[Tfug] upgrading VirtualBox

David Rice david.l.rice at gmail.com
Thu Mar 12 07:02:35 MST 2009


You need to install the virtualbox client for the mouse issue.

On 3/12/09, David Rice <david.l.rice at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've used virtualbox for well over a year and with the 2.0 release the
> upgrades have been flawless. No you will not have to rebuild, you may
> have to repoint to your image directory.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
> On 3/12/09, Matthew Patenaude <mnglfiddle at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I recently saw that there is an upgrade to VirtualBox. I have two
>> questions.
>>
>> First: If I upgrade VirtualBox, should my present VMs still work, or will
>> have to rebuild the guest OSs? I have a XP guest, and a Kubuntu 8.10
>> guest.
>>
>> Second: I followed several directions about how to install guest
>> additions
>> in Kubuntu. I was able to get the resizing to work, but the guest still
>> grabs my mouse and I have to get it to let go by hitting the right Ctrl
>> button. I know it should seamlessly go back and forth like it does with
>> my
>> XP guest.
>>
>> I am pretty much a Gnome guy, but I wanted to see what the fuss was
>> regarding KDE 4.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matthew
>>
>
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