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virtualbox-guest-additions package

Guest additions dont work in 10.10 guest

Bug #665449 reported by RedSingularity on 2010-10-23

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	virtualbox-guest-additions (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: virtualbox-guest-additions

Guest additions will not install properly in a 10.10 32bit guest machine.

Reproduce:
1) Install a 10.10 32 bit guest into virtualbox-ose (virtualbox-ose 3.1.6 on host machine running Lucid)
2) Try and install "guest additions"
3) Error message about X will show in the window. (See attached picture)

***Error attached in image file.***

My system info:

Linux Alpha 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu x86_64 GNU/Linux
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid

$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-ose
virtualbox-ose:
  Installed: 3.1.6-dfsg-2ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.1.6-dfsg-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
*** 3.1.6-dfsg-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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RedSingularity (redsingularity) wrote on 2010-10-23:

5EE3r-823af4.png Edit (14.0 KiB, image/png)

affects:	virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu) → virtualbox-guest-additions (Ubuntu)
description:	updated

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Paul Tagliamonte (paultag) wrote on 2010-10-25:

Could you please post

/var/log/vboxadd-install.log ?

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RedSingularity (redsingularity) wrote on 2010-10-25:

vboxadd-install.log Edit (10.4 KiB, text/plain)

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Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2011-02-12:

You should try VirtualBox 4.0.2 - Currently it can only to be downloaded from VirtualBox.org Looks as 3.1.6 can' handle XServer 1.9 which is present in Maverick. (thanks 4 the picture) On a bug-update from VirtualBox.org there is also available a new Version of Guest-Additions V.4.0.3-69551, with reference to http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/8122

Before installing these Guest-Additions within the Guest just move the downloaded file to /usr/share/virtualbox/ or define the location via vboxmgr (the programm-surface)

A one should really ask to have virtualbox-4.0.2-Ose backported to Maverick. In Natty it's done, see bug #709027

Virtual 3.1.6.won't work with Ubuntu 10.10

see also http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_3_1

Best wishes + regards

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Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2011-02-24:

Package-search for your version and the regarded programm:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=virtualbox-ose&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

throws 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1: amd64 i386

and cross-reference:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_3_2

Hope this settles your matter?

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