[Solved]Fullscreen Help. Need Better Explanation

[simbabeat]

Hi I have recently started using VB to run Ubuntu on my Mac. My screen however is only half the computers screen. I googled around for about 2 hours and I found some forums and stuff about this but I could never quite seem to fully understand it. Could someone please give me a very in-depth explanation for a real VB/Ubuntu newbie? Thanks! The pic below is what it looks like.

[Perryg]

Nothing in depth to do.
Install the guest additions (in the guest)
Click on the devices tab of the guest (while running in windowed mode) and then click on install guest additions.

This should help Howto: Install Linux Guest Additions + Xorg config

[simbabeat]

Ya I saw that but when I type in

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sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic

in the terminal it says it cannot be found..... Thanks for helping

[stefan.becker]

Try it with Synaptic.

[simbabeat]

How would I do it with synaptic? I'm kind of stuck.

[Perryg]

Does the guest have Internet access?
If so then the apt-get will work. If you don't have Internet access then it will not work and you will not be able to install the additional products.
First thing to do is run the commands separately and do it as shown below.

(On the guest)
Open terminal window and type the commands.

sudo -i <press enter> put in your password and <press enter again>

Then the following:

• apt-get update
  apt-get upgrade
  apt-get install build-essential
  apt-get install linux-headers-generic
  apt-get install dkms

Reboot the guest and then install the guest additions.

[simbabeat]

I managed to follow the tutorial you gave me in the first reply up to Installing the GA. When I try to install it I either click the amd64.run or the x86.run and click run. That wouldn't work. So I tried running it from terminal doing exactly what the tutorial said but it said it could find the file. Dang!

[Perryg]

• Start the Ubuntu guest.
  Open a terminal.
• Type sudo -i <press enter> (enter your password) <press enter>
• Now look up at the top left of the VBox window and click devices then click install guest additions.
• If they do not show on the desktop then click devices and unmount CD, then click install guest additions again.
• At this point they should be on your desktop. Dbl click to open the CD.
• Look for the Linux Guess Additions that fits you install. More than likely the VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run (32-bit) or if it is 64-bit use the AMD one.
• Position the terminal windows and the opened file system to where you can see them both.
• Click and drag the right additions file and drop it on the terminal window.
• Click on the terminal window to get focus and hit enter.
  
  Watch for any errors that show and when they are complete reboot.
  Let me know if you encounter any errors. If all is well you use the click drag to make the window bigger or use the host+F toggle to go in and out of full screen

[simbabeat]

Ahhhh yes! Success. Thank for your patience!