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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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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 in VirtualBox very slow even with Guest Additions installed

I tried to follow the instructions here: Why does a Ubuntu guest in VirtualBox run very, very slowly? However, I cannot get sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run to work as it says ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run ...
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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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problem on display resolution while using VirtualBox to run Ubuntu 14.04

I am a new guys on Linux and I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 from VirtualBox which run on my desktop Windows 7. After successfully installed I have found the display resolution only have 640x480 and ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Installed Ubuntu on latest Virtualbox 4.3.20. After login, I can only see blank screen. I am completely new to Ubuntu. What do I do?

Installed latest Virtualbox 4.3.20 on my Windows 8.1 machine. Then downloaded and installed latest Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .iso file from ubuntu.com After set up and all, the machine asked to restart. After ...
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VirtualBox Ubuntu 12 stuck on boot screen with logo

I am running Ubuntu 12 on Virtualbox(version 4.2.6) on Mac OS X. I installed the Guest Additions by following the instructions from here(http://xmodulo.com/2013/07/how-to-install-virtualbox-guest-...
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White text on white background in selections after fresh install in vm

I freshly installed Kubuntu 12.04 in my Oracle VM VirtualBox on Windows 7. Everything works fine except, that if I select any text in many applications (for example Bluefish-Editor) the background is ...
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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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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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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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Getting Guset-Host file sharing to work under ubuntu 16.04 virtualbox 5.1

As cited in the title I have ubuntu 16.04 and virtualbox 5.1 with the vb extension pack. I've tried everything in both : How to share the files from Host to Guest in virtual box? Host-ubunutu/Guest-...
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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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14.04 Parallels and VirtualBox resolution issues

I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 on Parallels and VirtualBox. Been trying multiple methods to fixing the resolution with no luck. I am running both these VMs on my mid-2013 MBPr: Intel Iris: ...
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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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