Cannot access Shared Folders on XP SP2 guest

someonelse · Post by **someonelse** » 16. Jul 2008, 10:06

The Host: openSUSE 11.0
The Guest: Windows XP SP2

I have tried the OSE 5.6 version.
I have tried the OSE 6.2 version.
I have tried reinstalling the OSE 6.2 version.
I have tried reinstalling the 6.2 Guest Additions.
multiple times.
I have tried reinstalling the Microsoft Network Client.
I have tried fixing the registry with fix_vbox_share_folder.reg as suggested in ticket 1680.
I have tried the proprietary 6.2 version.
I have tried going through My Network Places.
I have tried "net use z: \\vboxsvr\<share>".
And yes, I have set up the shared folder through VBox.
I have tried just about every trick I can find, and nothing is working.

Every time, it tells me it can't find diddly-squat.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thank you all in advance.

Post by **stefan.becker** » 16. Jul 2008, 16:14

What are the names for the Folders? Exact Foldername, exact sharenname, exact command?

someonelse · Post by **someonelse** » 16. Jul 2008, 18:40

The folder I am trying to share is /home/imp, with the name imphome. VBox sets it up as a machine folder automatically.

net use z: \\vboxsvr\imphome

Post by **stefan.becker** » 16. Jul 2008, 20:06

Hm, two standard ideas:

For net use try capital letters for sharename.

And try this as admin in the guest, not as a user.

someonelse · Post by **someonelse** » 16. Jul 2008, 20:21

Still get Error 67: Network name cannot be found.

So capital letters is a no-go, and I've been doing all of these things from Admin already.

Even if I do net use z: \\vboxsvr it can't find anything, so I don't think it is an issue with the particular folder or sharename that I've chosen. Then again, if nothing else is working, anything's worth a shot.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Post by **Sasquatch** » 16. Jul 2008, 23:01

Give up on the command line use and browse the network enviroment with the Explorer. Show Entire Network, then go to Virtualbox Host Network (or something similar). You can create a drive mapping to your shared folders from there. If you don't see anything like your shared folder or the Virtualbox network, something went wrong with the installation of the GA. Disable/Remove any protection software you have running on the Guest and try the install again (for the fourth time

).

someonelse · Post by **someonelse** » 17. Jul 2008, 01:01

Tried that too. I can see what is supposedly the VirtualBox network, but it's empty. And if I try to add a network folder, it gives me the same Not Found errors as the command line.

someonelse · Post by **someonelse** » 24. Jul 2008, 02:46

I've discovered that at boot, both vboxadd and vboxvfs fail to start because of the following errors:

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 # /etc/init.d/vboxadd start
Starting VirtualBox Additions                                         failed
(modprobe vboxadd failed)
 # modprobe vboxadd
FATAL: Error inserting vboxadd (/lib/modules/2.6.25.9-0.2-default/updates/vboxadd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
 # /etc/init.d/vboxvfs start
Starting VirtualBox Additions shared folder support                   failed
(modprobe vboxvfs failed)
 # modprobe vboxvfs
WARNING: Error inserting vboxadd (/lib/modules/2.6.25.9-0.2-default/updates/vboxadd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting vboxvfs (/lib/modules/2.6.25.9-0.2-default/updates/vboxvfs.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

Here's what dmesg tells me:

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vboxadd: Unknown symbol RTSpinlockReleaseNoInts
vboxadd: Unknown symbol RTHeapSimpleAlloc
vboxadd: Unknown symbol RTSpinlockCreate
vboxadd: Unknown symbol RTHeapSimpleFree
vboxadd: Unknown symbol RTHeapSimpleInit
vboxadd: Unknown symbol RTSpinlockDestroy
vboxadd: Unknown symbol RTSpinlockAcquireNoInts
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol vboxadd_cmc_open
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol RTLogBackdoorPrintf
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol vboxadd_cmc_ctl_guest_filter_mask
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol RTSpinlockReleaseNoInts
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol RTHeapSimpleAlloc
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol RTErrConvertToErrno
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol vboxadd_cmc_call
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol RTSpinlockCreate
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol RTAssertDoBreakpoint
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol RTHeapSimpleFree
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol vboxadd_cmc_close
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol RTHeapSimpleInit
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol AssertMsg2
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol RTSpinlockDestroy
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol AssertMsg1
vboxvfs: Unknown symbol RTSpinlockAcquireNoInts

Any ideas? Thanks again!

Marco1 · Post by **Marco1** » 24. Jul 2008, 08:23

At opensuse10.3 I also had problems with shared folders. Something was wrong wirth the VB 1.6.2 gueat additions - got a hint to use the guest addition from VB 1.6.0 (available on the virtualbox ftp) and it is working fine now.

someonelse · Post by **someonelse** » 24. Jul 2008, 20:58

All right, I'll certainly give that a try, but that would only affect the guest additions inside the VM, wouldn't it? Seeing as the "VirtualBox Guest Tools 1.6.2", installed via yast in SUSE, are what is failing, could this actually fix the problem?

Post by **Sasquatch** » 24. Jul 2008, 21:16

You installed VB Guest Tools in the Host system? Why would you do that if you use the non-OSE version. Also, it clearly said Guest Tools, that would indicate that it's intended for a Guest system (like running OpenSuse as Guest). You do not need any Guest tools on Host systems, especially Guest Additions. They could screw up your Host (like setting the vboxmouse and vboxvideo instead of your own hardware driver).

There is a menu option to install the GA. Use that next time. The ISO will be mounted automatically, but you might have to run the installer in the Guest manually if autorun does not start.

One last thing. It's a bit unclear what you have running now. In your OP you state that you have OpenSUSE as Host and XP as Guest, yet later you state that the GA cannot be loaded pointing to Linux errors. Please note exactly what you have, how you have it and what you want to accomplish (afaict, it's accessing SF from XP).

someonelse · Post by **someonelse** » 24. Jul 2008, 21:30

Heheh, aren't I the silly one?

I had thought that the "VB Guest Tools" on the host system were necessary to interface with the Guest Additions in the VM. Now that I think about it, that never really made much sense to start with, but oh well.

I uninstalled the Guest Tools on the home system, but the shared folders still didn't work. I then installed the Guest Additions in the XP VM (using the VB menu, as I had done before), only this time I tried version 1.6.0 as was suggested.

It works beautifully now. Thank you all for your help!

orrorin · Post by **orrorin** » 1. Aug 2008, 19:51

I'm having the exact same problem running WinXP Pro guest on Fedora9 host.

Can someone pl. point me to the ftp URL for Guest Additions 1.6.0? Can't find it on the downloads page...

Thanks.

Post by **Sasquatch** » 1. Aug 2008, 22:20

orrorin wrote:I'm having the exact same problem running WinXP Pro guest on Fedora9 host.

Can someone pl. point me to the ftp URL for Guest Additions 1.6.0? Can't find it on the downloads page...

Thanks.

Try the new 1.6.4 that was released today. For the older GA, see http://www.virtualbox.com/download

orrorin · Post by **orrorin** » 2. Aug 2008, 00:57

Sasquatch wrote:
orrorin wrote:I'm having the exact same problem running WinXP Pro guest on Fedora9 host.

Can someone pl. point me to the ftp URL for Guest Additions 1.6.0? Can't find it on the downloads page...

Thanks.
Try the new 1.6.4 that was released today. For the older GA, see http://www.virtualbox.com/download

Thanks Sasquatch.

I have installed 1.6.4 and am able to happily share folders from Fedora9 host to WinXP Pro(SP3) guest.