dsl install on virtualbox

[col2025]

i have installed dsl on virtualbox & everything is working except i can't add guest additions to enable shared folders etc.?

does anyone have any suggestions

[grindstone]

Worked here. Need more on "can't add" -- what exactly are you trying and what exactly happened. What if you throw that image on another vbox drive, mount it, and run it by hand (as root)? Etc, etc, etc... Please clarify what you've tried.

[col2025]

Hi grindstone
i get to the finished installing damn small linux in virtualbox my problem is when i click insert guest additions cd it opens in dsl file manager but i can't get it to start, i'm a newbie with linux so probably clicking on the wrong things,

i read somewhere that have to click guestaditions.run to start the installation but on trying this nothing happened.,
i also thought that i might have missed something during install of dls so i created a second virtual machine called dsl 2 but same problem

[grindstone]

OK, if you're in there just after you chose the "insert guest additions", the image may be already (still) mounted in which case you just need to run it as superuser.

Do you see the volume VBox_GAas... in the file manager? If so, that's good. I'm sure there's a friendly way to do this but I don't know it so grab a Terminal from the top of the DSL main menu and type

Code:

df

and see if there's something under /media like maybe sr0 etc. If your GA image is mounted, it should show there, too--that's what you need to

Code:

cd /media/sr0
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

then type your password and it should run.

(note the . and the / in front of that).

[col2025]

OK, if you're in there just after you chose the "insert guest additions", the image may be already (still) mounted in which case you just need to run it as superuser. 

Do you see the volume VBox_GAas... in the file manager?  If so, that's good.  I'm sure there's a friendly way to do this but I don't know it so grab a Terminal from the top of the DSL main menu and type

Code:

df

and see if there's something under /media like maybe sr0 etc.  If your GA image is mounted, it should show there, too--that's what you need to

Code:

cd /media/sr0
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

then type your password and it should run. 

(note the . and the / in front of that).

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OK, if you're in there just after you chose the "insert guest additions", the image may be already (still) mounted in which case you just need to run it as superuser. 

Do you see the volume VBox_GAas... in the file manager?  If so, that's good.  I'm sure there's a friendly way to do this but I don't know it so grab a Terminal from the top of the DSL main menu and type

Code:

df

and see if there's something under /media like maybe sr0 etc.  If your GA image is mounted, it should show there, too--that's what you need to

Code:

cd /media/sr0
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

then type your password and it should run. 

(note the . and the / in front of that).

not sure why my above comment ended up all in bold sorry about that, still getting used to the forums

[grindstone]

OK thanks for the update. As sort of general advice for new users, this is my list:

- Toggle-on the firewall in the control center (under Network)
- Choose the "DSL File Restore" op in the middle of the main menu
- Update the system (Software->Manage Packages in control center, yes to run update, then no to not run it again, then arrow-up twice & enter to upgrade the packages it found, & Continue)
- Skim /usr/share/dsl/FAQ/index.html if you haven't, but, *more* importantly for a new user, read the antiX FAQ will (/usr/share/antiX/FAQ/index.html)

Personally, I would also install the ad blocking while you're in the package manager (search for advert-block-antix) and run that (it will appear under Network in the control center after you install it).

[col2025]

OK thanks for the update.  As sort of general advice for new users, this is my list:

- Toggle-on the firewall in the control center (under Network)
- Choose the "DSL File Restore" op in the middle of the main menu
- Update the system (Software->Manage Packages in control center, yes to run update, then no to not run it again, then arrow-up twice & enter to upgrade the packages it found, & Continue)
- Skim /usr/share/dsl/FAQ/index.html if you haven't, but, *more* importantly for a new user, read the antiX FAQ will (/usr/share/antiX/FAQ/index.html)

Personally, I would also install the ad blocking while you're in the package manager (search for advert-block-antix) and run that (it will appear under Network in the control center after you install it).

thanks for the tip. i was on the look out for a decent ad blocker as sometimes they help speed up internet a little, 
can you recommend a good media player? i normally use vlc on my desktop

[grindstone]

Well, you know mpv is already there, right? It's worth exploring in some depth if you haven't as the resource demands are more modest (John chose these all with care).

One of the good and bad things about running less-demanding applications on less-capable hardware is that we have the Opportunity to learn in more depth -- not all of us have time/inclination for that. I too like vlc's ability to basically play anything, but, but for less-capable machines, mpv is welcome. For quality and performance optimization, there's a point at which your specific graphics hardware matters and you have some control over things. There's quite a lot of discussion about various corner cases and minutia upstream at the antixforum.

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/mpv-hwdecauto/
https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#options-hwdec
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/...rivatives/

There's nothing that says you can't do both -- install vlc and use that while investigating mpv or other options.