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. > 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:[email protected]?subject=unsubscri > 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:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
