Mandriva 2009.1 Vbox help

[Asha'man X]

After trying so many other Linux distro's, I finally came back to the one that started it all for me: Mandriva. The 2009.1 edition is rather stunning overall. It's fast, even in a VM, looks pretty, and it even auto installs VBox Guest Additions when it detects that it is in a VM. That impressed me no end...

However, my question is this. How can I install the Additions from version 3 of VBox? VBox 3 was just released a few days ago. I tried installing it the same way I always have on other distro's, and the installer stopped working. Looking at the log file, it seems that it can't build a kernel test module so it doesn't go further. Could it be that since Mandriva auto installs an older version of the Additions that the new version won't work?

Being a rather non technical Linux user, I'm confused. Should I try to upgrade the additions using updates through the package manager, or uninstall what's already installed and try the new additions? I would appreciate some help from the guru's out there.

Thanks

 

[MyWorld]

So you are trying to install Vbox 3.0? And you cannot get the OS additions to install?

Uninstall the current vbox and in your home directory:
rm -r .virtualbox

Got to and download the latest version:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Download the Mandriva RPM and install it.
rpm -Uvh VirtualBox-3.0.0_49315_mdv2009.1-1.i586.rpm

Once you have your guest OS installed, go to "Devices" on the vbox toolbar select "Guest additions" and it should download and install it automatically.

 

[Asha'man X]

So you are trying to install Vbox 3.0? And you cannot get the OS additions to install?

Uninstall the current vbox and in your home directory:
rm -r .virtualbox

Got to and download the latest version:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Download the Mandriva RPM and install it.
rpm -Uvh VirtualBox-3.0.0_49315_mdv2009.1-1.i586.rpm

Once you have your guest OS installed, go to "Devices" on the vbox toolbar select "Guest additions" and it should download and install it automatically.

Thanks for your help. I don't think I explained things clearly enough, so let me try to clarify a bit.

I'm running Vista x64 as my host, and Mandriva is the 32 bit edition for the guest. When I install it in VBox, somehow Mandriva detects this and installs the guest additions automatically that came with the Mandriva DVD . These seems to be a bit old now, and I'd like to install the additions that came with VBox 3.

So should I first remove the additions that are installed automatically and then try to install the newer version manually? Or should I try to update them from inside Mandriva by using the package manager? It's a bit confusing, as I have never had a Linux distro that automatically installs the additions before.

I'll keep playing around in the meantime.

 

[MyWorld]

The best would be to see what version the software manager in Mandriva has.
The guest additions are additional drivers, so it will influence the kernel.

No doubt Mandriva have modified them a bit to suit them, so my bet would be to see what they have to offer. If that does not help or they are still too old, then uninstall them and install the additions that came with your host installation.

EDIT:
Since I have no idea of what the additions implement in the kernel, you should do this on a VM that you are not afraid to loose. If everything goes pear shape you could always do a repair installation of Mandriva.

Let us know how this panned out please, would be good to know what worked.

Also, just as a side note, why do you need the newest guest additions?

 

[Asha'man X]

The best would be to see what version the software manager in Mandriva has.
The guest additions are additional drivers, so it will influence the kernel.

No doubt Mandriva have modified them a bit to suit them, so my bet would be to see what they have to offer. If that does not help or they are still too old, then uninstall them and install the additions that came with your host installation.

EDIT:
Since I have no idea of what the additions implement in the kernel, you should do this on a VM that you are not afraid to loose. If everything goes pear shape you could always do a repair installation of Mandriva.

Let us know how this panned out please, would be good to know what worked.

Also, just as a side note, why do you need the newest guest additions?

Thanks again for your reply. I didn't have a chance to play around yet today, but should do so this weekend.

I'm not afraid to lose the VM, as I'm only playing around. I only got Mandriva in the week, and I don't intend running it beyond the VM at this stage.

As for the reason I want the new guest additions, it is because VBox 3 supports OpenGL 2.0, which I am hoping will perhaps make Compiz/KWin run smoother when playing around with that under the VM. I'm not sure what OpenGL versions they need to be smooth and fluid. I really want to see what all the talk has been about these eye candy effects

Anyway, just in general, I am really glad to be back with Mandriva. It's like I came home after being out in exile. If I ever had to run a Linux distro full time, it would be Mandriva. I'm a Windows man through and through, but damn, Mandriva is good