Lubuntu: VBox Addiotion installed but not working

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Perryg
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Re: Lubuntu: VBox Addiotion installed but not working

Post by Perryg »

Run the following in the guests terminal and post the results ( as an attachment)

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sudo /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup
Primus729
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Re: Lubuntu: VBox Addiotion installed but not working

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Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules ...done.
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
You should restart your guest to make sure the new modules are actually used
Rebooted and everything is as before
Perryg
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Re: Lubuntu: VBox Addiotion installed but not working

Post by Perryg »

You may need a newer version of Virtualbox. 4.3.12 is the latest one. Depending on the version of Ubuntu you installed you may even need a special build.
Primus729
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Re: Lubuntu: VBox Addiotion installed but not working

Post by Primus729 »

I installed the newer version, extension pack and repeated all process. It seems to be working now, thank you very much :D
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