(Solve) VM - Menu Bar not showing

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satimis
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(Solve) VM - Menu Bar not showing

Post by satimis »

Hi all,

VM - Menu Bar not showing

This is a newly added PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD

Host - Ubuntu 22.04 desktop
VM - Ubuntu 22.04 desktop

VirtualBox Manager
-> Settings -> User Interfaces
All items selected

Pls help. Thanks

Regards
Last edited by satimis on 9. Jan 2023, 20:36, edited 1 time in total.
scottgus1
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Re: VM - Menu Bar not showing

Post by scottgus1 »

When the menu bar disappears completely, but there is still a window title bar, the VM is probably in Scaled Mode. Hit Host Key - C to get out of Scaled Mode.
satimis
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Re: VM - Menu Bar not showing

Post by satimis »

scottgus1 wrote:When the menu bar disappears completely, but there is still a window title bar, the VM is probably in Scaled Mode. Hit Host Key - C to get out of Scaled Mode.
Hi,

Thanks for your advice.

There is no bar on top of the VM window.

I solved the problem as follow;


on VirtualBox Manager
select the VM
Settings -> Remote Display
uncheck "Enable Server"

Start VM
Menu Bar showing

Then
Devices -> Upgrade Guest Addition

After finish, again
Devices -> Insert Guest Addition CD Image ...
-> autorun.sh

After installation completed, reboot VM

Now
Settings -> Remote Display
check "Enable Server" again, the Menu Bar is still showing.

I can't explain the reason

Regards
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