Copy Paste not working; unsure if Guest Additions installed

[balajikvijayan]

Windows 8.1 Host, Virtual Box 5.0.10, Ubuntu 14.03 LTS Server Guest.

Installed using the ISO from the ubuntu website and got the VM running fine. When I tried to install the Guest Additions using the "Insert Guest Additions CD" option I get a "Unable to insert the virtual optical disk". I can confirm that the virtual drive has no media mounted when I boot the guest.

I also tried the alternate CL installation instructions found on this forum by sasquatch; it appeared to install fine but I was still unable to successfully copy & paste from the host to the guest. I am attempting to paste a long CURL statement from a text editor into the CL of the guest.

I've also tried 3 or 4 of the sudo apt-get install commands (don't have them handy but its the various solutions folks have suggested via a Google search) I've attached my log file to this post as well.

FYI - My end goal is installing Matlab on this VM. The only routes I know are using CURL (extremely long statement) and CL installation or using the GUI to install; however I believe I need to get the guest additions for both of these routes.

Thanks in advance!

[mpack]

Please post a VM log file. With the VM fully shut down, right click it in GUI. Select "Show Log" and save "VBox.log" (ONLY) to a zip file. Attach the zip here.

[balajikvijayan]

Please post a VM log file. With the VM fully shut down, right click it in GUI. Select "Show Log" and save "VBox.log" (ONLY) to a zip file. Attach the zip here.

Updated the original post.

[mpack]

You do have Guest Additions installed :-

00:00:18.913135 VMMDev: Guest Additions information report: Version 4.3.34 r104062 '4.3.34_Ubuntu'

Unfortunately that's the GAs from the Ubuntu fork (we don't support forks here), plus it's GAs from an older version. I suggest installing current and official GAs. The user manual tells you how.

[balajikvijayan]

You do have Guest Additions installed :-

00:00:18.913135 VMMDev: Guest Additions information report: Version 4.3.34 r104062 '4.3.34_Ubuntu'

Unfortunately that's the GAs from the Ubuntu fork (we don't support forks here), plus it's GAs from an older version. I suggest installing current and official GAs. The user manual tells you how.

Updated the GAs to match my VB version and confirmed in the log. After a reboot I am still unable to copy & paste into the VM. Other suggestions for troubleshooting?

[loukingjr]

FWIW, you can't copy and paste files, only text and image clippings.

[balajikvijayan]

FWIW, you can't copy and paste files, only text and image clippings.

I should should clarify; I cannot copy and paste text from a text editor into the VM. When I do Ctrl + V the VM inserts ^V and when I do Shift + Insert the VM inserts ^[[2~

[socratis]

When I do Ctrl + V the VM inserts ^V

Are you absolutely sure that the Paste shortcut is Ctrl-V? For example, if you want to paste in a Terminal in a Linux guest, there is no such thing as Ctrl-V, but typically it is Ctrl-Shift-V, and if you press Ctrl-V you get ^V, just like in your case, i.e. this is normal. If your application has a menu, take a look for the actual shortcut (usually under Edit).