject. Your problem is installing the Guest Additions. Focus on that first.

oh btw it wasnt working i had to fix it myself. it worked all of a sudden. very quirky this Linux Mint. its a flop. anyway this is relating to the topic. now that guest additions SEEM to be working the shared folder should be. how do i get files off my Linux Mint VM so i can see them on Windows host and how do i browse my Windos host system. i will post another topic on this so i dont upset you again from the drasic action of posting about shared folders in the "wrong" area.