topic title: VirtualBox 2.2.2: autoresize, shared clipboard, and seamless
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dpeirce
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
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I don't know if this should go here; if it belongs somewhere else please feel free to move it.

I read that several people had had problems running Antix in VirtualBox getting the proper screen resolution and copying/pasting between the guest and host. Those used earlier versions of VirtualBox.

VirtualBox 2.2.2. My host is antix-M8/fluxbox, and the guest is also antix-M8/fluxbox. I installed VirtualBox 2.2.2 and the guest additions; the cursor release feature worked, but autoresize, shared clipboard, and seamless didn't. If you have the same problem, this might help:

On the VBox forum, my helper figured out that three VBox processes weren't launched at startup: --autoresize, --clipboard, and --seamless. So, to get them launched, make an executable bash script to run as USER in the GUEST, as follows:

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#!/bin/bash
# name ="fixit" (or whatever)

VBoxClient --clipboard
VBoxClient --autoresize
VBoxClient --seamless
Place the script in /home/user/bin. Enter the name of your script in /home/user/.fluxbox/startup (for me: ./bin/fixit). A different WM, like icewm or others, might require that the script name be entered in a different place - wherever that WM puts its autoruns.

Reboot, and the features will work. I hope this helps.

In faith, Dave
Viva Texas