On 5/6/2010 9:54 PM, Michael wrote: > I made some progress, but was stuck in the Guest Additions installation. > > Following was what I did: > 1. in console mode as root. > > 2. > dhclient eth0 > *this seems enabling the network adapter, since my VM hasn't connected > to Internet previously. > > 3. >yum groupinstall "X Window System" > *this connects to Internet, and install the X Windows package > > 4. >startx > * this gave following message: > ... > (EE) Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (module does not exist, 0) > (EE) config/hal: couldn't initialise context : unknown error (null) > ... > > 5. I clicked "Devices-->Install Guest Additions...", but I can't find the > mounted file. > Where should it be ? > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Michael" <gonwg@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 9:13 PM > To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: run Fedora 12 (64bit) on Sun Virtual Box issue > >> I clicked the "Install Guest Additions...", but nothing happens. When I >> reboot the VM, I still only see the console login screen. >> >> Why there is no GUI poping up ? >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Michael Cronenworth" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 11:35 AM >> To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: run Fedora 12 (64bit) on Sun Virtual Box issue >> >> -- >> users mailing list >> users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines There is a very, large and helpful, available from the Virtualbox GUI. You questions are all answered by pressing: Function key 1 F1 on your keyboard. Reading the instructions *before* trying to install, configure, and run the software is the recommended method. :-) -- David
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