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Problem with guest Additions

Posted: 15. Sep 2012, 18:25
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.

Re: Problem with guest Additions

Posted: 15. Sep 2012, 20:30
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.