Unicorn Meta Zoo 9: Just thought I would point that out to help avoid confusion. The install seemed to go ok and I restarted the Kubuntu, but it would not shutdown. Ok, if that is setup correctly you can try to install the packages listed here Check post Install Linux Guest Additions Howto: Asked 6 years, 1 month ago.

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Email Required, but never shown. That’s where the problem started. In my case it would be. I am running 3. He began blogging in and quit his job in to blog full-time.

The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Do you see anything at all, like a white or black window and a mouse cursor? Notify me of new posts via email. Just thought I would point that out to help avoid confusion.

When you perform vietualbox ls here, you should see several files, some for Windows and some for Linux. Are those the menus items you see when you have selected the Ubuntu window? I am using VirtualBox 4.

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In order to avoid the message: The headers for the current running kernel was not found So my question is, how do I install guest additions on the guest os ubuntu Just in case you have simply virtkalbox noticed, this is what I see when running an Ubuntu guest on my Debian host: Thank you for the great tutorial. We hate spam too, unsubscribe at any time. How do we handle problem users?

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How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions in Ubuntu

Clipboard support, so you can cut and paste between the guest and host OS Automatic resize of the guest OS when you resize the VirtualBox window. At least on Linux, When I first run virtualbox I get a window showing me the installed VMs and when I launch one, it is launched in a new window.

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Guest Additions and 3D aren’t playing nice I guess? I just found a different solution to this problem as well.

Do you have a PAE kernel? Notify me of new comments via email. You access the guest additions disk by clicking the Places menu in Ubuntu and choosing the vboxadditions volume.