Bug#717791: debian-installer: virtualbox guest additions not installed correctly

[Sander Marechal <sander@prezent.nl>]

On 25-07-13 18:45, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Quoting Sander Marechal (sander@prezent.nl):
>> Package: debian-installer
>> Severity: normal
>> Tags: d-i
>>
>> I installed a clean Debian Wheezy 7.1. The installer correctly determined that it
>> was running in a Virtualbox VM and installed the virtualbox guest additions. The
>> problem is that the additions were not correctly installed. The kernel module wasn't
>> built so the guest additions did not work.
>>
>> I first had to install the build-essentials myself. Also, the installer installed
>> the wrong kernel headers for my kernel. The debian installation came out running the
>>  -486 kernel but the installer installed the -686-pae kernel headers.
>>
>> IMHO if the debian installer installs the virtualbox guest additions, it should also
>> build and load the kernel module.
> 
> To be confirmed but I suspect this is not the installer that
> triggerred the installation of virtualbox extensions.
> 
> I see nothing in tasksel's tasks that is related to virtualbox or
> virtualization.

I found a couple of blog posts that indicate the D-I does detect it.
Perhaps in some other part of D-I than tasksel? For example:

http://www.calebscreek.com/2010/08/how-to-install-virtualbox-ose-guest-additions-in-debian-testing-squeeze/

http://tech.barwick.de/linux/installing-debian-virtualbox-guestadditions.html

http://www.printandweb.ca/2013/05/installing-guest-additions-for.html

For reference, during installation I choose the "ssh-server" and
"standard" options in tasksel.

-- 
Sander Marechal