Problems with Small Window Size of Guest OS

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pdonnelly
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Problems with Small Window Size of Guest OS

Post by pdonnelly »

I am running VB on Mac OSX with Ubuntu as the guest OS. Everything seems to work fine but the Ubuntu window only takes up a small part of the screen (it is centered) and I cannot resize. The Virtualbox window is fine and takes up the whole screen when maximized. Any thoughts?
Perryg
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Re: Problems with Small Window Size of Guest OS

Post by Perryg »

Have you installed the guest additions?
pdonnelly
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Re: Problems with Small Window Size of Guest OS

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No. I am not sure what they are or how to install them.
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Re: Problems with Small Window Size of Guest OS

Post by Perryg »

You can find the answer here: VirtualBox FAQ
pdonnelly
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Re: Problems with Small Window Size of Guest OS

Post by pdonnelly »

Thanks. I will give it a try.
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