I find that sometimes I have to use both the “virtualbox-guest-dkms” package and the “virtualbox-guest-utils” (non x11 version) at the same time in order to have all the functionality like: ability to share clipboard, ability for smooth mouse passthrough from guest to host and other way, and for proper window resize. Here’s something strange that happens on some (not all) Debian/Ubuntu virtual machines run on a Debian or Ubuntu host: The only thing is, sometimes Debian is a release or two behind the current Virtualbox release. The other one from Debian packaging does not have these problems. The iso very often has imperfections like systemd compatability issues, runaway services, and other assorted annoyances. In Debian’s case, the package they offer (Debian) is a much better fit for a Debian-based virtual machine. Reason being: the package from the distro’s reposotory seems to just work better.
It does if the GA are necessary, I try to look for a repository version first before trying the included iso directly from Vbox. There is some more info from Linus Torvalds here: That config option you mentioned is probably part of this. The vboxvideo folder for this version appears to include the same stuff as the previous two packages.
Also for these packages, there is /usr/lib/modules/4.19.0-8-amd64/kernel/drivers/staging/vboxvideo.ko for each installed kernel.įor the iso GA, all its folders are in /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-6.0.14/src/vboxguest-6.0.14 (6.0.14 was the latest copy I had handy. This is for the “virtualbox-guest-dkms” package and also “virtualbox-guest-utils”. There is a /usr/src/virtualbox-guest-6.0.10 folder and in it appears to work along with the main “vboxdrv” device to serve proper guest resolution among other things. I do not believe there are anymore versions of GA either. I just wanted to test so I tried the iso guest additions. The included iso causes a hang at shutdown that is not present with the other packages. The Debian packages (downloaded from the Debian repos on the guest machine) seem to work much better however. Although the iso is included, you must manually install it by pointing the guest to it (from the guest). I grabbed my local copy of the iso GA image that comes with the Vbox collection on the host when you first download vbox. The packages tested (one at a time) in the guest were: the current virtualbox-guest-dkms (from nonfree repo) and also the “virtualbox-guest-utils” package. I have checked a Debian Buster guest running in a Debian Buster host.
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