4MLinux as VirtualBox guest - how can I install VirtualBox Guest Additions?
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Small comment on these errors. Some time ago I saw them, too. They mean: "I want to compile kernel modules for you, but I cannot find the Linux kernel sources." The question is why VirtualBox produces somewhat strange message about kernel headers, which, in fact, are not missing
Well, if the kernel headers are not really missing at all, then maybe the problem is that this is a very new release of 4MLinux - I'll wait a while to see if VirtualBox catches up...
Thanks - I was unaware of the main package (addon_vb.tar.xz) you referenced in your last post. Will give it a try. Perhaps I won't get the same error I got last time...
Sorry I didn't answer for a while - I was out of town with no access to my desktop PC.
I'm not looking to install Virtualbox in 4MLinux. The 4MLinux installation is a VirtualBox Guest. I was unable to install VirtualBox Guest Additions in the Guest so I can change the size of the Guest Window, copy to/from the host clipboard, and share files/folders with the host. This is my ultimate goal.
I tried to install Guest Additions the normal way and got all manner of errors. That is when I ran into this thread and thought perhaps 4MLinux had a custom Guest Additions ISO which i had to install from. I wasn't successful here either.
Sorry if I'm confusing. 4MLinux sounds like a neat distro, and I'd really like to try out JWM too, but it would be much easier if I could have it full screen and easily copy files to/from the host...
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