[SOLVED] Virtualbox fullscreen

[mahendra.pardeshi]

Great work !!!!

[brateni112]

This fixed the problem for me as well. Here is a link to installing the guest additions.

http://www.robotification.com/compon...on-ubuntu.html

Hello,
I'm new to linux, a friend of mine told me to try it out and I really like it. So I'm using MagixBox, but when I try to install guest additions - nothing happens.

I looked at hte link but could not make out what to do at the begining. I know how to write the codes. Can anyone give me a step by step guide?

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Pentium M 725 1.60GHz Processor, 2MB L2-Cache
ATI Mobility RADEON 9000 AGP 4X video graphics at 32MB
14.1-in SXGA Monitor
60GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive, 4200RPM
1GB RAM
Microsoft Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 3

Thnks in advance!

[bodhi.zazen]

What is "MagixBox" ? Do you mean Virtualbox ?

Is Ubuntu your host or guest ?

[brateni112]

What is "MagixBox" ? Do you mean Virtualbox ?

Is Ubuntu your host or guest ?

Yes VirtualBox
Linux Ubuntu is my guest hosteed on windows. I can't get full screen, I did try everything mentioned above, except that text in the link.

[bodhi.zazen]

That is a very very old link, from 2007.

Shut down the guest.

For the CD, use the additions iso and reboot the guest.

If needed, mount the iso:

sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

Then run the installer script:

sudo /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

If you are running a 64 bit guest, run the 64 bit script.

[brateni112]

What iso do you mean in your second sentence?
I downloaded VirtualBox from their website.
Ubuntu 9.04 is on bootable CD

I understood the rest but not hte part about the iso. please explain.
P.S. My englih is exellent BUT still not my mother-language.

[renbla]

I always start virtualbox on another X session, without gnome-session, so I have no bars and whatnot. Then when I open VirtualBox fullscreen, there are no bars to hinder me

Hehe i never heard of this method till today. I will use this method

[brateni112]

That is a very very old link, from 2007.

Shut down the guest.

For the CD, use the additions iso and reboot the guest.

If needed, mount the iso:

sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

Then run the installer script:

sudo /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

If you are running a 64 bit guest, run the 64 bit script.

I got it. I will try this out and let ya'll know if it worked.

[brateni112]

That is a very very old link, from 2007.

Shut down the guest.

For the CD, use the additions iso and reboot the guest.

If needed, mount the iso:

sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

Then run the installer script:

sudo /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

If you are running a 64 bit guest, run the 64 bit script.

It all worked great! Now I will be able to test Linux couse I really like it. And this forum comunity is excellente!

WORKS GREAT!

P.S. I downloaded the addition iso from:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtu...ions_2.2.0.iso

[bodhi.zazen]

Awesome. FYI, the additions .iso is included with VirtualBox (PUEL edition).