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I can't seem to get the shared clipboard feature working between Ubuntu 16.04 Host and Ubuntu 16.04 Guest. A few notes:

- The guest tools are installed on both the guest and the host:
Guest: virtualbox-guest-dkms is already the newest version (5.0.32-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2).
Host: virtualbox-guest-dkms is already the newest version (5.0.32-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2).

- I have "Shared Clipboard -> Bidirectional" selected

- Rebooting guest and host (of course)

- Dragging and dropping files from the guest to the host or vice versa works

- I've tried using right click copy, right click paste as well as ctrl+c and ctrl + v

- This also doesn't work with an UbuntU Host to Windows 2012 system.

Any ideas on how I can troubleshoot? What I missed? Why this isn't working?

Thanks
Brad

First issue is you are using the Ubuntu fork which is not supported here. You can ask them or remove theirs and install the official version from virtualbox.org

I just uninstalled the Ubuntu fork tools, installed the official vbox additions, and rebooted. I now see this in the guest:

brad@localhost:~$ modinfo vboxguest
filename: /lib/modules/4.4.0-62-generic/misc/vboxguest.ko
version: 5.1.14 r112924
license: GPL
description: Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions for Linux Module
author: Oracle Corporation
srcversion: 9F72BDC77F0EA293EBF655B
alias: pci:v000080EEd0000CAFEsv00000000sd00000000bc*sc*i*
depends:
vermagic: 4.4.0-62-generic SMP mod_unload modversions

Copy/paste still doesn't work.

Post the guests log file ( as an attachment ). Right click on the guest in the Main Manager then click show log. Save and post as an attachment. Compress if it is too large to post.

And

Post the guests /var/log/vboxadd-install.log as an attachment.

Just a small comment:

bab5470 wrote:The guest tools are installed on both the guest and the host

Why would you do that? It's called "Guest Additions", not "Guest and Host Additions". They're meant to be installed in the guest. Only.

Why would you do that? It's called "Guest Additions", not "Guest and Host Additions". They're meant to be installed in the guest. Only.

Because:

A) Copy/Paste wasn't working so I tried everything I could think of
B) I haven't used virtualbox a before and wasn't ware if they were required to be installed in the host as well