On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 03:58:33PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > 1. Auto capture of pointer does not work. Perhaps this is a problem > with the guest (Knoppix 7.4.2 64bit).
Did you install virtualbox guest additions inside the guest? > > 2. Clipboard is not shared even thought the setting show that > Clipboard Shared, Drag'nDrop are both Bidirectional. > Guest additions? > 3. I selected a shared folder in the settings to be automountable. > It does not get automounted. > Guest additions? > 4. The gui starts in full screen mode. But the drop down VB menu when > you move the pointer to the top edge or bottom edge of the guest desktop > does not open up so that I can install the guest tools. Use hostkey+d, and that should insert the guest additions iso into your guest's cd-rom drive. Given what you wrote about not being able to install guest additions, I'd say all of the above issues should go away once you do that. > > 5. Networking: > eth1 has an ip address of 10...something. > eth0 is unable to obtain an IP address from the host, and the > guest net icon on bottom bar of the guest desktop GUI keeps spinning > waiting to obtain an IP address. > On your guest system, there should be a file called /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, removing that file should solve this for you. Better yet, instead of removing it, move it out of the way to somewhere else in case you need it later. > What am I NOT doing right here?? > What am I missing? > It sounds like you didn't read the virtualbox user's manual, which covers all of the above. Doing so would be a good starting point. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-mana...@eu.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
