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177 questions linked to/from How do I install Guest Additions in a VirtualBox VM?
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How do I enable 2160x1440 resolution on Ubuntu 21.10 on VirtualBox?
I am running Ubuntu 21.10 on VirtualBox on a Huawei Matebook 14 2021. The native screen resolution of the laptop is 2160x1440. I have also tried Ubuntu 20.04 with the same results.
I've tried to add ...
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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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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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On Ubuntu 19.10's guest virtual machine, the login screen does no longer show up after installing VirtualBox Guest Additions, on host Arch Linux
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Guest: Ubuntu 19.10;
Host: Arch Linux;
VirtualBox 6.0.14;
On host Arch Linux, I have virtualbox-host-modules-arch installed.
| DE | KDE Plasma 5.17.0 |
| CPU | AMD ...
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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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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 upgrade Virtualbox 5.1 to current version (Win10 Guest)?
Since I upgraded my virtual Win7 to Win10 yesterday, everything seems to work fine, but sometimes windows and menus etc. appear strange, like there is some graphic issue. First I changed the settings ...
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manually install VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
I use Ubuntu 16.04 and have installed VirtualBox-5.1.38_Ubuntu r122592. Previously I installed VBoxGuestAdditions.iso by this command:
$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
Now I ...
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how to install Lubuntu on windows 7
i recently installed lubuntu 18.04 on a 32 bit laptop (toshiba) through a vbox, and it gave me these problems:
1. my laptop /vbox doesn't have the option for lubuntu
2. cannot boot lubuntu but there ...
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3D acceleration not working in VirtualBox
My laptop has an 8th Generation Intel Core i5 8250U processor, with an Nvidia GeForce MX150 GPU, 8GB RAM and a 1TB hard drive. I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit as a guest OS on Windows 10 64-bit ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 on VirtualBox Version 5.2.12 r122591:
I have installed the virtual box 5.2.12 on my Macbook (High Sierra)
Then I've installed Ubuntu thanks to ubuntu-18.04.desktop-amd64.iso.
So far so good even though it is really slow.
Then I've ...
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gnome-shell using most of CPU in VirtualBox [closed]
I just installed Ubuntu 17.10.1 on VirtualBox an hour ago, and everything seems to lag.
I allocated the system 4GB of RAM and 128MB of VRAM.
I'm not sure if it's because of the fact that it only has ...
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Can't change resolution for KDE in Hyper-V VM
Installed latest version of Kubuntu (17.10.1) 64-bit from https://kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/ into a VM under Hyper-V on Windows 10 Pro.
Resolution is stuck at 1152x864. Too small to read things ...
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Copying text from terminal
I'm working in Ubuntu as Virtual-Box guest on top of Windows machine (as host)
I have generated a long key which I want to paste to gitlab - yet for some reason I cannot copy and paste it from the ...
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VirtualBox machine window is suddenly very small
I am running Ubuntu 16.04, and have an Ubuntu 16.04 VM running in VirtualBox. Today when I started up VirtualBox and started the VM, it didnt resize to fit my display. Instead it is stuck at 800x600, ...