3d Acceleration and Guest Additions

[ChukerSweet]

You are missing the point. We do not support any other VirtualBox product than the one from VirtualBox org
virtualbox org wiki Downloads

precisely those instructions are tho one I followed to get the current virtualbox I'm using.

[ChukerSweet]

Or you are taking about Guest Additions? If that's the case then how does virtualbox gets 3D support?

[Perryg]

So you have added the VirtualBox Repo to your apt list? Which one did you choose?

[Perryg]

Guest additions are included with the VirtualBox install ( from VirtualBox )

[ChukerSweet]

Well I ran
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.3
But it is true that in the file etc apt sources.list I did not add

deb download virtualbox org virtualbox debian trusty contrib
deb download virtualbox org virtualbox debian saucy contrib
....

(and the rest of the direction. Deleting the "." and "/" so I can post the page)
And if I run
chukersweet@System0 /etc/apt $ sudo apt-key add oracle_vbox.asc
I get:
gpg: can't open `oracle_vbox.asc': No such file or directory

Is this my problem? I'm getting virtualbox from some other repository and this is why even if I run "sudo apt-get update" my version is not my latest version.


If that is the case, to include those "deb download virtualbox org virtualbox debian lucid contrib non-free" pages and should I do that adding the "#" symbol in the sources.list file?
And what's with the key thing, I have to copy paste that somewhere? As you already realize quite newbie at linux, but trying my bet to get along with it

[Perryg]

Well first thing you can not have trusty and saucy both listed in the apt list.

You really should do this the easy way until you get familiar with Linux.

1) make sure that the following are installed.

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sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic

Then download the deb file from the link on the download page and install it with gdebi.

(Make sure to remove the version you already have installed.)

Once you have it installed and started the Windows guest select to insert the guest additions and run then from the file manager. Select to install 3D but say no to first question and yes to the wddm drivers. Reboot the guest and see if it works.