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177 questions linked to/from How do I install Guest Additions in a VirtualBox VM?
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Screen Resolution Problem with Ubuntu 14.04 and VirtualBox
Environment: Lenovo T530 running Windows 7. Have installed Ubuntu 14.04 on a virtual machine using VM Virtual Box. Have installed all the updates from both Virtual Box and Ubuntu.
Problem: While in ...
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Higher screen resolution in VirtualBox?
I've just installed Ubuntu 10.04 into VirtualBox on Windows 7.
Unfortunately the only options showing for screen resolution are 640x480 and 800x600 and the monitor is showing as 'Unknown'.
How ...
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How to copy & paste from Ubuntu VirtualBox guest to Windows host?
I am running VirtualBox 4.1.4 on my Windows 7 laptop, running an Ubuntu 11.10 guest.
I would like to copy text from Ubuntu's terminal and paste it into a file on the Windows host. This doesn't work ...
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How do I install kernel header files?
i want to write a device driver but not able to find the header file can someone please help me find them?Also if someone can point out some important site links that would be really appreciated
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Unable to Install Guest Additions CD Image on Virtual Box
Error when I clicked on Insert GuestAdditions CD Image from "Devices"
Unable to insert the virtual optical disk /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso into the machine ...
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How to install Ubuntu on VirtualBox?
I would like to know if anyone can help me with installing Ubuntu on VirtualBox
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How can I install Windows software or games?
Can .exe and .msi files (Windows software) be installed in Ubuntu?
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How to mount a VirtualBox shared folder at startup?
I have Ubuntu installed in Virtualbox. I want to mount my VirtualBox shared folder in Ubuntu automatically when I log in Ubuntu. I put the following line in my ~./bashrc and ~/.bash_profile:
sudo ...
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Is there a way to make a fullscreen on VirtualBox?
I tried many ways to make a bigger screen in VirtualBox because I do not like the small size of the guest window? Is there is a way to make it big?
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Higher screen resolution for VirtualBox?
I have been trying this for a while but no luck. I installed ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386 twice. Also installed guest additions. However I always get maximum screen resolution as, 1024 x 768.
Do I need ...
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How do I boot into a root shell?
When booting to the graphical desktop fails we sometimes are recommended to boot into a "root shell" or to boot in "recovery mode".
How do I do that?
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How can I tell if the VirtualBox guest additions were installed on an Ubuntu VM?
How can I tell if the guest additions are installed on a VirtualBox VM with no X Windows installed?
I'm having a problem mounting a shared directory and I'd like to rule out the possibility that the ...
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"Protocol error" mounting VirtualBox shared folders in an Ubuntu guest
I have Ubuntu 10 as the guest OS on a Windows 7 machine. I have been trying to setup shares through VirtualBox, but nothing is working. First, I create the share in VirtualBox and point it to a ...
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SMBus/ BIOS error while booting Ubuntu in VirtualBox
I am trying to boot Ubuntu 13.04 in VirtualBox, but every time I boot, I get an error that says:
SMBus base address uninitialized - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr
This happens right after I ...
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How to install VirtualBox Guest Additions for Ubuntu 16.04
What is the best way to install Guest Additions with all the resize and clipboard and file sharing features on Ubuntu 16.04?
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Unable to mount the CD/DVD image on the machine Sandbox
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 Server AMD 64 with VirtualBox 4.2 latest version. I've installed it successfully. I've to install now Guest Additions but I am getting a error message like the below exactly ...
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How can I run Unity in a virtual machine?
Originally it was the case that Unity could not run in tools like Virtualbox.
How can I now do so?
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Resolution doesn't change when resizing Virtualbox window
I've installed Ubuntu 64bit on Virtualbox 4.2.16. Guest Additions were installed in Ubuntu as well.
However the display resolution of Ubuntu does not seem to change as the Virtualbox window is ...
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Virtualbox, How do I change guest (precise) resolution to 16:9 (1920x1080) instead of default 4:3?
There are many questions about resolution issues on askubuntu but no question/solution seems to solve my issue.
I've a 12.04/precise host system and installed Ubuntu 12.04/precise as guest system as ...
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This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules. Please install the gcc make perl packages from your distribution [duplicate]
I am trying to Insert Guest Additions CD Image and then run
VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
I am new to Ubuntu and trying to learn. I am running Ubuntu 18.04LTS through Oracle VM v6.04r. My host laptop is ...
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How to troubleshoot booting to a black screen on VirtualBox
I was using 13.04 as a guest OS on my VirtualBox 14.2.18. Host is Windows 8.
After upgrade to 13.10 Ubuntu does not start. I can see a black screen and blinking cursor.
I am pretty new to Ubuntu. I ...
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How do I resolve slow and choppy performance in virtualbox?
Ubuntu runs very slowly inside of VirtualBox.
How do I run Ubuntu with unity or enabled transparency smoothly with VirtualBox?
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Enable graphics card in VirtualBox
I recently bought a new laptop with following configuration
CPU: Intel i5 2450
RAM: 8 GB DDR3
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 520 1GB
I've setup a virtual machine using VirtualBox with Windows 7 as guest. I ...
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How to improve performance of VirtualBox when UNITY_LOW_GFX_MODE is not working?
I set export UNITY_LOW_GFX_MODE=1 in my ~/.xprofile and it no longer has any effect in 13.04. Is there a way to disable all the eye candy? I'm running in VirtualBox and the Unity 3D mode with all the ...
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How do I install the VirtualBox version from Oracle to install an Extension Pack?
I downloaded VirtualBox OSE from the Ubuntu Software Center but it seems that that version is limited. I prefer to have the complete version and don't really care if it's closed source or not.
Can I ...
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VirtualBox doesn't have Devices menu
I want to install "Guest Addition" for my virtual Windows 7 but I don't see Devices menu. Why?
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How do I display the whole desktop in Virtual Box fullscreen mode?
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 in VirtualBox 4.2.6 on a Windows 7 host. After installing Ubuntu I wanted to get the VB interface in fullscreen. I therefore installed guest additions from Virtual Box ...
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VirtualBox dynamic disk not expanding to Virtual Size
I have Ubuntu 12.04 running on VirtualBox 4.2.4 in a Dynamic VDI disk with the limit set to 8gb on a real ext4 partition with more than 40gb of empty room available. However, the VDI it does not ...
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How to SCP a file from Mac -> Ubuntu VirtualBox?
I have a Mac (OS X) and a VirtualBox running Ubuntu.
I want to SCP a 500mb file from the Mac to the VirtualBox. How do I do this? (Probably something to do with /etc/hosts?)
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Virtual machine, mouse cursor only works within the box
I am experimenting with virtual box. One of my problems is that the mouse cursor only works within the box. How can I make it work both with the actual OS too and the virtual box at the same time?