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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

Specs 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, ...
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