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Install / Unistall Guest Additons
Uninstall Guest Addition E:\VM\GUEST_ADDITION>VBoxManage extpack uninstall "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack" 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Successfully uninstalled "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack". Install new Guest Additon E:\VM\GUEST_ADDITION>VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_ ack-4.3.12-93733.vbox-extpack 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Successfully installed "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack". Verify installed Guest Addition E:\VM\GUEST_ADDITION>VBoxManage list extpacks Extension Packs: 1 Pack no. 0: Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack Version: 4.3.12 Revision: 93733 Edition: Description: USB 2.0 Host Controller, Host Webcam, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM wit E1000 support. VRDE Module: VBoxVRDP Usable: true Why unusable:
Prepare OEL 5 guest system
Manually install Guest Extension ( OEL 5.10 guest system ) Update your kernel files and system utils # yum update Install kernel and GCC # yum install kernel-devel gcc Install Guest Additions Mount Guest Addions CD by using -> Device Menu -> then click on Install Guest Addition /media/VBOXADDITIONS_4.2.14_86644 should be automatically mounted now # ls /media/VBOXADDITIONS_4.2.14_86644 32Bit cert VBoxSolarisAdditions.pkg 64Bit OS2 VBoxWindowsAdditions-amd64.exe AUTORUN.INF runasroot.sh VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe autorun.sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run VBoxWindowsAdditions-x86.exe # cd /media/VBOXADDITIONS_4.2.14_86644 # ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.2.14 Guest Additions for Linux............ VirtualBox Guest Additions installer Removing installed version 4.2.14 of VirtualBox Guest Additions... Copying additional installer modules ... Installing additional modules ... Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules [ OK ] Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules The headers for the current running kernel were not found. If the following module compilation fails then this could be the reason. The missing package can be probably installed with yum install kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39-400.214.4.el5uek Building the main Guest Additions module [ OK ] Building the shared folder support module [ OK ] Building the OpenGL support module [ OK ] Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions [ OK ] Starting the VirtualBox Guest Additions [ OK ] Installing the Window System drivers Installing X.Org 7.1 modules [ OK ] Setting up the Window System to use the Guest Additions [ OK ] The following X.Org/XFree86 configuration files were originally generated by the VirtualBox Guest Additions and were not modified: /etc/X11/xorg.conf You may need to restart the hal service and the Window System (or just restart the guest system) to enable the Guest Additions. Installing graphics libraries and desktop services componen[ OK ] Installing graphics libraries and desktop services componen[ OK ] --> Reboot system
Rebuild Guest Additions after kernel Upgrade
[root@grac43 init.d]# /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules [ OK ]
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules
Building the main Guest Additions module [ OK ]
Building the shared folder support module [ OK ]
Building the OpenGL support module [ OK ]
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions [ OK ]
Starting the VirtualBox Guest Additions [ OK ]
Verify installed VBox drivers
[root@ract1 VBOXADDITIONS_4.2.14_86644]# lsmod | grep vbox
vboxvideo 1935 0
drm 227409 1 vboxvideo
vboxsf 38408 0
vboxguest 255571 2 vboxsf