Problem with guest Additions

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Shakti Yadav
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Problem with guest Additions

Post by Shakti Yadav »

hi,
virtual box 4.0.8r
host : windows 7 64 bit home basic
guest : fedora 17 64 bit

i got it installed and working properly .wanted to set up shared folder so tried installing guest additions .

updated kernels :yum -y update kernel
updated other files :yum -y install kernel-devel kernel-headers dkms gcc gcc-c++

all installs were successful .
mounted the guest additions and executed the .run
got the following error in terminal


uploading the screen shot and log files here.
vboxadd-install.log
error log file here.
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terminal screen shot here
terminal screen shot here
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kindly help me .
cant figure out the stuff from log files
pls tell what things should i exactly install to get it working.
Perryg
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Re: Problem with guest Additions

Post by Perryg »

You're probably going to need to install VirtualBox version 4.1.18 or newer to get the X11 to work properly. Then install the guest additions to match the newer version of VirtualBox.
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