Unable To Copy/Paste/Drag/Drop Between Host/VBox

[Doc Strange]

sudo apt-get purge virtualbox (minus the *) seems to be doing something, last line currently reading:

E: sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

will try

sudo apt-get purge VirtualBox (minus the *)

[Doc Strange]

sudo apt-get purge VirtualBox (minus the *) also gives msg that E: couldn't find package VirtualBox


hmmm

[Perryg]

the * is there for a reason. it is a wild card that tells apt to uninstall everything that has VirtualBox or virtualbox. Just using virtualbox will produce an error as you have found out.

You say it looks like it is doing something but you fail to specify what. You need to be observant and understand what is happening and convey that information to whom ever is trying to help you. remember they are not there seeing what you are seeing.

Let's see if anything is loaded. run the follow:

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ps -Al | grep VBox

[Doc Strange]

Perry, thanks for the advice on that I have tried that code, both with and without the * added. As I mentioned the only time there seemed to be some progress was using the following:

sudo apt-get purge virtualbox (minus the *)

However the last line of code read:

E: sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

and it returned to root@bt #


I will try the latest code you suggested and get back to you. Thanks again

[Doc Strange]

Perry, followed your suggestion, entered that code and here's the message that appeared in my guest terminal:

root@bt:~# ps -Al | grep VBox
1 S 0 1243 1 0 80 0 - 7012 sigtim ? 00:00:08 VBoxService
1 S 0 1426 1 0 80 0 - 12418 rtR0Se ? 00:00:00 VBoxClient
1 S 0 1435 1 0 80 0 - 12942 rtR0Se ? 00:00:00 VBoxClient
1 S 0 1440 1 0 80 0 - 11867 poll_s ? 00:00:00 VBoxClient
1 S 0 1445 1 2 80 0 - 12062 futex_ ? 00:01:21 VBoxClient
root@bt:~#

Also I was able to copy that from guest terminal into notepad on my host window, good sign huh?

[Perryg]

Yes that indicates it is working.

[Doc Strange]

Perry here's what I was seeing on the guest terminal when trying that apt-get purge code.

root@bt:~# sudo apt-get purge VirtualBox* && sudo apt-get purge virtualbox*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting virtualbox for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-dbg for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-source for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-dkms for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-qt for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-guest-source for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-2.0 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-2.1 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-2.2 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-3.0 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-3.1 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-3.2 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-fuse for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-guest-utils for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-guest-additions for regex 'VirtualBox*'
E: Couldn't find package VirtualBox*
root@bt:~# sudo apt-get purge VirtualBox*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting virtualbox for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-dbg for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-source for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-dkms for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-qt for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-guest-source for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-2.0 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-2.1 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-2.2 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-3.0 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-3.1 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-3.2 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-fuse for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-guest-utils for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 for regex 'VirtualBox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-guest-additions for regex 'VirtualBox*'
E: Couldn't find package VirtualBox*
root@bt:~# sudo apt-get purge virtualbox*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting virtualbox for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-dbg for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-source for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-dkms for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-qt for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-guest-source for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-2.0 for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-2.1 for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-2.2 for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-3.0 for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-3.1 for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-3.2 for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-fuse for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-guest-utils for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 for regex 'virtualbox*'
Note, selecting virtualbox-guest-additions for regex 'virtualbox*'
E: Couldn't find package virtualbox*
root@bt:~# sudo apt-get purge virtualbox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package virtualbox is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libecryptfs0 libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 libdebconfclient0 ecryptfs-utils cryptsetup
rdate bogl-bterm libdebian-installer4 reiserfsprogs dmraid python-pyicu
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up se-toolkit (4.2.1-bt0) ...
svn: OPTIONS of 'http://svn.trustedsec.com/social_engineering_toolkit': could not connect to server (http://svn.trustedsec.com)
dpkg: error processing se-toolkit (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up w3af (1.2-bt2) ...
tar: pybloomfiltermmap-0.2.0.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
/var/lib/dpkg/info/w3af.postinst: line 4: cd: pybloomfiltermmap-0.2.0: No such file or directory
python: can't open file 'setup.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
svn: Repository moved permanently to 'https://svn.code.sf.net/p/w3af/code/trunk'; please relocate
dpkg: error processing w3af (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
se-toolkit
w3af
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@bt:~# sudo apt-get purge VirtualBox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package VirtualBox

[Perryg]

Then you are going to need to do this the hard way. That is if it needs to be done.

Post (from the guest) the /var/log/vboxadd-install log (as an attachment)

I can not go forward without that file.

[Doc Strange]

Perry, I have now been able to drag and drop that .pl file into the guest desktop, so I am hoping that somehow the issue has been resolved, although I am not sure how, was it that code you advised? Anyway I have just done a reboot with 'save state' option and will see if all is still well, if not shall try to get the log you mentioned Doc Strange

[Doc Strange]

Perry

It looks like the copy/paste and DnD issue has been resolved, thank you so much for advising me, I am most grateful for your help. Meanwhile I would like help with another matter relating to installing/setting up a Network Manager in VBox/BT5, Please advise if I should post details here or is it best to start a new thread? Thanks again for being such a star

[Perryg]

The actual setup and usage within the guest OS is outside the scope of this forum and questions should be directed to the forum that supports your guest OS.