(Solved:Wahoo!) VB+PCLinux+Mac+Coffee+Pain Pills+Deep Breath

[MtnMan]

Thank you for such a thorough explanation old-polack.  I can see a step that I missed on the CD drive and can't wait to try this again with your tute.

It would be nice to pull out these directions and make it a sticky with the right heading.  Very helpful  

[Old-Polack]

Thank you for such a thorough explanation old-polack.  I can see a step that I missed on the CD drive and can't wait to try this again with your tute.

It would be nice to pull out these directions and make it a sticky with the right heading.  Very helpful  

Actually, I've done that several times, and the posts are archived here. The problem is that with each new version of VBox improvements are made and the instructions then vary in detail from those previously posted. When Oracle acquired VBox the separate Extension Pack was added, and the previous method of just installing the guest additions from the d/l .iso image ceased to work properly. The Extension Pack just contained the USB functions when it first appeared.

People were having problems with the previously posted instructions, so pinoc came up with the getvirtualbox script that downloaded the latest version of VB along with the appropriate Extension Pack, then ran the installation process itself to become a self contained acquire and install application.

I'm currently running the 64 bit testing version of PCLinuxOS, and getvirtualbox for the 64 bit version has not yet been added to the 64 bit packages, so to install VBox I had to do all the steps manually. I've done that before, so basically followed the last instructions I posted up to the point of selection Devices --> Install Guest Additions...

With this newest version of VBox I saw the Auto-Run Confirmation window in a Linux guest VM for the first time, and selecting Allow Auto-Run saved manually opening a terminal, navigating to the virtual CD mount point, then manually typing the proper run command for the Linux Guest Additions installation app. The process is now as automated for a Linux guest as it's always been for a Windows guest. That's a nice improvement, but changes the installation instructions once again. 

[konaexpress]

Yes, thank you again for the help. That worked so well and the way you show to do it is quicker than the way I went about it.

[Old-Polack]

Yes, thank you again for the help. That worked so well and the way you show to do it is quicker than the way I went about it.

 

Couldn't have you having a coronary over this, especially on our doorstep.

[konaexpress]

OK, I'm blowing stuff up again.

I guess that LXDE runs different from Gnome. In Gnome I ran the VB/CD and it auto installed, in LXDE it does not. It does try to run a term and do it but it runs so fast that I can not see it, two or three lines and lights out. I looked up on the net for term commands to access the CDrom but it appears that they do not work in LXDE.

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom

Your tut worked great for Zen-Mini but I am having a hard time with LXDE. What are the commands to run the CDrom and then execute it to install.


When I ask for help, I mean what do I type in? Like if I need to put a file some where, "put it in the dev folder" does not help me. I need to see" Press comand c and navigate to c:/usr/stupid_nube/put /damm/file/here, then press command v. thanks again.

EDIT: Never mind, I was using the wrong user name. I had to be someone named "Root". (Joke)   It works now, and thanks for the help!

[MtnMan]

old-polack> Sorry for being obtuse but I am having no luck with your instructions.  I don't think it is because your images no longer show because the description is good.  I am starting with a fresh FM install and a fresh install of KDE. 

Before starting the VM, I set the CD/DVD drive to pass through mode... so it shows as Empty, and attached to IDE Secondary.

This is how mine looks.  Correct?

Then with the VM running, I click on Devices --> Install Guest Additions...



An icon for the CD/DVD appears on the desktop along with a message box;

That's it - no message box.  Hopefully you have some suggestion to make this work for me.