[arch-general] vbox PUEL: copy/pate Arch host - Arch guest not working: VBoxclient-all started

["Jérôme M. Berger"]

David C. Rankin wrote:
> Guys,
> 
>     I have setup Arch in virtualbox to provide a clean environment for
> the trinity build. Xorg+fluxbox for the environment. One problem I'm
> having is copy/paste between the host and guest does not work. I have
> the LinuxAdditions installed and shared folders (mounted uid,gid), X,
> flux, and copy/paste within the guest works fine, but I can't get it to
> copy/paste from host-to-guest or guest-to-host. xorg.conf is:
> 
> 22:18 alchemy:~> cat cnf/vbox/linux-guest/xorg.conf
> # VirtualBox generated configuration file
> # based on /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "vboxmouse"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/vboxguest"
>         Option      "CorePointer" "yes"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>   Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
>   ModelName    "VirtualBox Virtual Output"
>   VendorName   "Oracle Corporation"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>   BoardName    "VirtualBox Graphics"
>   Driver       "vboxvideo"
>   Identifier   "Device[0]"
>   VendorName   "Oracle Corporation"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Depth      24
>     Modes     "1280x800"
>   EndSubSection
>   Device       "Device[0]"
>   Identifier   "Screen[0]"
>   Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
> EndSection
> 
> ~/.xinitrc is:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/bin/VBoxClient-all &
> startfluxbox
> 
>     No display manager installed. I've been through
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox and updated a few areas,
> but I still couldn't find the trick for making host/guest copy/paste
> work. Anybody know a way to get this working.
> 
	Cannot you just display everything on the host X server by setting
DISPLAY to the appropriate value?

		Jerome
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