Re: Looking for help in configuring LilyDev in VirtualBox

[Peter Toye]

Monday, January 20, 2020, 9:46:58 AM, Michael Käppler wrote:



Am 20.01.2020 um 10:34 schrieb Peter Toye:

Reposted with additions:


I'm slowly working my way through CG Section 2.1, but have reached an impasse. 
In "Configuring LilyDev in VirtualBox". Step 1 tells me to "install Guest 
Addition...". That's been changed to "Insert..." but that's obvious. The 
VBoxGuestAdditions.iso CD is in the virtual drive, but it seems but there's no 
autorun, and clicking on it merely asks if I want to eject it.

I've now worked out how to mount the CD, and I followed the instructions in the 
VirtualBox FAQ page to install the missing bits. But when I try to install the 
Guest Additions it says they're already installed. has the LilyDev distro 
changed to include the Guest Additions? Because, if so, I can't get the shared 
clipboard to work, and that's rather necessary for my setup.



Hi Peter, I did answer almost immediately: 


Am 18.01.2020 um 13:40 schrieb Peter Toye: 

I'm slowly working my way through CG Section 2.1, but have reached an impasse. 
In "Configuring LilyDev in VirtualBox". Step 1 tells me to "install Guest 
Addition...". That's been changed to "Insert..." but that's obvious. The 
VBoxGuestAdditions.iso CD is in the virtual drive, but it seems but there's no 
autorun, and clicking on it merely asks if I want to eject it. 

It looks as if there's a step missing, as the CD doesn't seem to be mounted in 
the file system, which would explain everything. But I'm not sure (as a Linux 
newbie) where to look for it. 
You won't need that. The guest additions have been incorporated into 
LilyDev. 
My patch for the CG will reflect this change. 
If you have problems resizing the VM window to full size, try to change 
the Display->Graphics controller to VBoxVGA in VirtualBox settings. 
You can activate clipboard sharing in General->Advanced->Bidirectional. 

So it seems you did not receive my response?
I did only reply to the list, but you should have received it, anyway.

No, I didn't receive it. And it's not in my junk mailbox either, so it must 
have disappeared entirely. That's a nuisance.

Clipboard was already activated as bidirectional. But it's not working. I 
copied text from Lilydev but there was nothing in the host (Windows) clipboard. 
I copied text from the host, and the Lilydev clipboard had what I just copied 
from Lilydev. So it seems that the clipboards aren't integrating. Or am I doing 
something wrong?

As it seems that you are keeping the CG up to date there's no point in my 
trying to help. We'll just get in each other's way.


Cheers,
Michael



All the best,

Peter