VirtualBox Guest Additions

[Cuco3]

I'm trying to install the Guest Additions for a VM running a guest Lucid Lynx Server. The problem I'm encountering is this:



The vboxadd-install.log for vbox says it "couldn't find the sources of your current Linux kernel" and to "Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again."

[Cuco3]

Well, except the part about "X Windows", I was able to get it to install by updating my linux kernels (you have to specifically update these by installing them by name; they'll be listed as "kept back" because they require to you restart the computer). Once I restarted, I was able to install. If you still have trouble, try reading this thread:

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28955

My next question: Is there a way to get Guest Additions that allow copying+pasting to a guest Ubuntu Server???

[arrrghhh]

So are you copying from the guest or pasting to the guest? I would assume that pasting to the guest would already be transparent, but copying from the guest may be a different issue. If the guest additions don't enable that, you could use something like ix.

[Cuco3]

Thanks for the response.

Yeah, I'm trying to paste to the Guest (Ubuntu Server) machine, but it still won't work.

Does someone know if this is possible or not?

[arrrghhh]

You're using shift+insert, right?