Questions tagged [guest-additions]
VirtualBox Guest Additions is an application that can be installed inside a virtual machine to provide various features to enhance integration with the host computer, such as seamless windows, system clock synchronization and clipboard synchronization.
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modprobe vboxguest failed
I am running an Ubuntu Server (12.0.4-beta2; kernel 3.2.0) in VirtualBox (host is Win7) and I want to use shared folders. I've followed the manual to set up vbox guest additions http://www.virtualbox....
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How to fix virtualbox startup error: "vboxadd-service ... failed!"
I'm using VirtualBox 4.0.8 with Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit host and debian 6.0.1a amd64 guest (in CLI mode).
I installed Guest Additions and it seems to work, at least partially, as I have ...
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VirtualBox/Ubuntu full screen mode resolution
I created an Ubuntu 14.04 desktop VM using VirtualBox, and installed guest additions. By default, at startup, VBox wants to present the guest's GUI in a parrticular size that is smaller than my actual ...
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VirtualBox Ubuntu VM doesn't automatically sync time with host even with Guest Additions installed
I'm running a Ubuntu VM with VirtualBox and I have both the dkms and virtualbox-guest-additions packages installed. I read in this answer that the system clock should sync with the host automatically ...
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VirtualBox "Auto resize guest display" greyed out
I have a virtual machine on VirtualBox (version 6.0.6), guest system CentOS 7, host system Windows 10. Extension pack is installed. Graphics controller is VBoxVGA.
I followed the steps here for ...
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Can't install Guest Additions - (Missing 'Devices' Menu on host)
The top menu is wrong (Virtualbox 4.2, Windows 7)
Shows: File, Machine, Help
Expected: File, Machine, Devices, Help
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Increase resolution for debian guest in virtualbox
I have a windows 7 host and a debian 8 guest. I already installed
virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11 virtualbox-guest-dkms
as described in https://askubuntu.com/questions/3205/higher-screen-...
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Is there any easy way to copy from a VirtualBox Guest to the Host?
I have Windows 7 and use VirtualBox. I have installed Ubuntu Server as a guest.
Is there any easy way where I can copy text in the Ubuntu Server terminal to my Windows 7 host? How about in the other ...
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Virtualbox - Install Guest Additions over again every time Linux kernel updates
I have Ubuntu running as a Virtualbox, and every time it upgrades the kernel, the Guest Additions stop working. The install process in Linux requires using a virtual CD, running scripts from the ...
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"Install Guest Additions" - nothing happens
I want to (re)install the Guest Additions in order to run Age of Empires 2 on virtutalbox as described here. When I press "Devices -> Install Guest Additions" nothing happens. How can I start this?
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How to find out the currently used version of VirtualBox guest additions on Windows using cmd?
I would like to get the version of VirtualBox guest additions that are actually used on a Windows Server 2016 machine.
I tried this command
c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions>...
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Virtualbox guest additions completely breaks graphics on Windows 10 preview
Facing the issue with latest Virtual Box 4.3.28, VM of following config:
intel i5 vPro 2 cores.
2800MB RAM
3D & 2D acceleration enabled, 256MB graphics memory.
25GB storage(Fixed size, Not ...
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How to get VirtualBox guest's name from guest
In VirtualBox, is there a way to get a guest VM's own name from within that guest? The closest I found was VBoxControl guestproperty enumerate but that did not include any of aforementioned values. I'...
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Installing Guest Additions on VirtualBox running Windows 10 TP
So I downloaded windows 10 TP and installed it on VBox and due to the bad resolution I mounted the Guest Additions Disk and ran the .exe from the run panel using "VBoxAdditions.exe /force" and also ...
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VirtualBox Guest Additions for Linux Guest with kernel 5.0.5
I'm trying to setup VirtualBox Additions for enabling shared folders between host and guest machine. The configuration is:
Host : Windows 10 x64
Guest : Fedora Server 29.1.2 x64 [with updates up to ...
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How to recover from bad VBox Guest Additions build?
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 (fully patched). Last week, the kernel took an update. So I [virtually] inserted the VBox Guest Additions CD and then proceeded to build it. I don't recall having any problems.
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Unable to paste text into virtual box guest
I am running virtualbox 4.2.4 r81684 on an ubuntu 12.10 installation with cinnamon desktop
I have just installed ubuntu 12.10 server in virtual box and I have guest additions installed
virtualbox was ...
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/usr/sbin/vbox-uninstall-guest-additions - uninstall.sh: No such file or directory
ISSUE
I am using dotless' vbguest vagrant plugin to keep my Virtualbox guest additions updated.
Trying to install guest additions now using
$ vagrant vbguest --iso VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.18.iso --...
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Lack of native laptop resolution into guest OS on VirtualBox (after installing Guest Additions)
After installing Guest Additions into my guest OS (latest Debian 6), I get much more available resolution to choose, but unfortunately there isn't my native laptop resolution - 1440x900. There is ...
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How to use VirtualBox guest controls with Microsoft Office?
I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 with VirtualBox and a Windows XP VM. This VM has Office 2007 installed on it. How can I use Guest Controls so that Office files (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.) open in Office on ...
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VirtualBox shared folders error [duplicate]
I want to setup a shared folder on Windows 10 host and Linux Mint guest to transfer files on VirtualBox. But when I Go to Devices/ Guest Additions, this error pops up. Anyone has any idea what is ...
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Cannot change resolution / Cannot use Seamless Windows feature on Lubuntu 14.10 running on VirtualBox 4.3.14
My two issues are not being able to change video resolutions. I am stuck at 640x480. Also I cannot use the Seamless Windows feature in virtual box as it's greyed out. I am stumped, I can use some of ...
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VirtualBox Guest Additions do not turn on shared clipboard and mouse
I have Windows 7 host with several Debian 7.1 guests installed via VirtualBox 4.2.14.
I dont have X Window, or some other GUI addon on my Debian.
I have installed VirtualBoxGuestAdditions with option -...
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Error while installing Virtualbox guest additions in Ubuntu 20.04.2: Look at /var/log/vboxadd-setup.log to find out what went wrong
I'm having an issue trying to install Virtual box Guest Additions. My host OS is Ubuntu 20.04.2, and my Pc has a Windows 10 OS.
The steps I followed to try install Guest additions are:
go to Devices ...
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Why does VirtualBox even need GuestAdditions to resize the guest window
I have struggled with VirtualBox for quite a while, sometimes guest additions installs nicely and everything works, sometimes, like now, I end up with a tiny little window to configure CentOS 7 with ...
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Unable to install VirtualBox guest additions on Kali Linux
I have been trying to install the VirtualBox guest additions onto my Kali Linux VM for the past couple of days now and I am at a loss for why it's not working.
For starters, the host machine is ...
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Can't mount share in VirtualBox guest
I'm attempting to mount a share in a guest OS in VirtualBox:
$ mount -t vboxsf share /mnt/share
/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device
If I click the folder icon in the ...
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Guest Additions not working on CentOS
I'm running CentOS 6.3 x64 in CLI. When I try to install guest additions, everything seems to work. Except "Installing the window system drivers" returns "[FAILED[ (Could not find the X.Org or XFree86 ...
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Is there a new Guest Additions for VirtualBox 4? If so, where is it?
Is there a new Guest Additions for Virtualbox 4? If so, where is it? I've looked all over but can't find it.
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Is VirtualBox 6.1 able to be installed correctly on Windows 11?
Is VirtualBox 6.1 (Version 6.1.32 r149290 (Qt5.6.2)) able to be installed correctly on Windows 11?
I manage to install CentOS 7.9.2009 in VirtualBox 6.1 (on Windows 11 host), but whatever I do (e.g., ...
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How does something like the VirtualBox Guest Additions communicate with the host?
I imagine the process includes watching for some specific pattern in the virtualized memory, and changing it, but I'm wondering how exactly it works. Perhaps a new bios call of sorts? (Similar to the ...
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Ubuntu - Full screen mode not changing resolution
I'm running Ubuntu inside virtualbox. For some reason I can't get the window resolution to change. On my Windows 7 computer the resolution changes automatically just by adjusting the window.
On ...
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sh: /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run: No such file or directory
I am trying to install Oracle 11g database on my Mac machine, using Virtual box.
Getting below error while trying to install guest addition in Linux 6.4:
[root@Linux1 ~]# sh /media/cdrom/...
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How do I share a virtualbox folder on a linux puppy guest?
I'm trying to find a smaller alternative to ubuntu for virtual machines, but I can't share data between my host system and puppy. When I try to install the guest addons it produces the following ...
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Cannot install guestadditions for virtualbox 5.2.6
I have installed virtualbox 5.2.6 on a Linux Mint 18.3 host. As a guest I have installed Windows 10 v1709. I have trouble to add the guest additions. I installed version 5.2.6 manually because the ...
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OSx - VirtualBox v5.2 - Vagrant was unable to mount VirtualBox shared folders
During the vagrant up the new quest additions get installed
Installing Virtualbox Guest Additions 5.2.0 - guest version is 5.1.30
But it shows this error:
An error occurred during installation ...
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A light Linux distro compatible with VM "guest" software?
Is there a light Linux distro (like PuppyLinux, Slitaz etc) but which supports "guest"/"support" software (like VMware Tools, VirtualBox Additions).
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VirtualBox VM with a suddenly smaller screen
I have a Windows 7 VM that I use for testing purposes. It's running on a Windows 10 host, with Guest Additions installed. For a long time it worked flawlessly, but all of a sudden the screen was ...
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Fail to install Virtualbox Guest Additions
I am trying to install Guest Additions in CentOS8 in virtualBox 7.0.4, and the host is win 10, but cannot succeed. I did this by the following steps:
(1) update the kernel and install dependencies by:
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Windows Vista stops VirtualBox Graphics Adapter (WDDM) with error code 43
I have a Windows Vista virtual machine which I'd like to enable 3D Acceleration on. If I install VirtualBox Guest Additions it successfully installs the driver and reboots the VM, however I don't get ...
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Cannot install guest additions (unknown filesystem type 'iso9660')
I want to install the guest additions on my Linux Ubuntu VM (host is windows 10).
When I go to devices -> Insert guest additions in the VM I get the following error:
The guest additions .iso is in my ...
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VirtualBox guest addition works incorrectly
I installed Gentoo on a virtual machine and
guest addition too.
I checked that it works. For example, I can drag and drop a file from the host to the virtual machine and back. I also have a shared ...
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How to use the Home key in guest VM and not in host VM?
Every time I press the Home key (Windows start key), my host OS (Fedora 29) detects it instead of the guest OS (Wind 10). I tried capturing mouse which screws everything. And all the other keys are ...
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KALI Linux 4 LXDE virtual box Error
I Installed Kali Linux 4 LXDE on Virtual Box and installed the Guest Additions CD Image. But I get the error
modprobe vboxsf failed
I tried apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r),
but apt can't ...
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VirtualBox not filling screen / Guest additions not inserted - already tried all the tricks I found
I have Windows 8, VirtualBox 5, Mint Cinnamon, and I am blocked with a small screen.
I've tried all the tricks I found on the web
I do:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms
I get:
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Lubuntu 15.04 running on VirtualBox doesn't switch to full screen
I have installed Lubuntu 15.04 on VirtualBox 4.3.18 on Windows 7 host. After installing VBox Guest addition 3.18 and the one with Ubuntu, I still don't get the Lubuntu in full screen. I have read ...
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Guest Additions for Ubuntu Server guest on Windows 7 Host
At the very outset, I am a complete newbie to Virtual Box and Vagrant. I have tried finding an answer everywhere, but I am not sure I am on the right track! Any help will be appreciated!
My host is ...
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CentOs stopped working after update in VirtualBox
I recently updated my OS to centOs 6.4 in virtual box. Before update I had guest additions installed and everything worked fine. The screen resolution all was fine. After update to 6.6, the OS stopped ...
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Conflicting information about the version of Virtualbox guest additions that is running
I have VirtualBox 6.1.36 installed on Windows 10, and I'm using it to run two virtual machines, one with Xubuntu 18.04 and the other with Xubuntu 22.04. "Auto-resize guest display" works for ...
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Mounting shared folder in VirtualBox 6.1 for Ubuntu 20.04 (Windows host) not working
I followed https://www.pragmaticlinux.com/2021/02/how-to-mount-a-shared-folder-in-virtualbox/(among other related threads) in order to mount a shared folder in my Ubuntu 20.04 VM.
Auto-mounting
I ...