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After I installed the package virtualbox-guest-x11 on my guest system (Xubuntu 17.10) and do a reboot, I cant use it anymore. The reboot works, but when the desktop appears I first get errors that whiskey menu and another item from the taskbar I don't remember disappeared from the menubar.

They cant be reactivated and it is also impossible to open any other tool. I can click everything and use the keyboard, the GUI reacts but no App will start. No filemanager and not even the terminal.

Jeno
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    See my answer here on how to remove the guest additions. Guest additions should match the virtualbox version you are using. – Takkat Nov 22 '17 at 11:05
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    thats not the actual problem, I did a snapshot before installing so I can restore the system. But how can I install x11 then? Need it to get the clipboard working – Jeno Nov 22 '17 at 11:10
  • You can follow the instructions starting at "Installing Guest Additions from Virtual Box Manager". –  Nov 22 '17 at 11:15
  • Same problem here. Installing vitualbox-guestadditions-x11 is the only way I found for sharing clipboard but it breaks mouse and keyboard. – M. Toya Nov 25 '19 at 14:36

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The problem was here again, that I tried to install the guest settings from an older kernel system (Xubuntu 16.04 as host) in a newer kernel system (xubuntu 17.10(

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