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    auto-resize Guest Screen Display in Virtualbox

    I have just installed Ubuntu VM on Virtualbox from Manjaro OS host machine.

    It has properly installed BUT the auto-resize to full screen does not appear to be working properly.

    Forgive me I am a noob as far as Linux and virtual machines go.
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    Re: auto-resize Guest Screen Display in Virtualbox

    This requires VirtualBox Guest Additions installed in the Ubuntu guest (Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD Image). Also, auto-resize doesn't always work at the login screen, you might need to login for the display to auto resize.
    Xubuntu 22.04, ArchLinux ♦ System76 hardware, virt-manager/KVM, VirtualBox
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    Re: auto-resize Guest Screen Display in Virtualbox

    I seem to have the CD image up but I don't know what to do after this. I tried just clicking the 'run software' and it shown the terminal image you see and didn't resolve full screen issue.
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    Re: auto-resize Guest Screen Display in Virtualbox

    Please post the output from running the following command in Terminal in the Ubuntu guest -
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    apt-cache policy bzip2 tar
    Xubuntu 22.04, ArchLinux ♦ System76 hardware, virt-manager/KVM, VirtualBox
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    Re: auto-resize Guest Screen Display in Virtualbox

    I managed to complete the process from the terminal.

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