| 7 | | The core part, so to speak, of the Linux Guest Additions are the guest kernel drivers. The main driver, `vboxguest`, provides communication between various services which can run on the guest and matching services on the host, as well as providing a few ad-hoc services itself. The shared folder driver `vboxsf` provides shared folder functionality to the guest. It communicates with the host ''shared folder service'' through the `vboxguest` driver. The `vboxvideo` graphics driver drives the guest video hardware emulation. It does not depend on other drivers, programs the emulated hardware directly and ''is not expected to be running on systems with X.Org servers older than and including 1.16'', as they are not compatible with it and use special drivers. |
| | 7 | The core part, so to speak, of the Linux Guest Additions are the guest kernel drivers. When there are problems with the Guest Additions, the first thing to check is whether the drivers are correctly installed. There are three different drivers: |
| | 8 | * The main driver, `vboxguest`, provides communication between various services which can run on the guest and matching services on the host, as well as providing a few ad-hoc services itself. |
| | 9 | * The shared folder driver `vboxsf` provides shared folder functionality to the guest. It communicates with the host ''shared folder service'' through the `vboxguest` driver. |
| | 10 | * The `vboxvideo` graphics driver drives the guest video hardware emulation. It does not depend on other drivers, programs the emulated hardware directly and ''is not expected to be running'' on systems with X.Org servers older than and including 1.16, as they are not compatible with it and use special drivers, or on systems with Linux kernels older than version 3.11. |
