Backtrack 4r2 and Virtualbox Guest Additions

[ooo00]

it worked fine for me. normally when i run the addon in say ubuntu, one click in virtualbox's gui did everything. but in bt4 r2, i had to manually mount the iso and run the install script. no errors, worked fine.

[Phobos419]

Just For Reference: For myself, using the install script worked except that I had to manually add "exec /usr/bin/VBoxClient-all" to .xinitrc to get the display to work properly.

[sl33p]

Many of the VirtualBox Additions features doesn't work for BT4-R2 running on kernel:

root@bt:~# uname -r
2.6.35.8

Including:

- Auto-resize window
- Copy/paste between host and guest OS's

I've followed strictly to this post, and also did it more than once, still no solution.

[alexmrtrip]

Hello ,
I run BT4 R2 on Hardware Machine work really fine.

@ sl33p

Running BT4 R2 in Virtualbox 3.2.12 r68302 on Host Windows 7 32 bit
the VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run it Install everyting fine
the only problem is VBoxClient not autostart

You can check..

root@bt:~# ps ax |grep VBoxClient

(Phobos419) already write the solution...

you need start it manually

root@bt:~# /usr/bin/VBoxClient-all

Check again if the task started....

root@bt:~# ps ax |grep VBoxClient
 6317 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --clipboard
 6328 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --display
 6334 ?        Sl     0:01 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --seamless
 6400 pts/1    S+     0:00 grep VBoxClient
root@bt:~#

Then you will see all work fine

Just add the line for autostart when system boot :

root@bt:~# nano /root/.xinitrc

add this line in /root/.xinitrc: exec /usr/bin/VBoxClient-all

Have Nice Day ^_^

Run this command and all Guest Addictions Work Fine

root@bt:~# /usr/bin/VBoxClient-all