[Nix-dev] virtualboxGuestAdditions

[Evgeny Egorochkin]

On Thursday 29 July 2010 10:58:01 germsteel wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I can't figure out how to get virtualboxGuestAdditions to work.  I also did
> nix-env -i VirtualBox-GuestAdditions-3.1.8 always ending every update with
> nixos-rebuild switch and reboot.
> My window doesn't resize to fit the VB Host window.  No shared clipboard,
> copy, paste -- did I miss something?

This is exactly how it works. The only real difference is that it doesn't 
"catch" the mouse and acts as a regular window on your desktop.

> I have kde working.  Host  is OS X 10.6 guest NixOS pre22737 on VirtualBox
> 3.26.
> 
> Any hints would be appreciated; I have read the manual, looked at the
> mailing list.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ===================
> 
> # This is a generated file.  Do not modify!
> # Make changes to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
> {pkgs, config, ...}:
> {
> #  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [  "ata_piix" "ohci_hcd" "ehci_hcd" "ahci"
> ]; boot.initrd.kernelModules = [  "ata_piix" ];
> 
> 
>   boot.kernelModules = [  ];
>   boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda";
>   nix.maxJobs = 1;
> 	fileSystems = [
> 		{ mountPoint = "/";
> 		  label = "nixos";
> 		}
> 	];
> 
> 	swapDevices = [
> 		{ label = "swap"; }
> 	];
> 
> 
> #  services.xserver.videoDriver = "vesa";
> #  services.sshd.enable = true;
> 
> services.xserver = {
> 	enable = true;
> 	autorun = true;
> 	defaultDepth = 16;
> 	desktopManager.default = "kde4";
> 	desktopManager.kde4.enable = true;
> 	videoDriver = "virtualbox";
> 
> 	};
> 
> boot.extraModulePackages = [
> config.boot.kernelPackages.virtualboxGuestAdditions ];
> environment.systemPackages = [
> config.boot.kernelPackages.virtualboxGuestAdditions ];
> environment.kdePackages = [
> config.boot.kernelPackages.virtualboxGuestAdditions ];
> }

-- 
Evgeny