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Creating installation directory "/tmp/" on guest failed: VERR_NOT_FOUND. - So, how to upgrade Virtualbox guest additions via terminal?

Today, as I started my Virtualbox VM and tryed to enabled the second screen, I found out the button to enable it has "grayed out" and cannot be clicked. It was working until yesterday. I ...
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VirtualBox: Guest Additions Install Fail

I have a problem while trying to install the Ubuntu Guest Additions on my virtual machine on Virtual Box. I run in the terminal the following commands sudo apt update and then sudo apt install -y ...
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currently loaded virtualbox guest additions does not match installation version (7.0.8 R156879)

Recently my Ubuntu22.04 VM had problems so I decided to delete it and install a new one. Before of this, I uninstalled Virtualbox and installed a newer version. After uninstall, I have manually ...
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Stuck on installing Guest Additions in Windows Host to an Ubuntu Guest on virtualbox (cannot uninstall)

My host is a Windows 10 machine. On that I've got VirtualBox 7 installed which is running an Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop OS. VirtualBox gave me the option to insert Guest Additions CD which I tried. It ...
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No icons on main screen on VirtualBox

I've tried everything, I've uninstalled and reinstalled, I've tried adding guest additions, nothing is working. EDIT: I should also add I've been using this guide to getting VB set up: http://alexmk....
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Opening applications on Windows 10 Virtual Machine from Ubuntu 23.04/23.10 with VBoxManage guestcontrol

VBoxManage guestcontrol [vmname] run/start I managed to open Calculator on my Windows 10 guest VM from my Ubuntu 23.04 host using the command: VBoxManage guestcontrol $MY_VM_NAME run --exe "C:\\...
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Can I eject Guest Additions CD image after installation?

To enable fullscreen on my guest VM (Ubuntu 22.04.1), I inserted Guest Addition CD image and ran the appropriate executable file (VBoxLinuxAdditions.run) which solved the fullscreen problem but now in ...
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Missing CDRom on Ubuntu Server install inside a Virtual Box VM on Windows 10 Pro host

I have just downloaded Ubuntu Server from Ubuntu website. I have installed Ubuntu Server inside a Virtual Box VM on a Windows 10 Pro Host (This host does NOT have a physical CDRom drive) I have gone ...
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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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VirtualBox Freezes In Fullscreen Mode (Win11 on Ubuntu)

i installed virtualbox(6.1.38_Ubuntur153438) on ubuntu(Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS) then i installed windows 11 on that then i installed guest additions issue : everything is ok but when i trying to entring ...
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Unable to create sharefolder in ubuntu machine in VM

Trying installing guest image to have a share folder between host and VM ware(Ubuntu), here's the logs Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing VirtualBox 6.1.22 Guest Additions for ...
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VBox Clipboard sharing not running at startup

I'm running a Windows 10 host system, with VirtualBox 7.0.6 and a VM with Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. I have installed the VBox Guest Additions (7.0.6) and I'm now faced with a weird issue: most of the GAs ...
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Virtualbox Guest Additions problem

I am kind of new to the Linux world and I have tried to install virtualbox guest additions several times in the correct way, but I do not know why the final results become like what enter image ...
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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 install guest addition in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?

Today, i installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on latest virtualbox. everything is fine except fullscreen. I tried to install guest addition by clicking on " Insert guest addition CD image ". At first ...
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how to fix partial black screen on virtual box ubuntu linux

black screen I have tried reinstalling linux and guest additions but so far nothing and i can't find anything online. The only things i can do is click on the side bar but when i try and use the ...
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Why my Guest Additions ISO file wont run in ubuntu virtualbox running in windows 11?

I am using virtual machine on windows 11 laptop and guest is running latest Ubuntu version with minimal install. I am trying to install Guest Additions. I get to the point where "cd" and its ...
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unknown guest account with password created

i am using ubuntu 20.04 i want guest session for students so i enabled it by following How to enable Guest session on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa Linux 30 April 2020 by Lubos Rendek terminal commands 1....
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Guest Additions not working

I am having really annoying problem and have spent hours trying to fix. I have searched ad nauseum and found others with same problem but none of the solutions work. I go to Devices to Install Guest ...
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VirtualBox - how to increase video memory?

I have just installed Ubuntu 14.04 on VirtualBox, including the guest additions. However, the display is really slow. Looking at the display settings I can see that the video memory is only 12MB but ...
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Unable to have full screen Ubuntu in VirtualBox

I am trying to install ubuntu 14.2.16 on VirtualBox. It has installed correctly, but I was having a problem related to window size. It is not possible for me to switch ubuntu in full screen mode. I ...
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I have removed VirtualBox but I forgot to remove VirtualBox extensions & guest additions

I removed VirtualBox from Ubuntu 20.04.2 but I had forgot to remove the VirtualBox extensions & guest additions before removing the VirtualBox packages. I have deleted the virtual machine and also ...
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Unable to insert the virtual optical disk (VBoxguestaddition) in virtual machine for ubuntu server in win 10

I am new in this kind of environment and I want to learn this. This is started once I install VirtualBox-5.2.18-124319-Win and successfully installing ubuntu-18.04.1-live-server-amd64 in that virtual ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS guest on Windows 10 hangs at black splash screen after install

I'm a Windows user who has experience with Linux, but not much. I've been using WAMP on Windows, but I want to experiment with setting up a developer machine in VirtualBox. I just installed Ubuntu 20....
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Unable to install guest additions: unknown filesystem type 'iso9660'

Running Ubuntu 14.04 on Oracle VirtualBox 4.3.24 and completely stuck with mounting guest additions. I've spent quite a time looking for a solution online, but nothing helped... As suggested below, I'...
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Unable to install virtual box guest additions on Lubuntu 16.04

I am unable to install virtual box guest additions in Lubuntu 16.04 My following is my terminal screenshot: When I type in terminal ./autorun.sh I get the following output: Linux guest additions ...
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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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Guest additions stopped working in VirtualBox 6.1

I have the same problem as here. Nothing from answers helped. I tried http://youtu.be/5_fluJuJc6E?t=58 but Remove Attachment is grayed out. I have VirtualBox 6.1 and Lubuntu 18.04.
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VirtualBox installation message in Terminal: "this system is currently not set up to build kernel modules"

Full Terminal message: Image in a link to imgur i guess (AskUbuntu doesn't let me quote the whole thing here for some reason even though i tried to format it as the rules say.. so don't crucify me ...
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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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I wanted to try Lubuntu but can't install guest additions

I get this error "can't find guest additions try installing them manually." Manually? What does that mean? Why can't it find the guest addition it's right there in the optical drive. I see ...
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Is there something like "VirtualBox Guest Additions" for QEMU/KVM?

I run some Ubuntu VMs in QEMU/KVM with virt-manager as the GUI. The one thing I really miss from VirtualBox though is the ability to install "Guest Additions" which would allow a shared clipboard and ...
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Install VirtualBox guest additions - unable to fetch some archives

I am trying to install the VirtualBox guest additions in to my ubuntu vm using the following command sudo apt-get install -y dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic linux-headers-$(uname -r). I get ...
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VirtualBox 4.12 Shared clipboard not working in Ubuntu14.04

My Shared clipboard has stopped working all of a sudden after a dist-upgrade. I tried re installing guest additions but it doesn't seem to work. I've checked that "Bidirectional clipboard" was enabled....
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Building VirtualBox Guest Additions on a Ubuntu 20.04 VM fails

I am trying to build VirtualBox Guest additions since a few hours an a Ubuntu20.04 VM, but it keeps on failing. Installing it via Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD image fails. /var/log contains ...
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VirtualBox guest additions crashes and fails to fully install on Ubuntu 20.04 guest

My virtualbox 6.1.4 vm with Ubuntu 20.04 guest on Windows 10 Pro fails to install: Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing VirtualBox 6.1.4 Guest Additions for Linux........ VirtualBox ...
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Screen resolution reduced on Ubuntu Guest in Virtualbox with Guest Additions already installed

I have been using Ubuntu 18.04 on Virtualbox 6.1 on a Windows 10 host for months now. I installed Guest Additions on initial install, and everything was fine, including screen resolution scaling up. ...
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How to retrieve IP Address from a VM that can't have Guest Adiitions Installed

I am trying to Automate the build and deploy process of a piece of server software we make, this software runs on ubuntu 12.04 but doesn't allow "apt-get" for security reasons. I have gotten as far ...
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Virtual box guest addition missing and can't be downloaded

I downloaded VirtualBox from ubuntu software center and install there windows XP 32 bit. Now when I'm trying to install guest additions it's saying that guest addition is missing and is asking ...
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Ubuntu 20.10 crashes on boot when installing virtualbox-guest-x11

I've installed Ubuntu Server 20.10 on VirtualBox 6.1.16 (Windows 10 Insider Preview host). I want full screen, so I installed the package virtualbox-guest-x11. When I reboot, Ubuntu crashes on boot, ...
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Problem with installing VBox guest additions in 13.10 (shared folders)

I am using 13.10 for both the host and guest. The host has the guest additions iso. While installing the guest additions, I encounter an error when trying to compile the shared files module. The ...
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install virtualbox guest addition terminal

I would like to install Virtualbox guest addition using the terminal. Because that is most easy to reproduce and to document. On the server I have Ubuntu 12.04.2. LTS I have Virtualbox 4.3.16 I have ...
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Can't download Ubuntu because the VM's screen is too zoom in. Help!

I am trying to download Ubuntu 16.04.6 on Virtual Box 6.1 and there is nothing else on there. I am currently using Windows 8.1. I have tried going to devices >> Insert Guest Additions CD and ...
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VirtualBox : shared clipboard between Windows 10 host and Ubuntu 18.04 guest

I have a Windows 10 host and I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on a VirtualBox (6.1.4). I have mounted the guest additions and executed the autorun on my Ubuntu guest. No error displayed so all good. However,...
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Unable to mount VirtualBox Guest Additions as a guest (Win7 host)

I keep getting this error dialog with an Unable to mount error E_FAIL ( 0x80004005 ) when I try to mount Guest Additions: I tried the Force Unmount, but that just closes the dialog with no action ...
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Ubuntu cannot get past installation

I have a 64-bit laptop that runs on Windows 10. I am trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS through Virtual Box. When I try to install it will stop running right after I hit 'Erase disk and Install Ubuntu'...
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Ubuntu VM (18.04) Unable to Copy/Drag from Guest to Host

I've tried every option / package install that I was able to find on stackexchange / google. Nothing has worked. I am able to copy paste text into the box, drag files from Windows 7 into Ubuntu, but I ...
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I have a folder for Guest Additions - does that mean it's installed?

I am running Ubuntu as host and Windows 10 as a VM. I tried installing guest additions but I am not sure it was successful. I have a folder called guest additions on my Windows 10 (guest VM). Do I ...
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Fullscreen enabled in Ubuntu Virtualbox VM without Guest Additions

Trying to delve into web application hacking, I installed a dedicated Virtual Lab set up by the academic SEED project. The pre-built VM (based on Ubuntu 16.04) was already configured with everything ...
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How to pass shell arguments with VBoxManage guestcontrol?

I run a command from the host machine on the guest machine (both Ubuntu) as VBoxManage guestcontrol Ubuntu1 run --exe "script.sh" --username xx --password xx --wait-stdout where the shell script on ...