VirtualBox guest additons on Natty beta 1

Jim Byrnes jf_byrnes at comcast.net
Sat Apr 2 02:10:50 UTC 2011


bsfmig wrote:
> First, VirtualBox has been evolved into version 4.0.4 now, and 4.0.6 is
> expected in a near future.
> Second, please search "virtualbox-ose-guest" in synaptic.
>

I realize that VBox has evolved but 3.1.6 is the version that is in the 
repositories for 10.04. I'm not sure I understand second point. 
Synaptic has the version I'm using.

Regards,  Jim

> On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 06:02, Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net>  wrote:
>
>> I downloaded the Natty beta 1 and installed it in a virtualbox on my 10.04
>> amd64 system.  I can't get the guest additions to work.
>>
>> I am using version 3.1.6_59338.  During the installation I see a message
>> saying "Unknown version of X Windows, not installing X Windows drivers".
>> After the installation finishes the guest additions are not shown as
>> enabled.  At least part of it gets installed because when I tried to
>> reinstall it uninstalled what was there first.
>>
>> Has anyone got this working?
>>
>> Regards,  Jim
>>
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