vbox Shared Folders not mounting

[nccpgmr9]

running M2A2 in virtualbox with the latest kernel and updates installed, vbox-additions installed

[root@localhost ~]# urpmi dkms-vboxadditions
Package dkms-vboxadditions-4.1.8-2.mga2.x86_64 is already installed
[root@localhost ~]# uname -a
Linux localhost 3.2.0-desktop-1.mga2 #1 SMP Thu Jan 5 11:44:18 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost ~]#

as you can see below rc7-1 the shared folders were there, but rc7-2 and the current kernel
the shared folders wont mount.

[theone@localhost media]$ uname -a
Linux localhost 3.2.0-desktop-0.rc7.1.mga2 #1 SMP Sun Dec 25 01:08:36 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[theone@localhost media]$ ls
sf_lin3/ sf_theone/ sf_win_c/ sf_win_c2/ sf_win_c3/ sf_win_d/ <- i did'nt add these the system did
[theone@localhost media]$


[theone@localhost media]$ uname -a
Linux localhost 3.2.0-desktop-1.mga2 #1 SMP Thu Jan 5 11:44:18 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[theone@localhost media]$ ls
[theone@localhost media]$

manually mounting them i get this
[root@localhost ~]# cd..
[root@localhost /]# cd media
[root@localhost media]# md lin3
[root@localhost media]# ls
lin3/
[root@localhost media]# mount -t vboxsf lin3 /media/lin3
/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device
[root@localhost media]# mount -t vboxsf /media/lin3 lin3
/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device
[root@localhost media]#

the shared folder is name-lin3, path-/lin3, automount-yes,access-full

for me this isn't a priority, but it may be for someone else

[nccpgmr9]

i look at this bug-> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3874

about additions not installing, so i downloaded the kernel-devel-latest , uninstalled vbox additions then reinstalled
rebooted and the shared folders are there (WOOHOO)

[doktor5000]

Is that with kernel-desktop-devel-3.2.0-1.mga2?

[nccpgmr9]

Is that with kernel-desktop-devel-3.2.0-1.mga2?

yes should have mentioned that

But then again i did some updates before rebooting so it could have been one of those, if it was kudos to whomever fixed it

[doktor5000]

Well for me shared folders part of the additions does not compile with kernel-3.2.

[nccpgmr9]

this is what i did to get it to work for me:

from MCC:
Jan 10 08:02:59 localhost rpmdrake[3376]: [RPM] kernel-desktop-devel-3.2.0-1.mga2-1-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 08:03:00 localhost rpmdrake[3376]: [RPM] kernel-desktop-devel-latest-3.2.0-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 08:03:42 localhost shutdown[3596]: shutting down for system reboot

the shared folders were not there at this point

on return from doing stuff i did this
from command line:

urpme: called with: dkms-vboxadditions
Jan 10 15:15:06 localhost urpme: transaction on / (remove=2, install=0, upgrade=0)
Jan 10 15:15:13 localhost perl: [RPM] virtualbox-guest-additions-4.1.8-2.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:15:27 localhost perl: [RPM] dkms-vboxadditions-4.1.8-2.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:15:41 localhost urpmi: called with: dkms-vboxadditions
Jan 10 15:15:44 localhost urpmi: transaction on / (remove=0, install=0, upgrade=1)
Jan 10 15:15:47 localhost perl: [RPM] dkms-vboxadditions-4.1.8-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:18:08 localhost urpmi: called with: virtualbox-guest-additions
Jan 10 15:18:11 localhost urpmi: transaction on / (remove=0, install=0, upgrade=1)
Jan 10 15:18:12 localhost perl: [RPM] virtualbox-guest-additions-4.1.8-2.mga2.x86_64 installed

went to reboot sys wouldn't, did reset in vbox, it came back up and shared folders were there

here are the updates that were done before i did the vbox additions
i dont know if one of them cause the folders to appear or not

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lib64solid4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:09 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kjs4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:11 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64glib2.0_0-2.31.8-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:12 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kntlm4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:15 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kfile4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:16 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kemoticons4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:18 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kio5-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:19 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64nepomukutils4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:20 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64nepomukquery4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:22 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64nepomuk4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:23 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kparts4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:25 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64khtml5-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:27 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64ktexteditor4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:29 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdeui5-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:30 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64krosscore4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:31 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdecore5-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:33 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kjsembed4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:42 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] kdelibs4-core-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:43 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64magic1-5.10-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:45 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] file-5.10-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:49 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] filezilla-3.5.3-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:50 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64gio2.0_0-2.31.8-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:52 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64apr-util1_0-1.4.1-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:02:53 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kemoticons4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:02:54 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kfile4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
ib64ktexteditor4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:02:56 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64khtml5-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:02:58 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kntlm4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:02:59 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kio5-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:00 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kparts4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:01 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64krosscore4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:02 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdeui5-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:04 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64nepomuk4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:05 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64nepomukquery4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:06 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64nepomukutils4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:07 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] kdelibs4-core-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:08 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kjsembed4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:10 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdecore5-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:11 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] file-5.09-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:12 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64gio2.0_0-2.31.6-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:13 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] filezilla-3.5.2-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:14 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64glib2.0_0-2.31.6-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:15 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64magic1-5.09-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:16 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kjs4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:17 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64solid4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:19 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64apr-util1_0-1.3.12-4.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:29 localhost MageiaUpdate: transaction on / (remove=0, install=0, upgrade=8)
Jan 10 15:03:30 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kprintutils4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:03:31 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kidletime4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:03:32 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kpty4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:03:34 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kcmutils4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:03:35 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kutils4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:03:36 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdesu5-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:03:37 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64knewstuff2_4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:03:39 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64knotifyconfig4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:03:40 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kutils4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:41 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdesu5-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:42 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kpty4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:43 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kcmutils4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:44 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kidletime4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:45 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kprintutils4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:46 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64knewstuff2_4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:47 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64knotifyconfig4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:03:51 localhost MageiaUpdate: transaction on / (remove=0, install=0, upgrade=8)
Jan 10 15:03:52 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64threadweaver4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:03:53 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kmediaplayer4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:03:55 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kde3support4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:03:56 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kjsapi4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:03:57 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdewebkit5-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:03:59 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdnssd4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:04:00 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdefakes5-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:04:01 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdeclarative5-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:04:02 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64threadweaver4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:03 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kmediaplayer4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:04 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kde3support4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:05 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kjsapi4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:06 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdewebkit5-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:07 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdnssd4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:08 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdefakes5-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:09 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64kdeclarative5-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:19 localhost MageiaUpdate: transaction on / (remove=0, install=0, upgrade=8)
Jan 10 15:04:21 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] mariadb-common-core-5.5.18-0.bzr3194.20111227.4.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:04:22 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64knewstuff3_4-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:04:23 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64ldetect0.11-0.11.6-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:04:25 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64mariadb18-5.5.18-0.bzr3194.20111227.4.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:04:28 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] mariadb-client-5.5.18-0.bzr3194.20111227.4.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:04:35 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] mariadb-common-5.5.18-0.bzr3194.20111227.4.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:04:36 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] ldetect-0.11.6-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:04:38 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64plasma3-2:4.7.97-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:04:39 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] mariadb-common-5.5.18-0.bzr3194.20111227.3.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:40 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] mariadb-client-5.5.18-0.bzr3194.20111227.3.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:41 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64plasma3-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:42 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] ldetect-0.11.5-2.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:43 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64ldetect0.11-0.11.5-2.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:44 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64knewstuff3_4-2:4.7.97-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:45 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64mariadb18-5.5.18-0.bzr3194.20111227.3.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:04:46 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] mariadb-common-core-5.5.18-0.bzr3194.20111227.3.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:05:03 localhost MageiaUpdate: transaction on / (remove=0, install=0, upgrade=8)
Jan 10 15:05:06 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] x11-server-common-1.11.3.901-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:05:08 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64oxygen-gtk3-1.2.0-0.20111219.1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:05:09 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] oxygen-gtk3-1.2.0-0.20111219.1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:05:11 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] x11-server-xorg-1.11.3.901-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:05:13 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] mariadb-core-5.5.18-0.bzr3194.20111227.4.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:05:17 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64mariadb-embedded18-5.5.18-0.bzr3194.20111227.4.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:05:20 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] mythes-1.2.2-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:05:22 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] glib2.0-common-2.31.8-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:05:23 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] oxygen-gtk3-1.1.50-0.20111128.2.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:05:24 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] x11-server-xorg-1.11.2-3.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:05:26 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] x11-server-common-1.11.2-3.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:05:27 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64oxygen-gtk3-1.1.50-0.20111128.2.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:05:28 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] mariadb-core-5.5.18-0.bzr3194.20111227.3.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:05:29 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] lib64mariadb-embedded18-5.5.18-0.bzr3194.20111227.3.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:05:30 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] mythes-1.2.1-3.mga1.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:05:32 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] glib2.0-common-2.31.6-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
Jan 10 15:05:34 localhost MageiaUpdate: transaction on / (remove=0, install=0, upgrade=2)
Jan 10 15:05:35 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] hyphen-2.8.3-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
Jan 10 15:05:36 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] hyphen-en-2.8.3-1.mga2.noarch installed
Jan 10 15:05:37 localhost MageiaUpdate[3659]: [RPM] hyphen-en-2.7.1-1.mga2.noarch removed

[doktor5000]

What version of virtualbox are you using on the host?

BTW: Please next time use Code-tags for such output, to improve on clarity and to save space.

[nccpgmr9]

[theone@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep virtualbox
virtualbox-guest-additions-4.0.14-1.3.mga1
virtualbox-4.0.14-1.3.mga1
dkms-virtualbox-4.0.14-1.3.mga1
virtualbox-doc-4.0.14-1.3.mga1

[doktor5000]

Well the main advantage of installing guest additions manually (from Virtualbox menu -> mount iso image -> install via VBoxLinuxAdditions.run)
was the automatic window resizing of the guest, which never worked for me with the mageia guest-additions packages. Does this work for you?

BTW: Why do you have guest-additions on the host?

[nccpgmr9]

was the automatic window resizing of the guest, which never worked for me with the mageia guest-additions packages. Does this work for you?
i only had a full screen once, i made a change to tweak something and it was gone, back on Mageia 2 Alpha 1
i have a full screen when i run win xp in vbox

BTW: Why do you have guest-additions on the host?
not sure i think i installed it when i installed virtual box to cover all the basics,since i never used vbox before