VirtualBox Guest Tools

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Finally decided to give Arch a drive and love it so far.
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Did a basic install and then installed xorg, openssh and xfce4. Nothing fancy.
My problem is that when I go to install the VirtualBox Guest Tools it fails to compile. I'm sure I'm missing a package somewhere but not sure which. I installed the kernel-headers pack this morning but it made no difference and the install still fails.
Building a test kernel module...
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-ARCH/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/selfgz30341
9006/module/test SRCROOT=/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are
missing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix
it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/selfgz30341
9006/module/test/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test
I've tried running make oldconfig from the /usr/src/<arch> dir but no luck there either.
Any suggestions?

Thanks for the speedy reply!
make and patch are installed already, must have been a dep from something else I installed.
Here is the full log from VB:
[root@herbert ~]# make --version
GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
This program built for i686-pc-linux-gnu
[root@herbert ~]# cat /var/log/vboxadd-install.log |more
Installing VirtualBox 1.5.0 Guest Additions, built Fri Aug 31 14:57:14 CEST 2007
Testing the setup of the guest system
Building a test kernel module...
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-ARCH/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/selfgz30341
9006/module/test SRCROOT=/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are
missing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix
it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/selfgz30341
9006/module/test/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/.test.o.d -nostdinc -isyste
m /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include
include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-s
trict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -pipe -msof
t-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i68
6 -mtune=generic -ffreestanding -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DC
ONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -Iinclude/asm-x86/mach-default -fomit-frame-pointer
-fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -I/lib/m
odules/2.6.24-ARCH/build/include -I/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/ -I/tmp/sel
fgz303419006/module/test/include -I/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/r0drv/linux
-D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D__LINUX__ -DIN_RING0 -D_X86_ -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVB
GL_VBOXGUEST -DVBGL_HGCM -DVBOX_HGCM -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_B
ASENAME=KBUILD_STR(test)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd_test)" -c -o /tm
p/selfgz303419006/module/test/test.o /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/test.c
ld -m elf_i386 -m elf_i386 -r -o /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/vboxadd_te
st.o /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/test.o
Building modules, stage 2.
make -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.24-ARCH/scripts/Makefile.modpost
scripts/mod/modpost -i /usr/src/linux-2.6.24-ARCH/Module.symvers -I /tmp/sel
fgz303419006/module/test/Module.symvers -o /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/Modu
le.symvers -w -s
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/.vboxadd_test.mod.o.d -nost
dinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclud
e -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trig
raphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2
-pipe -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
-march=i686 -mtune=generic -ffreestanding -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_
AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -Iinclude/asm-x86/mach-default -fomit-fr
ame-pointer -fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sig
n -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd_test.mod)" -D"K
BUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd_test)" -DMODULE -c -o /tmp/selfgz303419006/modu
le/test/vboxadd_test.mod.o /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/vboxadd_test.mod.c
ld -m elf_i386 -r -m elf_i386 --build-id -o /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/
vboxadd_test.ko /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/vboxadd_test.o /tmp/selfgz30341
9006/module/test/vboxadd_test.mod.o
Inserting the test module module/test/vboxadd_test.ko into the kernel.
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel module.
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-ARCH/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCR
OOT=/tmp/vbox.0 modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are
missing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix
it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.cmc.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc
-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf
.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-co
mmon -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -pipe -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -f
reg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -ffre
estanding -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FR
AME=1 -Iinclude/asm-x86/mach-default -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-stack-protector
-Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -I/lib/modules/2.6.24-ARCH/bui
ld/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__K
ERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -D_X86_ -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBGL_
VBOXGUEST -DVBOX_HGCM -DLOG_TO_BACKDOOR -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUIL
D_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(cmc)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd)" -c -o /tmp/v
box.0/cmc.o /tmp/vbox.0/cmc.c
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/types.h:72,
from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:25,
from /tmp/vbox.0/cmc.c:17:
include/linux/types.h:40: error: redefinition of typedef 'uintptr_t'
/tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/stdint.h:118: error: previous declaration of 'uintptr_t
' was here
In file included from include/linux/thread_info.h:33,
from include/linux/preempt.h:9,
from include/linux/spinlock.h:49,
from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:53,
from /tmp/vbox.0/cmc.c:17:
include/linux/bitops.h:6:1: warning: "BIT" redefined
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/types.h:20,
from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:25,
from /tmp/vbox.0/cmc.c:17:
/tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/cdefs.h:1019:1: warning: this is the location of the pr
evious definition
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/cmc.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vbox.0] Error 2
make: *** [vboxadd] Error 2
I figured the compile errors were related to the initial part of the log I posted.
Any suggestions very much appreciated....
EDIT: I'm using VirtualBox 1.5.0_OSE
Last edited by volksman (2008-03-10 17:26:04)

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Has someone successfully gotten Arch under Virtualbox working with 3D acceleration without downgrading Mesa libraries? The Cinnamon desktop nags me about not having HW acceleration, and cool-retro-term uses 100 % CPU due to software rendering, so I'd rather have acceleration than not.

I have the same problem (with standard 3.19.2-1 kernel, vbox 4.3.26).
I tried grabbing an older mesa and mesa-libgl from the arch rollback machine (which worked the last time it stopped working) but version 10.4.6 just crashed my machine when gnome was starting. I'm guessing there are more packages required for that approach to work but i don't know what they are. A complete rollback would be clean but would probably be more annoying lol.

No network connection or virtualbox guest additions after upgrade

I followed the instructions carefully, from the homepage, when carrying out the latest upgrade. Unfortunately, virtualbox guest additions is no longer working and nor can I get a network connection. To clarify, arch is running inside a virtual machine.
I'm not sure where to start looking to be honest and would appreciate some pointers about to get me on the way towards solving this problem.
EDIT: The virtualbox problem is related to error in the package
Thanks
Last edited by n_t (2013-06-11 19:01:52)

for the guest additions, it's a bug in the package, look here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=164924
For the network, you'll have to tell us how you were setting up the network before that isn't working now.

How can i install virtualbox-guest-additions?

pacman -S virtualbox-guest-additions
edit rc.conf
MODULES=(vboxguest vboxsf vboxvideo)
under gnome
glxgears 60.975fps
but under centos 5.6 gnome 559.203fps
how would i do to so fast?
Last edited by oddhornedant (2011-04-25 10:03:56)

This is the only entry I have in MODULES=(vboxdrv)
I use Vbox from AUR as they work for me.
I use win7/winxp fedora debian etc as guests with full access to usb/ shared drives etc.and full screen where possible as some distros do not do full screen in vbox without a lot of fiddling
are you in the correct groups with out the correct permissions they do not work usbmux:x:140:username
vboxusers:x:108:username

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