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gralamin

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Registered: 2011-03-11

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] Arch Linux Guest Virtual Box OSE problem

So I am installing my Arch Linux as a Guest in my Ubuntu partition, through Virtual Box OSE (3.2.8). I followed the wiki ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … lBox_Guest ) but still have an issue:

sudo pacman -S kernel26-headers xorg gcc make
sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
sudo /mnt/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

But It fails on Shared folders, and cannot recognize X:

:: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions Kernel Modules [BUSY]
:: Building the main Guest Additions module [DONE]
:: Building the shared folder support module [FAIL]
(Look at /var/log/vboxadd-install.log to find otu what went wrong)
:: Warning: Unknown version of the X Window System installed. Not installing X Window System drivers.
:: Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components [Done]

/var/log/vboxadd-install.log states:

...
/tmp/vbox.0/vfsmod.c:406:9: error: unknown field 'clear_inode' specified in initalizer
/tmp/vbox.0/vfsmod.c:406:9 warning: initalization from incompatible pointer type.

Which is strange, because as far as I know, clear_inode is part of the linux headers.

Any idea why this is happening? Do I just need to update VirtualBox to a newer version?

Last edited by gralamin (2011-03-11 18:22:14)

gralamin

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Registered: 2011-03-11

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Arch Linux Guest Virtual Box OSE problem

Updating Virtualbox fixed the issue.