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Fix Virtualbox guest addition installation issue in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

Written by M. Zinoune on September 9, 2010. Posted in Linux tutorials

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To activate the fullscreen mode in a virtualbox machine, we need to install Guest additions in the guest OS. If you are testing Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick meerkat in virtualBox , you may notice that guest additions are not working, it seems that the problem is the new xserver they put in ubuntu10.10, the modules are not build against this new version (See screenshot bellow). To fix this issue i used the methode bellow to install Guest additions in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, this methode consist on installing a new xserver display packages which works well.

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Solution:

Open terminal and enter the commands bellow:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11

After installation is finished, restart your virtualBox machine then go to System –>Preferences –>Monitors and change the resolution of your screen.

Update : VirtualBox 3.2.10 is released. This release Added support to X.Org Server 1.9, so to fix the guest addition issue you just need to upgrade your virtualbox to the current release.

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57 Comment(s)

http://Working GloryX

Worked for me. Thanks :)
SInani201

This worked perfectly. Thank you!
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Worked.

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Very useful, thanks! :wink:
Arouca

Worked like a chram.

Thank you
- Toljnima
  
  Yiiha, chram.
  Yeah, well for me it worked like charm, not chram (balls)
jaya

Thanks for this tip :D
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  You`re welcome :)
mind

thx 4 this gr8 thread! now its working for my virtualbox :D :D :D
DiEgO

Un merci de France +++

Good JOB
sAVERIO

Thanks a lot man, it works like a charm! :D

Thanks to all of you experts of unix that help the beginners of unix like me:!:
Zinovsky

You are welcome, and welcome to Linux/Unix :)
http://freebirdenglish.com AdamT

You’ve really made my day with this fix Zinovsky! Thanks so much. It worked a treat!
:P
JFK

realy works fine…. from Portugal Good vibes
http://www.ubuntu.com carl

I did what was written but after reboot I can’t change résolution in monitors utility.
Then I tried to reinstall the virtualbox guest addititons from the cd and a big screen bug happens !!
I tried also to desinstall and reinstall from tty1 console and when I come back to tty7 or even if I reboot it doesn’t work as described.
Can u please tell me in wich order did you install the packets?
Thx in advance.
http://www.ubuntu.com carl

I just uninstalled all virtualbox ose additions.
Then I rebooted.
Then I apt-get autoremove (so that it finishes uninstalling dkms).
Then I just installed from the console tty1 the virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 as said up in this page.
Then I came to the tty7 where my graphical session was started and then I relogged to my session where the new resolution was enabled.

Thx fot the tip!!
Anonymous

Perfect! :D
Raja

Thank you. You rock. :-)
Firekraker

Thanks for this awesome tip. I’m new with Ubuntu and Linux. Just trying to get used to the awkward command line. :)
Portfolio

Thank you! You are the man!
sebastien

I’ve installed UNE 10.10. This workaround works fine for the desktop session but if I choose to log in with the netbook edition session, it still gets freezed
- rfmx
  
  VB doesn’t support running Unity(the netbook interface)
freeman

Thank you very much! Worked for me!
Vermithrax

VirtualBox was updated on 10/11/2010… It now supports the new X Server…
http://destefano.wordpress.com deesto

Thanks. Unfortunately, this doesn’t help in my case. VirtualBox guest add-ons not working was the first thing I noticed after upgrading a few hours ago, and I can’t figure out how to get them working again. I’ve already got headers, build essentials, and virtalbox-ose[dkms|guest-utils|guest-x11|qt] and virtualbox-guest-additions all installed. Something’s still not right.
rh

big thx!
Acerimmer

Works precisely as advertised.
Spike

I’m a linux newbe: when I type the command
[quote]sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11[/quote], gives me an error [/quote]could not find virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 packet[/quote] (it’s my translation, since the message is in italian…)

any help?
:)
Spike

sorry: wrong quotes… :P

I’m a linux newbe: when I type the command
[quote]sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11[/quote], gives me an error [quote]could not find virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 packet[/quote] (it’s my translation, since the message is in italian…)

any help?
:)
http://tipstank.com Sum-Wai Low

Works like a charm.
Spike

resolved!
I re-installed Ubuntu (for other reasons) and now it works! :)
Maxdpo

It worx, Many thanks
Chuck

Doesn’t share clipboard with host.
André

3.2.10 worked indeed, but still, during the Guest Additions installation, the screen enlarged and then filled with random ASCII characters and the system was unresponsive even to the shutdown signal. Reset, restart and it was OK.
I’d send you a picture if I knew how to.
Ouray3

Your solution is much appreciated.
Took me a while to get the screen res worked out.
You made it easy!
chris

hi,
it worked for me but i cannot use compiz manager even i have installed everything properly.
what should i do?
it will be great if someone make video for installing nvidia card in ubuntu or any linux distro.

thanks
chris
Peter

Thanks a lot!
It works!
Ck

hi,

my resolution is still not fullscreen… 1152×864 instead of 1280×1024
and the second screen isnt recognized eather…

any ideas?

Ck
Aram Fingal

This is at least the fifth hint I’ve tried to fix the resolution problem. It sort of worked the first time. Immediately on rebooting I was up to 1152×864 instead of the 800×600 I was previously stuck at. Then, I went to System –>Preferences –>Monitors, as suggested and found that there was a resolution something like 1392×768 as well as 1152×768. I tried the other resolution, which worked but I didn’t really like it so I tried to switch back to 1152×864 which gave an error message and caused that resolution to disappear from the preference screen. I tried going back to the 1392×768 resolution and that gave the same error and it too disappeared. Now I’m back to 800×600 and 640×480 as my only options.
Aram Fingal

Go to the Machine menu of Virtual Box and select Adjust Window Size. Then you can drag the window to any size you want and it will adjust the resolution in Ubuntu accordingly. Full Screen mode also works. Adjusting the resolution from within Ubuntu does not work but that’s okay. This is better anyway.
Jarad Downing

Resolution was working fine but more advanced desktop settings (normal visual effects), this line in particular is necessary:
[code]sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11[/code]

Select Y when prompted to use the new x settings.
Sebastian

Greetings from dark Germany:

THANK YOU!!
(after 8 hours :!: of crying and torture…)
Zinovsky

You are welcome :)
Shine

I forgot my password in Ubuntu of LINUX OS.
How can I regain my password without reinstalling the virtual machine and Linux.
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Dean

Host OS: Win 7 64-bit
VM: Oracle’s VBox Mgr 4.0
Guest OS: Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit
I cannot get the Ubuntu window to open up. 800×600 is the max size. I have tried several solutions (without success) except for download/mount/install guest additions. What’d be the sequence to try this route? Or is there a better way? Thanks, Dean
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Worked perfect for me. VirtualBox 4.00 r 69151 and Ubuntu 10.10 Thanks you for your post.

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Aaron Newton

Champion – this did the trick for me. I have posted this as a solution here http://askubuntu.com/a/99479/42064

Also, there seems to be a common-ish issue where the Guest Additions stop working after the Update Manager upgrades are performed. I have posted a related comment here on how to solve this: http://askubuntu.com/a/58133/42064

Basically I removed the Guest Additions first by running “sudo /opt/[VboxAddonsFolder]/uninstall.sh” and then followed the instructions above.

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