From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 8 16:10:13 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC7A64CF for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:10:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from decke@bluelife.at) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FE6B8FC08 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:10:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f182.google.com with SMTP id x43so1657211wey.13 for ; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:10:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bluelife.at; s=google; h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=n+nmNW+URo7cEW2z6/gbXx5P7PDA882xeDsNgMXF95M=; b=SVh4KaSJJzyBOu4HrZpQD4zBoSINIB65aLGHYJZmGidj/EIVrGTP29/uoIXG17JZJ1 80McTW4XTwddPmihj6wWxGE29tTBSlw3Z+APXclarTN3ARB04eo2EHgNerDZQXpHi8zl 81GIKAQ8goFccuIYuSmtS0n00I9Z5PsfmLzKg= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=n+nmNW+URo7cEW2z6/gbXx5P7PDA882xeDsNgMXF95M=; b=QpmbiSrHw1WQaq0etRhey4I5BskEbnqAUtA6F3sNOAQjn7UvAz5wM4aJlxFkhdLxY7 kC3gJlQZfLGuCQ5J1FMaOHk/ZAl0VqNLgsgfsy+xXubcMKUUh6/t8scZd1LivCRoVGea EhAAZeoZy5HMAgT+GiDzWB2aOZ04I0esWVIVCb0WVxzK3axKj+upHYO7afYWjpyrdT36 7VHxV64jIT8cBBMhZ05cU4yUpizg2JEpOPfJeGmGlwdXtjRGhZwxWyT+sEjxJY/Plvvd p4cfYkeMZb8cQpB98Z2Qa1oOoXAjJJeBDGDxF3ugoDsgB+oxcWQW2D2E1hj05UMZl7hd 34mw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.77.105 with SMTP id r9mr7026496wiw.6.1352391011956; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:10:11 -0800 (PST) Sender: decke@bluelife.at Received: by 10.194.43.40 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 08:10:11 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [80.123.233.199] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 17:10:11 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: hQAOXmzIZYV43RvH8_W6V3bZWO4 Message-ID: Subject: Re: VBox guest additions From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bernhard_Fr=F6hlich?= To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmj8O18O3Qn2tSU7slgxjXGVV73OPFXkoQQi0iz1FLYz+7TPjSCJ5BYPDlFaWyyRr+u4xFX Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:10:13 -0000 On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 7 Nov 2012, Warren Block wrote: > >> What is the current procedure for installing guest additions on >> non-FreeBSD guests? With a FreeBSD host and XP guest, the guest exits >> instantly when Devices/Install Guest Additions/Yes is chosen. But the >> downloadable guest additions from virtualbox.org aren't ISO format any more. >> >> This is VirtualBox 4.1.22 on amd64. > > > Manually downloading the guest additions ISO and mounting it worked. Odd, > though. Best way is to enable "Guest Additions" option in emulators/virtualbox-ose which downloads the ISO and installs it on your host. Then you should be able to use that menu option. If it crashes the guest then I'd like to have the VBox.log which should give a hint why and where it crashed. -- Bernhard Froehlich http://www.bluelife.at/