Guest Additions Problem After Upgrade

ponic · #1 18th February 2010, 07:32 AM

Hello,

I am new to Fedora and Linux.
I have installed Fedora 12 on virtual box and installed Guest Additions.
Later I did upgrade Fedora updates and noticed that my Guest Additions features were missing like Seamless mode, shared folders etc. Hence I had install Guest Additions again.

So every time when I do Fedora updations, do I need to re-install Guest Additions or am I missing something very obvious?

Any help is highly appreciable.

Regards

oneklema · #2 22nd February 2010, 11:45 PM

I believe anytime the kernel is updated you will need to re-install the Virtualbox guest additions. So, you will not have to re-install them for every update, just some.

ponic · #3 3rd March 2010, 04:42 AM

Thanks for the reply.

Is there anyway I could automate this process?
E.g. When I do a kernel update, I would like to install guest additions as well.

Regards

oneklema · #4 3rd March 2010, 03:19 PM

I am not familiar with any way this could possibly be done.

Nokia · #5 3rd March 2010, 04:41 PM

Try

Code:

su -
yum install dkms

Then reboot

ponic · #6 4th March 2010, 10:11 AM

Code:

yum install dkms

When should I execute the above, after installing new kernel?
Does this automatically install guest additions?

Regards

Nokia · #7 4th March 2010, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponic

Code:

yum install dkms

When should I execute the above, after installing new kernel?

Whenever you want.

Quote:

Does this automatically install guest additions?

Regards

Yes and No.
Yes=It automatically builds kernel modules for the lifespan of Virtualbox-versionX - for every newer kernel you might install (and presumably it's supported by your current Vbox build.)
No= For every Virtualbox-versionX+1 you'll have to manually install the newer guest additions - once. Then DKMS takes over...

ponic · #8 7th March 2010, 10:01 AM

Code:

yum install dkms

I did the above after kernel update and rebooted, however guest additions doesn't seems to be working. Do I need to install guest additions again?

I did not update Virtual box at all, only kernel update.

Nokia · #9 7th March 2010, 10:04 AM

Yes, try installing it again if you have dkms installed. Also, get the rest of the updates

Code:

su -
yum update --enablerepo=u*g

ponic · #10 7th March 2010, 10:12 AM

Code:

Yes, try installing it again if you have dkms installed. Also, get the rest of the updates

You mean I install Guest Additions from CD again?

I was thinking by doing the following, I do not need to install guest additions again.
Correct me if I am wrong.

Code:

yum install dkms

Thanks for the help