Even though pressing (Right CTRL + F) was changing the Windows XP running window to FullScreen the XP screen was taking only a part of the whole screen area, where almost half of the screen was visible as simply staying blank.Ī bit of research and I found the issue is caused by missing VirtualBoxGuestAdditions. sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-KERNELVERSIONĭepending on your platform, run the VirtualBoxAdditions installer sudo sh /media/cdrom/n all (Use VBoxLinuxAdditions-圆4.run for 64-bit platforms).Right after installing Windows XP inside VirtualBox, I've found out everything works fine except the screen. (Replace KERNELVERSION with the output of the above command). Run the following command to install pre-requisites. Once Ubuntu is up and running, open a terminal and find the kernel version by running uname -r Mount the VirtualBox Guest Additions by clicking on Device > Install Guest Additions. Mount your Ubuntu cd/ISO from the VirtualBox GUI. But, these steps can be easily modified for other Linux OSes too. These additions are covered under the PUEL license, rather than the GPLv2.Īlright, now how do you get the additions working. There are other goodies too, such as, mouse-pointer integration and improved performance. Complete screen-size, not the teeny window size that is present by default. Why would you want to run the Guest Additions? For one, it provides full-screen ability. This post is about how to get the Guest Additions running for Ubuntu.

To learn more on setting up VirtualBox, check out this great post at Lifehacker.Īnd if you want pre-compiled VirtualBox images, head over to VirtualBox Images. Of course, a dummy virtual machine is of no use, until you install on OS on it. It creates a perfect virtual machine to play with. VirtualBox is a great way to test different platforms without actually installing them.

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