I have purchased a new ssd for my laptop Dell Xps 15 lx502 and I have installed Windows 7 on it. Then, I have installed virtualbox 4.0.36 and I have tried to install ubuntu 14.04 and guest additions several times, but it seems that i have problem with graphic card or something else. This is the output from installation proccess:
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
: not foundh: 4: ./deffiles:
: not foundh: 16: ./deffiles:
: not foundh: 23: ./deffiles:
: not foundh: 73: ./deffiles:
Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules
The headers for the current running kernel were not found. If the following module compilation fails then this could be the reason.
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
You should restart your guest to make sure the new modules are actually used
Installing the Window System drivers
Warning: unknow version of the X Window System installed. Not installing
X Window System drivers.
Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components ...done.
Press Return to close this window...
After reboot, i cant resize both displays I have installed. Anyone can help me?
Thanks
Try to install linux headers and Compiler tools within the guest:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers
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After updated Virtualbox from v6 to v7 on Window 10 - I installed extension pack for v7 and then reinstalled guest additions for the guest.
The guest is Debian with kernel 4.9. I have also installed the headers for the kernel.
However - the resolution do not change when I resize the window. I saw that no vboxdrv exists and when I try to see the modules loaded - I get this:
$> lsmod | grep vbox
vboxguest 256962 2
Any idea what could be wrong?
I decided to go with the variant to create a new VM and scp everything from the "broken" one. So I created the same VM - AntiX - and installed guest additions - and all worked as expected - I was able to change screen resolution.
However, I noticed that the kernel on the new VM is 5.10, while on the "broken" one was 4.9. So - I upgraded the kernel of the broken one - and voila! - I got the guest additions to work again :)
I'm trying to set up a Raspbian image in VirtualBox 6.1.14 for development. I downloaded the latest .iso from the RPi website, and set up a VirtualBox machine with the OS set to Debian (32-bit). When I mount the .iso and start the machine, I'm able to get through all the installation steps until it gets to the point of configuring the package manager--at that point it freezes in both the text installer and the GUI installer.
I've tried doing this with the network adapter enabled and disabled, which made no difference. Is there a specific configuration to the VM that will get the installation to work?
I am a dum dum. I needed to up the memory on the VM. Below are the pertinent stats for it to work.
OS: Debian (32-bit)
Base Memory: 1024mb
Video Memory: 128mb
Graphics Controller: VMSVGA
Storage: 8gb
After installing Ubuntu 18.04 on Virtual Box 6.1 the screen is small and we are unable to install Guest Additions.
If you try to access the mounted guest additions ISO image directly, you get mount errors.
Changing the Screen resolution of the Ubuntu worked for me.
Go to Displays Setting and change Resolution.
On the internet people are giving different solutions that could end up corrupting the installed guest OS. After trying multiple times to have the screen size resolved with Ubuntu 18.04, Virtual Box 6.1 running on Windows 10, here are exact steps that will help:
Make sure to install VirtualBox Extension pack from -
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Opt to do "normal installation" with following selected - "Download updates while installing Ubuntu" and "Install third-party software for graphics and Wi-fi hardware and additional media formats"
After installation, system will restart but the screen will be small
IMPORTANT STEP: If you click on 9 dots (Show Applications), you should see icon for "Software Update" (spinning circle with A on it). Click on it and ensure all the pending updates are installed
Once all the software updates are completed, open terminal and run following command - sudo apt install gcc make perl
Then click on Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image
While guest addition is being installed keep focused eye on the output. If any dependencies is missing, you will see it on the screen. If all dependencies are resolved the auto-run should install the guest additions for you and clearly state that install additions will not activate until restart.
Restart the OS and you should see full screen on load.
With latest VirtualBox version 6.1.4, the above did not work as the issue was in Guest Additions 6.1.4. Installing Guest Additions 6.1.5 from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds solved the problem. For details refer -https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/19336
Also I had to assign more display memory. After logging in I have to press Ctrl + F or view > full screen to let the screen scale.
Hope this helps!
I googled before and found that by turning on the "Enable copy and paste" under Guest Isolation, I can copy/cut/paste text from guest to host and vice versa. But I don't see "Guest Isolation" after clicking on Player->Manage->virtual machine settings->option. I have tried to install the VMware tools and I seem to have successfully installed it, but still no use. Is this feature only available in VMware pro?
For Ubuntu (Guest OS), you need to install open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop.
sudo apt install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop
Some versions of vmware-tools are buggy (copy&paste does not work). Try an older version (they can be downloaded for free from vmware.com).
Note that newer Linux distributions already include the vmware-tools. They may not be installed by default (see this answer).
I've spent all week trying to find an answer to this issue through google
I have installed VirutalBox 6.0.0 on a Windows 10 64-bit host, and I have created a VM and installed the latest CentOS 7 iso (CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1810). I have installed VirutalBox Guest Additions in the guest; there were no errors during the installation, and I'm enjoying some of the VirtualBox features that require Guest Additions (e.g. shared clipboard, shared folders, drag-and-drop, etc).
My only problem is that my resolution is limited to sizes no greater than 1024x768 and the "auto-resize guest display" option in VirutalBox is greyed out. I've tried setting up new VMs. I've tried reinstalling guest additions. I've tried reinstalling guest additions after updating the kernel to the latest version, and without updating the kernel at all. I've verified that I have all of the necessary packages to build against my current version of the kernel (e.g. kernel-headers, kernel-devel, etc). I've verified that systemctl shows the guest additions services as starting successfully. I've tried modifying my grub configuration to use vga=ask and selecting one of the alternative resolutions available there, but CentOS never finishes booting if I do that.
I am at wit's end. Does anyone have any other ideas?
Versions:
Windows 10 64-bit host
VirtualBox 6.0.0
CentOS 7 guest using CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1810.iso
After trying an insane number of combinations, I was able to get this working with the following procedure
1) Install clean CentOS7
2) Update to latest kernel
3) Remove all kernel packages for the old kernel version
4) Build VBoxLinuxAdditions
What was weird was that this procedure didn't work for the older kernel (e.g. the one that came with my fresh CentOS7 install, prior to updating it with yum); the CentOS7 installer was installing the headers for the newer kernel even if I hadn't installed the newer kernel yet. So there was some sort of version mismatch between what VirtualBox thought it was building against vs what it was actually building against, resulting in nothing working until I had removed all traces of the old kernel.