Cant install Guest Additions

[Anointed1]

Hi,

I am new to VB and Linux. I am running host Win7 and VB 4.2.6 r82870. The guest is Ubuntu 12.04.

To summarise I seem to be in a perpetual loop, in that I can't update or install packages. I can't get the wireless adapter in Host
to give me online access in the Guest. Therefore, I need Guest Additions, but I can't get online access, as I don't have the packages
to login to my wireless adapter. I can't create a shared folder for the same reason. I can't begin to install Guest Additions as I can't get online to get the packages... and so it goes on.

How do people usually go about it? To have online access and be able to update packages?

I have attempted to mount the GA ISO by downloading in Win7 and creating the CD/DVD image, but that comes back with an error.

Thanks!

[Perryg]

You need to first fix the network in the guest. You don't need the guest additions for that to work.

Post the following as an attachment:
From the hosts terminal/command window type VBoxManage showvminfo <VM Name> --details and post here. Replace <VM Name> with the actual name of the VM. Use " " if the name has a space in it.

Note if the host is Windows you need to be in the directory that has VBoxManage.exe for the command to work.

[Anointed1]

Further to my original post.
I have been able to see the wireless interface wlan0
Which I set to static ip in the interfaces file.

I could ping it, view SSID & see all details.
I think the point of contention was the WPA login credentials.

I have read only WEP is supported and WPA can't be used
From interfaces file, suggesting should be edited in wpa_supplicant.

However, I have managed to access online via Putty SSH.
So if I can configure wpa_supplicant with wlan0 credentials then all should be ok.

If I have to download dkms package I can now do it via Putty.

Therefore, I am happy for you to close this thread.

Thank you for your consideration.