Running Guest Additions

[Paolo_R]

Using Ubuntu 10.04. Virtual CD showing Guest Additions shows up on desktop. If I click on the Linux Guest Additions.run script a terminal opens then says I need Administrator privileges to run the scripts.

I assume I need to open a terminal and do a 'sudo' to run the script. The problem is I don't know where the virtual cd is mounted so I can't 'change directory' in a terminal window to get to the mounted cd to run the script.

Any pointers please?

[fixedwheel]

Any pointers please?

look at the sticky thread above ... http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15679

or RTFM => http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#id2522652


edit ... to get root in ubuntu:

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sudo su -

[Paolo_R]

Thanks. Having mounted GuestAdditions.iso in the Virtual Media Manger, the 'CD" appears in the Ubuntu Desktop and states that a command can be run automatically. I OK'd this and the guest additions were built and installed.

When I then try to do sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-amd64.run I get a message "Can't open ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-amd64.run"

[simbabeat]

See this topic: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=29981.

Helped me a lot.

[Paolo_R]

It looks like the Guest Additions are installed OK since Ubuntu reports the fact that they are activated. However my screen resolution has only 800x600 available.

The Synaptic package manager reports that the nvidia drivers are installed. However I don't know if they are activated: the Hardware Drivers app only shows the Guest Additions. I've no idea how to activate them but I assume that, if they were activated, I would get more and useful screen resolutions.

Any ideas?

[stefan.becker]

Read the Howto until it ends.

And post your exact approach, input and output word by word.

I think thee are not installed, but cant say it exact because you post nothing about this.