Bernhard Froehlich wrote: > Looks like you installed the guest additions on the host. You should not > do that. They should only be installed on FreeBSD guests running in an > virtualbox. The pkg-descr and COMMENT should probably be amended to reflect this since it was confusing to me too. :) Perhaps something like the attached? Also, in looking at the shell script that is provided for the additions it would be nice if it could be updated to an rc.d style script. If anyone wants to tackle that and needs help feel free to follow up on the -ports list, or freebsd-rc_at_FreeBSD.org. Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ diff -ur ../virtualbox-ose-additions-orig/Makefile ./Makefile --- ../virtualbox-ose-additions-orig/Makefile 2009-12-21 03:37:26.000000000 -0800 +++ ./Makefile 2009-12-28 10:22:49.000000000 -0800 _at__at_ -16,7 +16,7 _at__at_ DISTNAME= VirtualBox-${DISTVERSION}-OSE MAINTAINER= vbox_at_FreeBSD.org -COMMENT= VirtualBox Guest Additions for FreeBSD +COMMENT= VirtualBox additions for FreeBSD guests BUILD_DEPENDS= yasm:${PORTSDIR}/devel/yasm \ as86:${PORTSDIR}/devel/dev86 \ diff -ur ../virtualbox-ose-additions-orig/pkg-descr ./pkg-descr --- ../virtualbox-ose-additions-orig/pkg-descr 2009-09-21 13:14:39.000000000 -0700 +++ ./pkg-descr 2009-12-28 10:22:18.000000000 -0800 _at__at_ -1,3 +1,5 _at__at_ +These additions are for installation inside a FreeBSD guest. + VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, itReceived on Mon Dec 28 2009 - 17:24:32 UTC
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