Ubuntu
virtualbox package

Shared clipboard doesn't work after installing virtualbox-guest-dkms

Bug #1652346 reported by José Luis González
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Bug Description

I have enabled shared clipboard (bidirectional) and installed virtualbox-guest-dkms, but even after rebooting shared clipboard isn't working. Linux headers are installed for the kernel image I'm running (4.4.0-53-generic).

If I do

$ VBoxClient --clipboard

in the host a system message says:

Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service, rc=VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

The host is xenial and virtualbox-guest-dkms is version 5.0.24-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1. The guest is precise freshly installed. I have tried both Terminal and Text Editor in the virtual machine to paste.

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Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote :

I think you also need virtualbox-guest-x11

VBoxClient --clipboard doesn't work for me too, but ctrl+c and ctrl+v work

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote :

maybe try with my ppa:costamagnagianfranco/virtualbox-ppa

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for virtualbox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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