I am running kali-linux-2020-1-vbox-amd64-ova in VirtualBox 6.0.16 on OS X 10.14.6. I have set both "Shared Clipboard" and "Drag and Drop" to "Bidirectional", but neither clipboard sharing nor drag and drop are working in either direction.
I found this kali forums question from 2016 and followed the instructions about purging virtualbox-guest-x11 and reinstalling. The problem remains.
VBoxClient is definitely installed and running:
Code:
kali@kali ~ % systemctl status -l virtualbox-guest-utils.service
● virtualbox-guest-utils.service - Virtualbox guest utils
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/virtualbox-guest-utils.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-02-17 12:22:23 EST; 5min ago
Process: 492 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/virtualbox-guest-utils start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Tasks: 11 (limit: 2320)
Memory: 8.9M
CGroup: /system.slice/virtualbox-guest-utils.service
├─534 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --vmsvga
├─535 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --vmsvga
└─539 /usr/sbin/VBoxService
Here is what `ps` looks like:
Code:
kali@kali ~ % ps -ef | grep VBoxClient
root 534 1 0 12:22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --vmsvga
root 535 534 0 12:22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --vmsvga
kali 797 1 0 12:22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --display
kali 799 797 0 12:22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --display
kali 806 1 0 12:22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --seamless
kali 813 806 0 12:22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --seamless
kali 815 1 0 12:22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --draganddrop
kali 820 815 0 12:22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --draganddrop
kali 1244 1194 0 12:28 pts/0 00:00:00 grep VBoxClient
I also found a post on StackExchange which suggested that I try `VBoxClient --clipboard`. While that didn't end in an error, it also didn't work. And `VBoxClient --clipboard` doesn't show up in `ps -ef` either.
I even tried modifying /etc/init.d/virtualbox-guest-utils to add this as line 63:
Code:
/usr/bin/VBoxClient --clipboard
But on reboot, the clipboard still didn't show in ps -ef—and of course the clipboard still isn't being shared.
As for drag and drop, when I try this in either direction I get an error like this:
Code:
Drag and drop operation from guest to host failed.
Drag and drop error from guest (VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER).
Result Code:
VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005)
Component:
GuestWrap
Interface:
IGuest {13a11514-402e-022e-6180-c3944de3f9c8}
I don't know if the shared folder is managed by virtualbox-guest-x11 and friends, but that IS working.
I'm out of ideas at this point, so I thought I would ask here. Thanks in advance for any ideas!