[Tfug] upgrading VirtualBox

Matthew Patenaude mnglfiddle at gmail.com
Thu Mar 12 07:08:14 MST 2009


Can you explain more: what is the virtualbox client?

Thanks,
Matthew


On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:02 PM, David Rice <david.l.rice at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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