vboxadds fail on x64 systems -> fixed in 3.1

[Alexey Kuznetsov]

[axet@axet-laptop ~]$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxadd-x11 setup Setting up the X Window System drivers [FAILED] (Invalid Guest Additions configuration found)

lib_dir="/usr/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions"

lib_dir="/usr/lib64/VBoxGuestAdditions"

[Technologov]

Really ?

I was able to install Guest Additions on RHEL 5.3/x64 and openSUSE-11.1 x64 VMs.

As root: # sh /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions-amd64.sh

Or something like that... (typing from memory)

You need to explain more.

-Technologov

[Technologov]

Host: Windows 7, x64, Core 2 Q6600, VBox 3.0.10.

[Alexey Kuznetsov]

Be sure, i unable to do that.

After i ran VBoxLinuxAdditions-amd64.sh i got this error: (Invalid Guest Additions configuration found)

this error related to -x11 scrip, with wrong library search algorithm.

[Frank Mehnert]

axet, which Linux distribution is that in the guest?

[Alexey Kuznetsov]

host: os x (snowleopard) guest: fedora 12

[Michael Thayer]

I think that this concerns 3.1 beta 1, not 3.0.10. It should be fixed in beta 2.

[Alexey Kuznetsov]

same for BETA_3.

[Alexey Kuznetsov]

[axet@axet-laptop VBOXADDITIONS_3.1.0_BETA3_55271]$ sudo sh VBoxLinuxAdditions-amd64.run 
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 3.1.0_BETA3 Guest Additions for Linux........
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing installed version of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules
Building the main Guest Additions module                   [  OK  ]
Building the shared folder support module                  [  OK  ]
Building the OpenGL support module                         [  OK  ]
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions              [  OK  ]
You should restart your guest to make sure the new modules are actually used

Installing the Window System drivers                       [FAILED]
(Invalid Guest Additions configuration found)
[axet@axet-laptop VBOXADDITIONS_3.1.0_BETA3_55271]$ 

[Alexey Kuznetsov]

Here is no magic $ARACH variable, at least on Fedora 10.

You may need to use MATCHTYPE==x86_64 or HOSTTYPE==x86_64

[Michael Thayer]

I think I have fixed this for real this time, I will grab a 64bit Fedora 12 to test.

[Michael Thayer]

​http://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VBoxGuestAdditions-r55438.iso should contain the fix.

[Michael Thayer]

See corrected link in comment above.

[Frank Mehnert]

Can someone who experienced this problem confirm that this is fixed with VBox 3.1.0?

[Alexey Kuznetsov]

yes, done.

[Frank Mehnert]

Thanks for the feedback.