Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:00:17 +0800 From: Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Charlie Ross <cross@wirelessinc.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions Message-ID: <20150310110017.GA73012@FreeBSD.cs.nctu.edu.tw> In-Reply-To: <51844217-5658@mail.wirelessinc.com> References: <CAKBkRUw3c8%2Bg3F8G7oHWeseD99qveh3%2BKuJ4%2Bj2DqDo4=VH9Kw@mail.gmail.com> <51844217-5658@mail.wirelessinc.com>
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On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 05:50:40 -0400, Charlie Ross wrote: > > Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org> , 3/10/2015 2:10 AM: > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:09 AM, Charlie Ross <cross@wirelessinc.com> wrote: > > > Hi port maintainers! > > > > > > I am having problems with VirtualBox guest additions. I've had this issue on > > > several different systems. > > > > > > I'm running FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE as a guest under Windows 7 and 8 systems. I > > > have followed the instructions in the Handbook and on the wiki in regard to > > > setting up guest additions; however, the shared clipboard does not work. > > > Mouse pointer integration is working. Using "mount -t vboxsf FolderName > > > /mountpoint" to mount shared folders does not appear to work, either. > > > > > > Are these features implemented, or are there known bugs? > > > > I don't use shared clipboard so I am not sure if it is a bug or > > unimplemented feature. > > The shared folder does not work at this point because it is not > > completed yet. For > > more information, please see: > > > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage#VirtualBox_shared_folder_support_for_FreeBSD_guests > > Thanks for getting back to me. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit, but the clipboard problem was my fault: I use the OpenBox window manager, and unlike other WMs, the VBoxClient was not starting automatically on login. Once I started the client manually, it started working correctly. Forgive me for wasting your time! > Thanks, That's OK. Please also help on completing shared folder or testing when it is fixed. Li-Wen -- Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org> http://lwhsu.org
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