Install Guest Additions to Linux From Scratch (LFS) - fixed in 2.2.0

[John Gnew]

I have modified the following attached files to allow the Linux From Scratch (LFS) distribution to install the Virtual Box Guest additions. My modifications are the minimum to make the install work. I did not come up with a good way to change the script file vboxadd-timesync but instead hard codded a change for the stop. LFS killproc requires a pid number in the pid file. Well at least that is the only way I could get it to work.

I have attached the files that I modified. I'm sure there are better ways for the modifications to be implemented.

John

[John Gnew]

install.sh

[John Gnew]

vboxadd

[John Gnew]

vboxadd-timesync

[John Gnew]

vboxvfs

[Michael Thayer]

Thanks very much. What did you actually change in install.sh though? Perhaps you meant to upload routines.sh?

[John Gnew]

routines.sh

[John Gnew]

Replying to michael:

Thanks very much. What did you actually change in install.sh though? Perhaps you meant to upload routines.sh?

I just uploaded the routines.sh file. I missed updating the addrunlevel section. The directory structure on the LFS system is:

ls /etc/rc.d/ init.d rc1.d rc3.d rc5.d rc0.d rc2.d rc4.d rc6.d rcsysinit.d

As for updates in install.sh,

# Install the X Window drivers if [ ! "$install_xdrivers" = "" ]; then

log "Installing the X Window System drivers"

for dir in /usr/lib/X11/modules /usr/X11R6/lib/modules; do

X11 modules are /usr/lib/X11/modules

All documentation for the Linux From Scratch system is at ​http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ The BLFS pages cover the Xorg and XFree installs.

[Frank Mehnert]

The scripts were fixed some time ago, closing.

[John Gnew]

Corrected for Linux From Scratch install

[John Gnew]

I have made some changes to the routines.sh file from version 2.1.4 (it uploaded as routines.2.sh) to allow for a successful install on a Linux From Scratch platform. The changes are simply testing for lfs-release, setting ro_INIT_TYPE=lfs, and then additional tests throughout the script that will point to /etc/rc.d/init.d/.

I am reopening this ticket because I'm not sure if leaving it closed anyone will look at it. After this is looked at I am comfortable with this ticked being closed as I know what I need to edit in the script and this might help others.

[John Gnew]

Sorry, The changed this I just posted are for the install of VBox on a Linux From Scratch system. I believe the Guest Additions actually were corrected a while back.

[Michael Thayer]

Could you please attach a diff of the changes you think should be made against routines.sh in the 2.2 beta 2 installer, if any?

[John Gnew]

Diff of Routines.sh

[John Gnew]

I have attached a diff file of the changes that I made to the routines.sh file that allow it to work on a LFS system to install the base application. The main changes are changes to allow /etc/rc.d/init.d/. This is for the 2.1.4 installer. I just noticed the request is for the 2.2 installer. I will need to download that and look to see what is there.

[John Gnew]

Can you point me to the link that allows the download of 2.2 beta 2? I can not find it.

[Michael Thayer]

2.2.0 is now available on virtualbox.org.

[John Gnew]

That was easy. I downloaded, verified the routines.sh file, then just went back and did the full install. It removed 2.1.4 and then installed 2.2.0 with no problem. Thanks and this can be closed.

[Michael Thayer]

Thanks for the feedback.