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I am using virtual box on ubuntu 16.04 but I am not able copy-paste between my base machine Ubuntu and vm Kali. Based on suggestion I have tried below commands: I have enabled by bidirectional shared clipboard I have installed virtualbox-guest-x11,virtualbox-guest-dkms. I have executed the command service virtualbox-guest-utils start

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  • I don't think that copy/paste between host and vm have ever worked. – heynnema Aug 05 '17 at 01:10
  • Copy and paste between my Ubuntu host and any of numerous guest machines works fine. @siddhu619 Have you installed Guest Additions? – Organic Marble Aug 05 '17 at 01:33
  • @heynnema Why say that, I use it all the time! – George Udosen Aug 05 '17 at 15:13
  • @George I'll have to retry it. In the past, it has never worked for me. – heynnema Aug 05 '17 at 15:15
  • Siddhu619, did you add it to the guest OS from the option Insert Guest Additions CD Image – George Udosen Aug 05 '17 at 15:18
  • @heynnema After adding to host you have to add it again in the guest. – George Udosen Aug 05 '17 at 15:19
  • @George I just rechecked, and clipboard and drag-and-drop don't work for me. Bi-directional is enabled in the settings. I don't understand what you mean by "adding to host you have to add it again in the guest". – heynnema Aug 05 '17 at 15:25
  • @George I just rechecked settings, and in the guest, and they're both enabled bi-directional. – heynnema Aug 05 '17 at 15:29
  • Yes @heynnema when you launch the guest look at the menu at the top and you will see device same place where you will find shared clipboard it's the last entry there. Click on it and it will launch a terminal in the guest and install the needed. If debian you may have to do it manually from terminal after you navigate there. – George Udosen Aug 05 '17 at 15:33
  • @George my host is Ubuntu GNOME. My guest that I'm testing this on is also Ubuntu GNOME. I see the Device menu and the shared clipboard item, but bi-directional is already enabled, and selecting it again does nothing, and if I select disable, and then bi-directional again, still nothing happens. Doesn't the Device menu get its clipboard and D&D from the main VM settings? They're all enabled. – heynnema Aug 05 '17 at 15:39
  • Look for Insert Guest Additions CD Image its at the bottom of where shared clipboard is... click on that. – George Udosen Aug 05 '17 at 15:43
  • Let us continue this discussion in chat. – George Udosen Aug 05 '17 at 15:54
  • oh, you meant for me to install Guest Additions! They were already installed, but I upgraded them, rebooted the guest, and clipboard and D&D still don't work. – heynnema Aug 05 '17 at 15:55

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did you try this answer? Specifically, after guest additions installed, open a terminal and type this:

sudo VBoxClient --clipboard

after that it should work even after reboot.

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