Problem with guest additions

gugo · 2016-02-13 22:48:40

Im just starting with this distro, liking it a lot so far, testing on virtualbox and i cant get the guest additions to make the network adapter to work and i have no idea why, my ubuntu host is all up to date 15.10.
Thanks before hand.

#Edit: it says virtualboxclient kernel service not running and is a fresh install.

Last edited by gugo (2016-02-13 22:52:24)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-02-13 22:52:27

Welcome to BunsenLabs

Try this:
http://virtualboxes.org/doc/installing- … on-debian/

Moved to Basic Help & Support

damo · 2016-02-13 23:57:28

This is my cheatsheet for VB guest additions:

If USB devices won't show up in the host and guest machine after install, check on the host whether the user has already been added to the "vboxusers" group (both host and guest)
Check with
groups $USER

Add with
sudo groupadd vboxusers
sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers $USER
In the guest:
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Before installing guest-additions:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) module-assistant
sudo m-a prepare

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11
Mount virtualbox-guest-additions iso and build the guest-additions:
In VB Manager:
Machine -> Settings -> Storage
Add VBoxGuestAdditions.iso to Controller:IDE

In guest:
sudo mount /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 (if VB Manager hasn't done it)
cd /media/cdrom0 && sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

Reboot guest

ohnonot · 2016-02-14 13:14:13

gugo, guest additions are not responsible for getting internet into your vm.
i suggest you forget about them for the time being, or at least until you solved this:

gugo wrote:

#Edit: it says virtualboxclient kernel service not running and is a fresh install.

there must be a howto either on wiki.debian.org or on virtualbox's website.
most probably this exact error is addressed in the FAQ.

damo · 2016-02-14 14:09:37

gugo wrote:

#Edit: it says virtualboxclient kernel service not running and is a fresh install.

I get this notification when I boot, but it doesn't seem to affect the operation of VB

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-02-14 14:25:25

https://askubuntu.com/questions/642991/ … not-runnin

#1 2016-02-13 22:48:40

Problem with guest additions

#2 2016-02-13 22:52:27

Re: Problem with guest additions

#3 2016-02-13 23:57:28

Re: Problem with guest additions

#4 2016-02-14 13:14:13

Re: Problem with guest additions

#5 2016-02-14 14:09:37

Re: Problem with guest additions

#6 2016-02-14 14:25:25

Re: Problem with guest additions

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