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Update VirtualBox Guest Section#614

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Update VirtualBox Guest Section#614
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@jlenthe jlenthe commented Feb 24, 2026

Updates are:

  • Clarify guest additions package versions
  • Use sysrc for rc.conf examples
  • Add VM setup section
  • Add sub-section headings

It is important to clarify the package versioning since the current handbook calls for installing virtualbox-ose-additions which is for VirtualBox 6.1 and shouldn't be used with VirtualBox 7. There are version specific package names that should be used for 7.

Also, it is important to call out VBoxSVGA for the graphics controller since VMSVGA is the default for FreeBSD guests in VirtualBox 7 and that does not work as well as VBoxSVGA. In particular, window scaling doesn't work at all and VMSVGA requires a separately installed driver.

I tested Xorg with window scaling and clipboard sharing on FreeBSD 15.0, 14.3, and 13.5 using VirtualBox 7.2.6 on a Windows host.

Thanks for reviewing!

* Clarify guest additions package versions
* Use sysrc for rc.conf examples
* Add VM setup section
* Add sub-section headings
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Thanks for this! I'll find someone who uses virtualbox to review!

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