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raj

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Registered: 2016-12-05

Posts: 20

How do you install VirtualBox Guest Additions in Slitaz running in a VirtualBox

This is a request for help installing VirtualBox Guest Additions in a Slitaz guest on a Windows host.

I've installed Slitaz-core64 rolling 5  in a VirtualBox (Version 5.2.8) on a Windows host.

I've tried the advice at http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/installing-virtualbox-guest-additions-in-slitaz-40-target

but it was not sufficient.

I've installed linux-api-headers, linux-module-headers, linux64-module-headers, linux-source, uclibc-x86_64.

I mounted the VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO (version 5.2.8) and copied the contents to a directory and then ran

the file VBoxLinuxAdditions.run as root.

None of the modules were compiled.

The vboxadd-setup.log file states errors saying to run

make oldconfig && make prepare

on the linux source (which I did).

It also says

uclibc-x86_64-gcc not found.

Is VBoxLinuxAddtions.run simply not compatible with Slitaz?

If there is some way to get the guest additions to work please let me know.

Ceel

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Registered: 2011-04-02

Posts: 1,424

Re: How do you install VirtualBox Guest Additions in Slitaz running in a VirtualBox

VirtualBox is not compatible with 64bit kernel

http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/is-it-possible-to-use-virtualbox-ose-with-the-64bit-kernel#post-43009

raj

Member

Registered: 2016-12-05

Posts: 20

Re: How do you install VirtualBox Guest Additions in Slitaz running in a VirtualBox

I didn't know that Slitaz-core64 is a 64bit OS with only a 32bit userspace and subsequently VirtualBox doesn't support mixed mode operations. 

Slitaz-core64 runs just fine in a VirtualBox on a Windows 10 64bit host.

I'll make an attempt with Slitaz Rolling 32bit instead.

Edit:

I installed Slitz Rolling 32bit and installed linux-api-headers, linux-modules-headers, perl and then ran VBoxLinuxAdditions.run from the Guest Additions ISO as root. The kernel modules were created.

I then modified /etc/rcS.conf and /etc/slim.conf as mentioned in http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/installing-virtualbox-guest-additions-in-slitaz-40-target .

Unfortunately the vboxvideo module doesn't load, I get an error message saying there is an unknown symbol in the module. vboxsf and vboxguest load.

Despite no vboxvideo module screen resizing works.

Thanks

alanyih

Administrator

Registered: 2011-04-02

Posts: 532

Re: How do you install VirtualBox Guest Additions in Slitaz running in a VirtualBox

Ref:

http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/problem-installing-virtualbox-guest-additions-error-could-not-insert-vboxvideo-invalid-argumen#post-43768

Guest drivers

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/LinuxAdditionsDebug

Try:

slitaz-next-lxqt.iso

http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/slitaz-next-i-give-up/page/2#post-45461

raj

Member

Registered: 2016-12-05

Posts: 20

Re: How do you install VirtualBox Guest Additions in Slitaz running in a VirtualBox

Thanks for the info.

According to https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/LinuxAdditionsDebug the vboxvideo module should not be used on systems with X.org later than 1.16 or Linux kernels older than 3.11.

So that explains why everything works despite not loading vboxvideo.

alanyih

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Registered: 2011-04-02

Posts: 532

Re: How do you install VirtualBox Guest Additions in Slitaz running in a VirtualBox

the vboxvideo module should not be used on systems with X.org later than 1.16

Typo

with X.org older than 1.16