How to fix virtualbox's copy and paste to host-machine?
Sometimes while using VirtualBox, I have tried copying text from the virtual machine to the host machine but failed. Whenever that happens, I fix it by rebooting the virtual machine. Is there a solution to this because I don't want to keep rebooting again and again.
Note: It is always possible for me to copy text from the host to the virtual machine.
If your guest OS is ubuntu then running following two commands in ubuntu terminal should help:
$ killall VBoxClient $ VBoxClient-all
On a Windows XP guest, I can kill "VBoxTray.exe" using the Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del), then restart it from "Program Files/VirtualBox Guest Additions".
In the Oracle virtual box setting go to
Settings > General > Advance
There is a an option Drag n Drop. Select the direction you want to copy the text.
For me, Windows 7 host and Ubuntu 16.04 guest, I had to install VirtualBox guest additions.
- Start the virtual machine
- Click Devices menu
- Select Insert Guest Additions CD image
- Change to the directory where your CD-ROM drive is mounted (typically
/media/<user>/VBOXADDITIONS_x.x.x/) - Install it
sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run - Reboot the virtual machine!
I found the complete steps in this link
Install VBoxClient (requirement for next step):
sudo apt install virtualbox-guest-x11
Restart the VBox clipboard module:
pkill 'VBoxClient --clipboard' -f & sleep 1 && VBoxClient --clipboard