vbox FreeBSD & VirtualBox

[freebsd777]

Gentlemen!

I'm running latest version of freebsd in virtualbox but cannot mount a shared folder or increase display size, thank you!

 

[kent_dorfman766]

It has been a long time since I've used VB, and then it was in the linux world, but what I remember is that screen mode changes and shared folders required a binary-only guest extensions module that I had to download from Oracle. I've learned to like, or at least tolerate, qemu for my virtualization needs instead.

 

[T-Daemon]

I'm running latest version of freebsd in virtualbox

You need to install emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions-72 (or equivalent VirtualBox hypervisor version additions package) in the guest.

To resize screen resolution you might need to set "VBoxClient-all" command in a xorg environment startup script of the user.

 

[gomadtroll]

I don't use the shared folder feature, I use sftp, cli or in a gui file manager if using a DE.
All the needed FreeBSD VB packages are available for ver 15.1

 

[SirDice]

Also, set the VMs display to VboxVGA or VboxSVGA, it will default to VMSVGA which doesn't work.

 

[drhowarddrfine]

I'm running latest version of freebsd in virtualbox

To be clear, you are running virtualbox on a FreeBSD box, right?

 

[SirDice]

you are running virtualbox on a FreeBSD box, right?

I'm reading it the other way around, FreeBSD guest on Virtualbox.

 

[drhowarddrfine]

SirDice Yes but it's not clear what virtualbox is running on.

 

[hedwards]

I'm reading it the other way around, FreeBSD guest on Virtualbox.

It's not stated what the host OS is. It's FreeBSD in the VirtualBox VM from the post, but no mention of the host. I'm hoping FreeBSD otherwise there's more likely to be an incomplete answer if anything FreeBSD specific is impacting that end.