Hi, I'm trying to set up a Linux Kubuntu 7.10 guest on a Windows XP Pro SP2 Host using VirtualBox 1.5.6. I need to set up a shared folder and I'm using a command like this:
$ sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1234,gid=1234 sharename /home and it works because I am able to open up text files on the host, edit, and save them. However as soon as I run this command I am no longer able to use X applications that weren't already running before I issued the command. On trying to start a new emacs under X, I get "Cannot connect to X server", and a message saying I should set the DISPLAY variable. The variable has already been set, and setting it again does not fix the problem. On trying to open a new konsole, KDE simply says something like "could not run konsole". Firefox won't even open up. The bouncing icon which indicates that firefox is loading, bounces for a while and just goes away. All these three things work before I issue the mount command. How can I correct this? Any pointers will be greatly appreciated. ps My machine is running behind a proxy (don't know if any of this is significant), on a 2-processor dual-core Xeon machine. VirtualBox settings are 1G RAM, 12G HDD on a 4G RAM and 80G HDD machine. Thanks, Ambrose _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
