Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose-guest-x11
This bug report is a spin-off of bug 738330.
When you install Ubuntu as the guest OS in Virtual Box, your natural
first instinct is to install Guest Additions from the Virtual Box menu.
According to comments in 738330 you shouldn't be doing this, instead you
should install package virtualbox-ose-guest-x11.
The problem is twofold:
There is nothing that tells you not to install the Guest Additions from within
Virtual Box
The package virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 is hard to find - searching Software
Centre for Guest Additions doesn't find it.
My solution would be to detect n startup if we're running in a Virtual
Box and if so place a link on the desktop with an obvious name like
"Install Guest Additions" that when clicked would quickly and easily
install them.
I know this may sound like a trivial issue, but to a novice (such as
somebody trying Ubuntu for the first time in vbox) it's a massive turn
off (see bug 738330) which could make people give up on Ubuntu.
Ideally, I suppose we'd detect that they're in a vbox that could run the
guest additions and install them automatically when they install Ubuntu,
but that would probably be quick a lot of work?
** Affects: virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Nothing tells you what Guest Additions to install
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