Virtual Box full screen problem

[GuyFawkes56]

Hi,

I'm running Ubuntu on Virtual Box and I'm not able to expand the view to full screen. I realise there are other forums discussing this problem, and they solved it by running the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso. However, I've done this already but as soon as I updated Ubuntu the screen no longer displays at full screen (1920x1080). If anyone has any ideas it would be greatly appreciated!

[QIII]

When the kernel is updated, the guest additions need to be compiled into the kernel again. This is not a problem with Ubuntu. It happens with all distros when the kernels are updated.

Simply go to the terminal and execute

sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

(or similar, depending on where the file is on your system. To make this less of a pain, I usually copy VBoxLinuxAdditions.run into my Home folder.)

You don't need to do this for all updates, only when the kernel is updated.

[GuyFawkes56]

Thanks for replying so promptly!

I've tried running the command, but I get an error back

sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
sudo: ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run: command not found

I also copied to my home directory.

any help?

[QIII]

You will need to add the complete path to the .sh file. Mine is in my Home directory, so I can call it from there.

Hang on a minute and I'll fire up a vm and get you the file and path.


Edit:

Here you go.

Depending on your VBox version number, you will need to use something like this in the terminal IN THE VIRTUAL MACHINE, of course:

sudo /media/VBOXADDITIONS_4.1.8_75467/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

That may not be your version number, so check what you have and make changes accordingly.

(My apologies, by the way. I did something I try not to do: assume that you understand exactly what seems obvious to me. I should have done a better job of explaining it in the first place.)

[GuyFawkes56]

Thanks mate!

That did the trick.

I really appreciate your help

[QIII]

If you would, please mark this thread as solved so that the next guy with a similar issue will know there is a solution.

And you are certainly welcome! I accept payment in unmarked bills in small denominations...