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From: Kees Nuyt [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [VBox-users] VBoxLinuxAdditions.run Won't
On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:32:32 -0400, you wrote:
>I have just upgraded VirtualBox on my MS Win 7 laptop from 4.2.0 to
>4.2.2r81494. The upgrade went smoothly and the app downloaded and
>loaded the appropriate extension pack.
>
>
>
> However, when I use the new VM and attempt to install the extension
> pack
I think you mean: Guest Additions. The extension pack is installed in the
VBox installation on the host, the Guest Additions in a supported guest OS.
> (as root) the system won't execute VBoxLinuxAdditions.run, although
> the permissions are -r-xr-xr-x. I suspect because it's a binary file
> ad I don't know how to tell the system to run the file.
You don't have to suspect anything, the (beginning of the) file is very
readable. It's an installer shell script, followed by the installation
package itself, much like a shar.
Must Linux and Unix systems do not have the current directory (also known as
. ) in the PATH environment variable, so you will have to specify the path.
Considering your limited Linux experience, I would advise you not to use
root logins at all to prevent accidents.
Anyway, if you are root:
cd "mountpoint of VBoxAdditions here"
sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
If you are a "primary user" (with sudo permissions):
cd "mountpoint of VBoxAdditions here"
sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
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Kees Nuyt
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Thanks for the answer. That certainly was a red-faced forehead slapper!
Here's what just happened:
root@debian:/media/cdrom0# sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run Verifying archive
integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.2.2 Guest Additions for Linux..........
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing installed version 4.2.2 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules The headers for the
current running kernel were not found. If the following module compilation
fails then this could be the reason.
Building the main Guest Additions module ...fail!
(Look at /var/log/vboxadd-install.log to find out what went wrong) Doing
non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
Installing the Window System drivers
Installing X.Org Server 1.7 modules ...done.
Setting up the Window System to use the Guest Additions ...done.
You may need to restart the hal service and the Window System (or just
restart the guest system) to enable the Guest Additions.
Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components ...done.
I closed the Linux system and VirtualBox and restarted from Win 7, but I
still don't have full screen capability nor Win 7 access from my Debian OS.
Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy
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multivariate
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Skype: smolnar1
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