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Ubuntu 13.10 based distros not rebuilding the GAs

Posted: 10. Jul 2013, 21:42
by loukingjr
I have a few Ubuntu 13.10 based guests, Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu etc. that when installing the kernel update from 3.10.0-0 to 3.10.0-2, no longer rebuild the GAs. I had to reinstall the GAs to get them to work. DKMS and Build-Essential, Headers etc were installed. Just noting it.

edit: I meant this to go in Linux guests. I don't think it's a Mac host issue.

Re: Ubuntu 13.10 based distros not rebuilding the GAs

Posted: 10. Jul 2013, 22:24
by stefan.becker
Dont expect support for alpha versions.

Re: Ubuntu 13.10 based distros not rebuilding the GAs

Posted: 10. Jul 2013, 23:00
by loukingjr
I don't. Just noting it.

Re: Ubuntu 13.10 based distros not rebuilding the GAs

Posted: 10. Jul 2013, 23:31
by Perryg
I have not been keeping up on 13.10 because I don't care for the way it is progressing. That said instead of reinstalling you can usually run the following command to get the guest additions going again. Not sure how they are going to work in MIR but they should work in the fallback X.

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sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Re: Ubuntu 13.10 based distros not rebuilding the GAs

Posted: 11. Jul 2013, 01:39
by loukingjr
okay, thanks Perry.

Re: Ubuntu 13.10 based distros not rebuilding the GAs

Posted: 11. Jul 2013, 03:00
by loukingjr
just a note... when I ran the sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup command I got this error...
sudo: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: command not found

Re: Ubuntu 13.10 based distros not rebuilding the GAs

Posted: 11. Jul 2013, 03:25
by Perryg
Of course you do! That is for the host side. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. :wink:

change vboxdrv to vboxadd

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sudo /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup

Re: Ubuntu 13.10 based distros not rebuilding the GAs

Posted: 11. Jul 2013, 03:29
by loukingjr
oh. LOL