Changeset 54180 in vbox for trunk

Timestamp:

Feb 12, 2015 3:18:53 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

svn:sync-xref-src-repo-rev:

98234

Message:

Additions/x11: don't try to start VBoxClient in Linux guests if the kernel module is not loaded to hide 5-6 annoying notifications

File:

trunk/src/VBox/Additions/x11/Installer/98vboxadd-xclient

-              r52109
+              r54180
 done
+# This script can also be triggered by a connection over SSH, which is not what
+# we had in mind, so we do not start VBoxClient in that case.  We do not use
+# "exit" here as this script is "source"d, not executed.
+if test -z "${SSH_CONNECTION}"; then
+if test -f /proc/modules && ! grep -q vboxguest /proc/modules 2>/dev/null; then
+   # Do not start if the kernel module is not present.
+   notify-send "VBoxClient: the VirtualBox kernel service is not running.  Exiting."
+elif test -z "${SSH_CONNECTION}"; then
+   # This script can also be triggered by a connection over SSH, which is not
+   # what we had in mind, so we do not start VBoxClient in that case.  We do
+   # not use "exit" here as this script is "source"d, not executed.
   /usr/bin/VBoxClient --clipboard
   /usr/bin/VBoxClient --checkhostversion

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