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10 questions linked to/from How do I display the whole desktop in Virtual Box fullscreen mode?
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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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How do I find out what display resolution I SHOULD use? (using virtualbox) [duplicate]
I just set up Ubuntu 20.04.1 with VirtualBox 6.1 and the standard screen resolution sizes don't allow for me to use my full monitor display.
I know how to use xrandr to add new resolution ratios to my ...
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How do I install Guest Additions in a VirtualBox VM?
I've recently installed Ubuntu on Oracle's Virtualbox. Now I want to install the guest additions.
I started up my Ubuntu guest OS, clicked "Devices" and chose "Install Guest Additions". Nothing ...
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apt-get update fails to fetch files, “Temporary failure resolving …” error
Err http://archive.canonical.com natty InRelease
Err http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
Err http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
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Is there a way to make a fullscreen on VirtualBox?
I tried many ways to make a bigger screen in VirtualBox because I do not like the small size of the guest window? Is there is a way to make it big?
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How do I boot into a root shell?
When booting to the graphical desktop fails we sometimes are recommended to boot into a "root shell" or to boot in "recovery mode".
How do I do that?
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How do I install the VirtualBox version from Oracle to install an Extension Pack?
I downloaded VirtualBox OSE from the Ubuntu Software Center but it seems that that version is limited. I prefer to have the complete version and don't really care if it's closed source or not.
Can I ...
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Adjusting display geometry in a virtual machine?
Running 11.04 beta in a Parallels 5.0 virtual machine, but this question will apply to any virtualization software.
Parallels 5 Linux tools (guest additions) don't work for 10.10 and 11.04 and I don'...
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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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Ubuntu 17.10 (on VirtualBox) suddenly changed resolution to 800x600
After some weeks of working full resolution, now I get 800x600. I didn't change any settings, so it have to be a bug. Another problem is, that I can't change it back to 1920x1080. The dialog in ...