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Workaround to re-install guest additions after every kernel update
I have a working VM with ubuntu under virtual box. Everything works fine, but there's a detail that's getting on my nerves.
Every time i receive a kernel update, i have to re-install virtual box's ...
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Error while installing guest additions for ubuntu 13.04
My Host OS is Windows 7 Professional. I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 inside Virualbox - 4.2.6. When I tried to install guest Additions for Ubuntu I got error in the terminal as below:
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Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 in VirtualBox 4.2.12
I'm trying to install Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 in VirtualBox (4.2.12) on a Windows host.
Initial installation works but after installing Guest Additions, VirtualBox always crashes during login.
I tried to ...
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How to install VBox Guest Additions in Ubuntu 12.10
Unable to install VBox Guest Additions in Ubuntu. It shows some problem woth Linux Header.
PS: I am using ubuntu 12.10 guest on Windows8 Host. When I tried installing it I got following:-
Verifying ...
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Virtualbox Guest Additions Installation error
I am having a lot of troubles to have my virtualbox guest additions installed, I got this message:
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.2.10 Guest Additions for ...
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No icons on main screen on VirtualBox
I've tried everything, I've uninstalled and reinstalled, I've tried adding guest additions, nothing is working.
EDIT: I should also add I've been using this guide to getting VB set up: ...
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VirtualBox kernel modules do not match the version of VirtualBox
The VirtualBox 4.2.12 on Ubuntu 12.04 was running fine till I needed to install guest additon. After its installation:
Failed to open a session for the VM Win 7 exit code 1;
RTR3Init failed with ...
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Guest Additions installation ubuntu 12.10 on virtualbox 4.2.6
After Ubuntu Guest installation with windows 7 host I want to get full sized screen desktop interface by installing guest additions. After reboot, desktop is some kind of zoomed in, only partially ...
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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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How do I install “shared folders” VirtualBox guest addition?
If I install the latest Guest Additions with VirtualBox 4.2.6 on Ubuntu 12.10 guest I'm not seeing the "building the shared folder module" message in my terminal. I think I should see this in order to ...
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Error building main Guest Additions Module while installing VirtualBox guest additions
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 Guest on Ubuntu 12.04 Host using VirtualBox. Everything is from repository and no direct install. When I install the guest additions, the below error is shown in the ...
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Unity desktop became transparent after installing VBox Guest Additions [closed]
I have installed Ubuntu Desktop x64 12.01.1 as guest in VirtualBox.
When I installed VirtualBox Guest Additions, Unity desktop (top bar and left program icons bar) becomes invisible. The problem was ...
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Why do Guest Additions need kernel headers in VirtualBox 4.04.?
I'm trying to install the Guest Additions in VirtualBox 4.04.on ubuntu 11.10
I have this error:
The headers for the current running kernel were not found.
If the module compilation fails then this ...
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How can I configure the guest and host to each use a different network adapter?
I have two Wi-Fi adapters. I am running Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS as guest using VirtualBox and I configured the VM to use one of the adapters in bridged mode. The other is connected solely to the host. ...
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How to not install virtualbox addition in ubuntu-server 12.04?
First when I finished installing ubuntu-server 12.04, I made a snapshot then I updated my server like so
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
I think the guest addition via the ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 update + VirtualBox VM 4.1.14 r77440 - No input
I can only enter my password with the keyboard and this is what I see after I login
If I try to switch to a terminal with CtrlAlt+F1 I get this
I don't have a clue how to fix this, or if it's ...
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How to use ubuntu server full screen in virtualbox?
I have installed Ubuntu server 12.4 in Oracle Virtual box, after completing installation, i cant use the Ubuntu server in full screen,guest additions present in virtual box will work in ubuntu ...
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Can't get unity to work on virtualbox ubuntu 11.10/12.04b guest
I haven't been able to get 3d acceleration to work properly on my VBox guest, no matter what I do I always get fallback unity 2d mode, here's what I've tried:
Enabled "3d acceleration" on VBox ...
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Guest additions installed but USB devices can't be seen in Devices > USB [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Set up USB for Virtualbox
I already installed guest additions for VirtualBox but I can't see my USB flash from VirtualBox device list.
Please help me.
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Virtual box guest addition missing and can't be downloaded
I downloaded VirtualBox from ubuntu software center and install there windows XP 32 bit. Now when I'm trying to install guest additions it's saying that guest addition is missing and is asking ...
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Error in installing Virtualbox guest additions iso file mount
I have install Virtualbox 4.0.4-OSE on my Ubuntu 11.04.
I want to install the guest additions of Virtualbox. but I've gotten this error:
Failed to open the CD/DVD image ...
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Error: kernel headers not found. (But they are in place)
I'm trying to install the Guest Additions in VirtualBox 4.04. Host OS is Ubuntu desktop 11.04 64bit, guest OS is Ubuntu server 11.10 64bit.
$ sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
After some output this ...
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VirtualBox gives incorrect keybindings
I installed the 11.10 VirtualBox image from http://virtualboxes.org/images/ubuntu/ on my Windows 8 Developer Preview x64 machine running VirtualBox 4.1.8.
I've previously installed it manually from ...
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GNOME Shell in VirtualBox host broken after a kernel upgrade
After a recent update, which included updates for the kernel, I am no longer able to log into GNOME Shell. To clarify the situation, at first it would boot into the GNOME Fallback Session.
To remedy ...
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Unable to mount VirtualBox Guest Additions as a guest (Win7 host)
I keep getting this error dialog with an Unable to mount error E_FAIL ( 0x80004005 ) when I try to mount Guest Additions:
I tried the Force Unmount, but that just closes the dialog with no action ...
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Desktop effects could not be enabled when i try to enable visual effects. This is a VirtualBox 4.0.2 Guest
I am running on a Windows 7 64 bit host.
Running VirtualBox 4.0.2
Running Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit guest.
Running VirtualBox Guest Additions 4.0.2 - I ran the 4.0.2 .run file i got from virtualbox ...
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Resizable screen mode for VirtualBox behaves strange with Ubuntu as guest
I have Ubuntu both as guest and as host. I use VirtualBox 4, just downloaded from the official repository. After installing the guest extensions, I got this strange problem:
When I activate the ...
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How do I install Guest Additions in VirtualBox?
I've recently installed Ubuntu on virtualbox. Now I want to install the guest additions. I started up my Ubuntu guest OS, clicked "Devices" and chose "Install Guest Additions". Nothing happened. What ...
