Bug 234491

Summary:	app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-1.6.4 Shared folders fail
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Alex Barker <alex>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Alex Barker 2008-08-11 18:45:10 UTC

Shared folders do not appear accessible to windows guests with vbox 1.6.4.
Side note there is no icon after install.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install windows xp guest (use nat)
2. install guest tools
3. add shared folder
4. \\Vboxsvr\shared_folder
5. wait for connection error.

Actual Results:  
Connection failure

Expected Results:  
Share connection

This seems to work on my 1.6.2 oss version on my desktop but the bin on my laptop is the failure.

Comment 1 Alessio Cassibba (X-Drum) 2008-08-12 00:28:21 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
Hi

> Shared folders do not appear accessible to windows guests with vbox 1.6.4.

Tested with virtualbox-bin-1.6.4, shared folders are working fine here,
sounds like a problem with your guest or your VM setup,
be sure to update your guest additions after every upgrade, not an ebuild issue.

> Side note there is no icon after install.

Just checked again, an icon is present and installed
x-drum@Thunder ~ $ qlist virtualbox-bin | grep png
/usr/share/pixmaps/virtualbox.png

Comment 2 Alex Barker 2008-08-12 03:50:08 UTC

Strange, i reinstalled the guest additions and now it works....  Strange.