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I feel stupid even asking this but having trouble and looking for someone to point out the obvious. Okay, so i’ve got:
VirtualBox 2.x (just downloaded 1/09)
Host: WinXP SP3 – 32bit
Guest: gOS 3 (Ubuntu 8.04/Hardy)

I have an AMD 5000+ X2 and (nForce4/Gforce6100) and am unsure whether to use the “x86.run” or “amd64.run”? and what happens if i run both for good measure? does that screw things up?

I too searched on many of the forums about how to get the problem resolved.

Finally I came across the fact that the latest version of Virtual Box (2.1) has good support for UBuntu.I Downloaded and configured my Ubuntu 8.10 image (Guest) on Windows XP SP2 (Host).

Now I’m able to run VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run with out any problem and am able to install GuestAdditions also.

And the best thing is Virtual Box 2.1 does a lot of things for you automatically.

So enjoy your time with Virtual Box 2.1

Thanks… it worked great!!!

Questions:

I have Virtual Box 2.1 installed on a Host that consists of: WinXP sp3 32bit on Athlon 5000X2. The guests are (32bit) Ubuntu 8.04 and OpenSolaris. Do I execute the x86 or amd64 string in the “sudo bash ./VBoxLinux*” command?

Also, if I already did one of them, and then typed in the other, does it screw everything up? If so, how should I fix it?

I tried this on my Ubuntu 8.10 guest, but after it installed the kernel modules it crashes saying ‘unknown version of X window system’. Anyone know how to fix this?

For Jarno and Ubunto 8.10 users.
Mount the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso then you have to install DKMS in Linux guests.
If it is not installed open terminal and use this command:

sudo apt-get install dkms

and answer “yes” to the question.
Then change to the directory where your iso CD-ROM drive is mounted, you have to type such a command like this

cd /media/cdrom0

finally type this:

sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

input your password if necessary.

I hope it’s useful.

I tried this:

“sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run”

and works perfect…

Host: Windows 7
Guest: Ubuntu 8.10

This worked great even with Crunchbang Linux 8.10!

I get as far as inputting my password, which it won’t allow me to do.

Thanks for this. I was having problems understanding why my virtualbox wouldn’t load the additions (they were already mounted)

I had a problem getting it to work on my 64 bit Ubuntu, ended up I had to specify the file and use the All command. I input:
sudo bash ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-amd64 all
Worked fine! And newish versions of VBox all have the correct Additions btw

Belindo Filobeo,

Installing the dkms in ubuntu 8.10 guest i continue having the problem

hi i’m using Ubuntu 8.10 and whenever i try to install guest additions it starts to install but then it says

Unknown version of the X Window System installed.

don’t know if this has anything to do with it but i installed it on an external hard drive. any thoughts???

After step 2 i.e. “cd /media/cdrom” do :
3. Type “sudo bash ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run” if you have an intel CPU
OR
Type “”sudo bash ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-amd64.run” if you have an AMD CPU.

Done…worked like a charm…have a question now on “shared folder”….I’m a noob so bare with me…how would I mount this inside the Ubuntu guest….I created a folder on my Host XP desktop and want to see it in guest ubuntu.

thx…jc

Yes awesome now the mouse isnt stuck in the window and i dont need to press the host key to free it

My question is does this work in 8.10 as the article is based in an earlier edition
Thanks

Nothing worked as advertised, I finally got going as follows:

VirtualBox 2.2 on Vista host, running ubuntu 8.10 as guest.

Selecting “devices – Install Guest Additions” did not do anything, /media/cdrom was empty, so I downloaded the iso from virtualbox and saved it in a folder on the vista host.

Goto http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/ and look for the folder for your version (x.x.x) of virtualbox. From in there download VBoxGuestAdditions x.x.x.iso

Start your ubuntu guest and login. Install dkms

sudo apt-get install dkms
reboot the ubuntu box.
There is a bug with ubuntu 8.10, dkms points to wrong kernel header version, so the VBoxLinuxAdditions.run script will fail.

Check which kernel you have.
uname -r
Outputs something like: 2.6.27-11-generic (note this last bit)

Now, fix the incorrect headers problem. (replace generic with your uname output).

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic

Almost done, the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso must be mounted.
From the menu in your ubuntu guest window, select
“devices – mount CD/DVD Rom”
Now select option “CD/DVD Rom image” and choose the VBoxGuestAdditions iso file you saved in the vista host earlier.

Now ensure the iso is properly mounted as a cdrom in the guest.
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom
sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom

the cdrom device may differ on your guest, check the output of: ls -l /dev/cdrom

Finally, run the additions script in thu ubuntu guest::
cd /mnt/cdrom
sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

Worked for me, YMMV.

Works on 9.04 with 2.2.0, but it comes with 64 bit drivers, so run the command without the wild card.

It was really great , thank you verry much but now a little update, the command in the terminal is for Ubuntu 9.04:

" sudo bash VBoxLinuxAddition-x86.run"

Good luck!

There is a very nicely done guide on explaining the entire process of installing the Guest Additions for a Linux Guest. The article also gives an insight to all the problems that you may encounter: http://digitizor.com/2009/05/26/how-to-install-vi...

THANK YOU WES !!!

I found this useful – thank you for your effortss

Hi, I get the following error when I execute the command "sudo bash ./VBoxLinux*" : Detected unsupported x86 environment, what can I do? thanks in advance

Thanks to Wes and Timbo. I entered full filename in step 3 and managed to install guest additions in Ubuntu 9.04 guest on Windows XP SP3 host. But as someone who has been programming for 30 plus years, I can understand why non-techies are slow to move to Linux. I was searching for two days and trying different suggestions, none of which worked mainly because they dealt with older releases, before I found this forum.

I'm running Ubuntu 9.0.4 and trying to install Guest Additions from Vbox 3.0.8.
I got this error " Detected unsupported x86 environment.

To fix this write:
sudo bash ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-86.run

Hope that helps

great!
but the correct command is:

sudo bash ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

thanks anyway

Great, it works!

but the correct command is this:

sudo bash ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

when i m trying to install guest addition for ubuntu on my window7 host…the terminal window comes but its saying , " u need administrator privilege " ….and i don't know how to give a program administrator privilege in ubuntu…plz any body help me out..

Thanks

Running WIndows 7 64 bit Host with VirtualBox 3.0.10 and Ubuntu 9.1 Needed the VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run command (not the amd64 version) and now works fine. needed to reinstall aftre the 9.04 to 9.1 upgrade

thank you this really helped me out.

Thanks for the tutorial. Up and working with
Win7 64-bit host, VirtualBox running Ubuntu 9.1 and XP-Pro

Most useful! Thanks very much

Thanks dude

Thank you!

Works just fine! I do however need to re-install it from time to time since the mouse integration and the full screen does not work. Any ideas why?

Alright, I myself had a HUGE amount of issues trying to get Guest Additions installed on my ubuntu guest os with windows 7 host. After tons of searching I found that I needed several other packages.

sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-server

I myself am running the server version, I guess you just replace server with whatever you are running. After installing these packages and manually mounting the guest additions cd I was able to install them from the terminal. The mouse integration and full screen both work great perfectly now.

Hope this helps anyone who is still having trouble.

@gbo
It will not harm if you install x86