Backtrack 4r2 and Virtualbox Guest Additions

[ghee22]

Is anyone able to successfully use VirtualBox Guest Additions with Backtrack 4r2? Both VirtualBox Guest Additions processes start prior to login but VirtualBox still does not allow Seamless Mode. In case it's noteworthy, I am running Windows 7 Professional.

[Archangel-Amael]

Since the R2 came out today, it may be too early to tell. In the interim I would suggest you update you host machine. As well as virtual box.

[ghee22]

Since the R2 came out today, it may be too early to tell. In the interim I would suggest you update you host machine. As well as virtual box.

Thanks for the quick reply. Just for anyone else referencing this, I am already running the latest version of VirtualBox, and Windows 7 is already updated with the latest patches.

[ghee22]

In case this helps, I used g0tmi1k's forum post to install backtrack to virtualbox: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...k-videos/1660-[video]-how-install-backtrack-4-final-virtualbox-extra.html

[falseteeth]

I'm running Virtual Box and was about to upgrade to R2. I'll hold off until someone can confirm Guest Additions is working though.

I'm also running Windows 7 with everything fully updated.

[iproute]

Guest additions are not working for me on R2 as well
I am running Virtualbox version 3.1.8 OSE r61439. I am not running on windows however.
Host OS is Gentoo Linux

darkside-ng ~ # uname -a    
Linux darkside-ng 2.6.34-gentoo-r11 #1 SMP Mon Oct 18 12:02:13 CDT 2010 x86_64 AMD Phenom(tm) 9100e Quad-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

Not sure if any of this will help to isolate or not. FYI I do have vbox guest additions running in R1 just fine

[Greg F]

running BT4 R2 as a virtualbox 3.2.10 guest on a Windows 7 64-bit host is working perfectly for me. Upgrading the Virtualbox Guest Additions from Backtrack 4 R1 to R2 worked perfectly as well.

[x90opcode]

Remove VMWare software prior to install Virtualbox Guest Additions

aptitude purge xserver-xorg-video-vmware
vmware-uninstall-tools.pl
reboot

Install lastest dkms package from BT repository

dragon
repositories
quit
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install dkms

Install Vbox Guest Additions..

mount /dev/hdX /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom
./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
reboot

Then check if vbox modules are loaded on boot and vbox guest services are running...

dmesg |grep vbox
/etc/init.d/vboxadd status && /etc/init.d/vboxadd-service status

Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log in order to verify vbox xorg modules are loaded successfully. Here a xorg.conf example :

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "VirtualBox Mouse"
        Driver          "vboxmouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "VirtualBox Video Card"
        Driver          "vboxvideo"
        BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Monitor         "Configured Monitor"
        Device          "VirtualBox Video Card"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection      "Display"
          Depth         24
          Modes         "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

And finally ensure you have /usr/bin/VBoxClient-all added in your .xinitrc

[ThePistonDoctor]

I can confirm BT4R2 guest additions work on OSX v. 10.5.8. Just putting this out there for the googlebots.

[ghee22]

Remove VMWare software prior to install Virtualbox Guest Additions

aptitude purge xserver-xorg-video-vmware
vmware-uninstall-tools.pl
reboot

Install lastest dkms package from BT repository

dragon
repositories
quit
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install dkms

Install Vbox Guest Additions..

mount /dev/hdX /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom
./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
reboot

Then check if vbox modules are loaded on boot and vbox guest services are running...

dmesg |grep vbox
/etc/init.d/vboxadd status && /etc/init.d/vboxadd-service status

Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log in order to verify vbox xorg modules are loaded successfully. Here a xorg.conf example :

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "VirtualBox Mouse"
        Driver          "vboxmouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "VirtualBox Video Card"
        Driver          "vboxvideo"
        BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Monitor         "Configured Monitor"
        Device          "VirtualBox Video Card"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection      "Display"
          Depth         24
          Modes         "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

And finally ensure you have /usr/bin/VBoxClient-all added in your .xinitrc

Thank you for the tutorial. The issue is resolved.