Ubuntu 10.04 beta on Virtualbox

Let’s try this post again.

I’ve been trying Ubuntu 10.04 beta on Virtualbox, but unfortunately the guest tools aren’t totally up-to-date. A couple of fixes are needed.

First, via Absolutely!, fix the video drivers:
sudo nano -w /usr/src/vboxvideo-3.1.4/vboxvideo_drm.c

Replace line 90 with:

#if defined(DRM_UNLOCKED) || LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION (2, 6, 33)
                 .unlocked_ioctl = drm_ioctl,
#else
                 .ioctl = drm_ioctl,
#endif

Then run the command:
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup

Secondly, fix the mouse integration. Add a new X config file:
sudo nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf
with the following content:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "VBoxMouse"
        Driver      "vboxmouse"
        Option      "CorePointer"
EndSection

Reboot, and all should be well.

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