Note that sometime during earlier repetitions of the process I upgraded to the most recent version of VirtualBox (which BSOD'd my PC) but I don't think that was a factor in getting the VM to finally recognize my actual screen size. You may have to rinse-repeat until it works - took me half a dozen times! The last sequence worked, but no telling. Virtualbox Menu: VIEW -> AutoResize Guest Display (Host+G) In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through one of the easiest ways to try out Ubuntu Desktop on a virtual machine. Press Ctrl+Alt+right arrow to switch to the next powered-on virtual machine and Ctrl+Alt+left arrow to switch to the previous powered-on virtual machine. NOTE: you will most likely need to powerdown from Virtualbox to reboot apt-get updateĪpt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso Procedure To enter full screen mode, select the virtual machine and select View > Full Screen. Fig: 1 Default mini screen of Guest OS (Ubuntu-14.04. ![]() You might be told it has already been done. After installation of Ubuntu-14.04-3-desktop-i386 on Oracle VM Virtualbox 5.0.4r the screen will probably looks as shown below in Fig: 1. uninstalled all virtualbox guest stuff and reinstalled dkms FIRST and then guest additions, and then was able to do View->Auto-resize Guest Display.Įither substitute to root or use sudo for each apt-get: $ sudo su -Īpt-get remove virtualbox-guest-additions
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