> -----Original Message----- > From: upscope [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 1:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VBox-users] VirtualBox 4.2.4 Guest Additions > > On Sunday, November 25, 2012 12:18:03 PM John A. Wallace wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: upscope [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 12:00 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [VBox-users] VirtualBox 4.2.4 Guest Additions > > > > > > How can I verify guest additions are installed. I installed 4.2.4 > > > VirtualBox and the related Extpack from the oracle website. i also > > > downloaded the related guest additions. In installed win XP > > > successfully but I find no option on the VBoxManager to install > > > guest additions. Has this been built into the VirtualBox RPM? > > > > > > Thanks for any response. > > > > > > Russ > > > -- > > > openSUSE 12.2(Linux 3.4.11-2.16-desktop x86_64)| KDE 4.9.3 "release > > > 520"|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce > > > 8400GS(NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.60) > > > > Hi, Russ. > > > > It is not clear to me whether or not you used an installation > > procedure with your Linux package manager because you said: > > > I installed 4.2.4 VirtualBox and the related Extpack from the > oracle > > website. > I download the three files from Oracle's site (4.2.4 RPM, the extpack > and the guest additions ISO) I installed the RPM using YaST, I then > downloaded and installed the extpack by clicking it as instructed in > the manual) and last I used the method Nick mentioned in the above > thread and installed guest additions. rebooted Xp and it worked. > > > Has this been built into the VirtualBox RPM? > > > > In any case, Guest Additions are separately installed, and afterwards > > you should see a little icon in the VBox tray indicating that Guest > > Additions have been installed. > > > > For Linux hosts, which it appears you have, you should carefully > > follow the instructions in the VBox help file regarding installations > > so that the program gets installed properly. The appropriate chapter > > is #2. Then, Guest Additions have to be installed following the > > instructions in chapter #4, using the section specifically related to > > installation of Windows Guests as you appear to have WinXP in this > > case. The procedures describe a couple of different methods, > > automatically or manually, and that section begins like > > so: > > > > 4.2.1.1. Installation > > In the "Devices" menu in the virtual machine's menu bar, > VirtualBox > > has a handy menu item named "Install guest additions", which > mounts > > the Guest Additions ISO file inside your virtual machine. > This is what I do not get. When you say Virtual Machine menu bar do you > mean the VboxManager or the Win XP menu bar which is blank.
The virtual "machine" is the client. So I mean on the Windows client's menu. The Guest Additions ISO comes along with the main program and does not have to be downloaded separately. Once you have installed the program, it will be installed in the same directory as the program's executable itself. For Windows guests this ISO should then be attached to the virtual CD Player of the guest by using the VM VirtualBox Manager. With the guest selected on the left you can click on the Settings button on the toolbar of VBox Manager. When the WinXP guest machine's Settings window opens, click on the Storage icon on the left side, and then on the right you will see a Storage Tree with a Controller. The Controller should have a virtual CD player. Click the player, and on the right side under Attributes click the little CD image. Use the subsequent dialogue to select the Guest Additions ISO or, if you do not see it listed there, to browse to the file on your host's directory. Afterwards, when you start Windows XP, this CD should start up automatically after it boots, assuming you have not allowed the guest to boot to CD to begin with. Otherwise, during boot of XP you should bypass the CD and have it boot from the virtual hard-drive. Once booted, if the CD did not start installing the Guest additions automatically, then use Win XP Explorer to got to My Computer, where you can see the CD. It should show the presence of the Guest Additions as if a disk were inserted. Then you need to select the "setup" file in the CD to begin its installation in the guest. When the Guest Additions install, you definitely will see plainly the process of a program installation. Afterwards, shut down the machine and remove the virtual CD from the attached drive in the Storage section with VBox Manager. Reboot WinXP and you should be good to go. That CD does NOT need to remain in the drive after you have installed the Guest Additions. > > A Windows > guest should then automatically start the Guest > Additions > installer, > which installs the Guest Additions into your Windows > guest. > Meanwhile guest additions is working, I can create network drive, mouse > works, > usb2 works, etc. > > > I tried the openSUSE repo but it seems to still have a problem with My > Chesen > ps2 to usb converter box. It hangs the mouse pointer. Have not tried it > in Oracle version as the mouse, display and keyboard seem to work with > out it enabled. This was reported to Sun during 11.4 days and I thought > they fixed it, maybe I'm wrong. > > Thanks for your response I will try a reinstall when I'm done test some > software for my wife. I personally do not use Windows except to help > her and she will probably be upgrading soon. I am afraid to Win 8. > > Thanks again. > Russ > > > VBox-users-community mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > > _______________________________________________ > > Unsubscribe: > > mailto:vbox-users-community- > [email protected]?subject=unsu > > bscri > > be > -- > openSUSE 12.2(Linux 3.4.11-2.16-desktop x86_64)| KDE 4.9.3 "release > 4"|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce > 8400GS(NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.60) > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single > web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, > vmware, > SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. > Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community- > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
