error in installing guest addition

[mahmood]

dear all
I installed lubuntu 11.04 as guest on a win 7 as host. The version of virtualbox is 4.0.8
The problem is when I want to install guest addition I get an error

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mahmood@pc:/media/VBOXADDITIONS_4.0.8_71778$ ./autorun.sh
/usr/bin/xterm Xt error: can't open display:
/usr/bin/xterm: DISPLAY is not set

any idea to fix that?

[Perryg]

This should help Howto: Install Linux Guest Additions

[mahmood]

Nothing changed. It is stated that for older version of VB, i should edit xorg.conf.
As I said, I use lubuntu which use lxdm. There is no xorg.conf and I don't know how much important it is for VB 4.0.8
As far as I remember, I didn't have such problem with lubuntu 10.10.

any comment?

[mahmood]

Well...
Instead of ./autorun.sh I did

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sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

and there was no problem.

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[b]root@pc:/media/VBOXADDITIONS_4.0.8_71778# sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run [/b]
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.0.8 Guest Additions for Linux.........
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules ...done.
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
Starting the VirtualBox Guest Additions ...done.
Installing the Window System drivers
Installing X.Org Server 1.10 modules ...done.
Setting up the Window System to use the Guest Additions ...done.
You may need to restart the hal service and the Window System (or just restart
the guest system) to enable the Guest Additions.

Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components ...done.

it is now fixed

[Sasquatch]

Nothing changed. It is stated that for older version of VB, i should edit xorg.conf.
As I said, I use lubuntu which use lxdm. There is no xorg.conf and I don't know how much important it is for VB 4.0.8
As far as I remember, I didn't have such problem with lubuntu 10.10.

any comment?

Yes, I have a comment. You didn't read the howto properly. There are clear notes that the xorg config is NOT required for newer versions of Linux. Nor did you properly read what command you had to use to install the GA.

Well...
Instead of ./autorun.sh I did

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sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

and there was no problem.

it is now fixed

See, that's after you actually start reading. Taking a long piece of text for granted and not trying to understand it and take your time while it's in the tutorials section is disrespectful towards the writer. Since you found the proper way, I forgive you. I hope you don't do things like this in normal life when you're in a hurry, you could get burned one day.

Take care.