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177 questions linked to/from How do I install Guest Additions in a VirtualBox VM?
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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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Ubuntu VirtualBox display driver? [duplicate]
I have a dell E6230, installed Ubuntu 14.04 in VirtualBox. The display defaults to 600x400 showing the upper left corner of the screen. It's the only resolution that shows in the GUI.
How do I get ...
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Installing Vbox Guest Additions in Ubuntu Server [duplicate]
I am running Ubuntu Server in a Windows 8 host. When I click the "Devices>>Insert Guest Additions CD image", I am greeted with a prompt that says:
"Unable to insert the virtual optical disk : Would ...
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How to maximize screen in virtual box? [duplicate]
I have lenovo laptop, with windows 8.1 installed. I have installed Virtual box on it, try to install ubuntu 14.04 on virtual box, it install successfully. But it work in 800 X 600 resolution, how can ...
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Process to install Virtual Box Guest Additions Virtual Box [duplicate]
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 Server (guest machine) on VirtualBox having Windows 7 as host machine.
Could you please tell me the whole process to install Virtual Box Guest Additions or provide me with ...
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Cannot install and the code is not working: apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11 [duplicate]
I am using a full fresh installed Kali Linux rolling edition. And please be specific to me while explaining the matter because I am very new-be in the world of Linux. My host OS is Ubuntu 15.10.
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i am running windows 8 on oracle virtual box and unable to share between ubuntu and windows [duplicate]
when i created shared folder getting error ,
The VirtualBox Guest Additions do not appear to be available on this virtual machine, and shared folders cannot be used without them. To use shared ...
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Virtualbox: How can I get a usable screen resolution inside the Guest OS [duplicate]
I have just installed the virtualbox application on my Ubuntu 14.04 OS (host OS).
I then installed another Ubuntu 14.04 "inside" the VM i.e. the guest OS.
The problem is the resolution is tiny and ...
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Screen Resolution Problem with Ubuntu 14.04 and VirtualBox 5.0.10 [duplicate]
The Ubundu screen resolution 640*480 and not able to chnage.
I installed the virtual machine in windows 10
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How to resize VirtualBox window [duplicate]
I know this has been asked in other places but im having some issues
I have installed dkms x11 all off that but auto-size guest display is still grayed out
My machine has 32mb of video ram reserved ...
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Cannot insert guest addition cd image [duplicate]
Well, I tried a lot to insert the guest additions, like type in the command line sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run or something else. But it always runs like the pictures below. My host is Mac OSX, I'm ...
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How to change terminal screen size/resolution on Ubuntu 19.04 Server with VirtualBox? [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu Server 19.04 from VirtualBox on Windows Host.
I have a terminal screen 800x600.
VirtualBox does not provide me an option to change resolution.
How do I change the terminal ...
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Another VirtualBox screen size problem [duplicate]
I've just installed Ubuntu 14.04.3 in VirtualBox 5.0.14, and got the usual problem of only being able to get 640x480 screen resolution.
I ran
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms, restarted ...
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Limited resolution in VirtualBox [duplicate]
I'm using the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on VirtualBox and i have this problem.
My Resolution is locked to maximum 1280x720 (4:2) and my windows host OS is running on 1920x1080 (16:9) Widescreen. Do i need to ...
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Linux VM error: VirtualBox kernel service is not running after installing Virtual Box Guest Additions [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu on VirtualBox today.
In order to have a shared folder with my host OS (Win 7) I followed the advise listed here:
Shared_Folder
When I start the VM now I get :
VBoxClient: the ...
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Ubuntu 14 display problem on Virtualbox [duplicate]
I have just installed Ubuntu 14 on Virtualbox on my Macbook pro and I am facing some problems with its display. it seems that it is not properly scaled and i cant even access/change the display ...
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How to install Virtual box guest in Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
I am trying to have virtual box guest in Ubuntu 18.04 but now able to succeed.
peter@LAPTOP-UMBBINAR:~$: sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
peter@LAPTOP-UMBBINAR:~$ Reading package ...
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Problem with resolution of Ubuntu 14 on Windows7 x64 Virtualbox5 [duplicate]
I'm running Windows7 x64, Virtualbox 5.0.16 and just installed Ubuntu 14.04.
Ubuntu starts fine, but gives a very low resolution (e.g. 640x460).
I tried running sudo apt-get install virtualbox-...
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Ubuntu 14.04 - resolution stuck on 640x480 running in virtual box 4.3.10 ver on windows 7 [duplicate]
I am using virtual box 4.3.10 updated version and it caused my Ubuntu 14.04 to be stuck on small resolution. Can anyone help me to fix this issue? I was read on the internet you can resolve this by ...
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Running Ubuntu 14.04 on VirtualBox from Mac OS X; how to change resolution? [duplicate]
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 on VirtualBox from Mac OS X and am having no problems running it. I'm just wondering how to change the screen resolution so that the virtualized Ubuntu software fits my ...
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Experiencing problems with installing device drivers on Ubuntu VM. [duplicate]
I am new to Ubuntu and am currently working with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I installed VirtualBox to create another Ubuntu VM. Initially I had problems with maximizing my Ubuntu VMscreen. I resolved the issue ...
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How to install Windows 7 on VirtualBox on Ubuntu [duplicate]
I'm working using Ubuntu 14.0. I installed VirtualBox and Windows 7 installed on it.
When I run Windows, the desktop is small and the rest is just grey. Changing screen resolution helped a bit, but ...
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Building the shared folder support module....fail! [duplicate]
I want to share a folder between my host windows7 and guest Ubuntu but whenever I select add guest additions I get the following error:
Unable to mount the CD/DVD image
C:\PROGRA~1\Oracle\VIRTUA~...
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Unable to install VirtualBox Guest Additions for Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 in Oracle virtual box but I am not able to install Guest Additions to maximize the Ubuntu screen.
I have run the following command in the Ubuntu terminal but when I click ...
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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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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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How can I install Windows software or games?
Can .exe and .msi files (Windows software) be installed in Ubuntu?
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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 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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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 ...