Ubuntu 10.04 - Monitor Resolution

[bj292]

I had some problems setting my monitor resolution in Ubuntu 10.04. I appreciate there is a sticky on this topic but I found it a bit confusing. This process worked ok for me:

Do not install the Guest Additions as the first task after installing the VM (Normally I always do this first)

1. From a terminal (Applications - Accessories - Terminal) run the following commands:

sudo apt-get update (You will be asked for your password after this command)

sudo apt-get upgrade

2. Now install additional packages:

sudo apt-get install dkms

sudo apt-get install build-essential

3. Reboot the VM
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4. Now install the Guest Additions. This is how I do it:

Click 'Devices' on the Virtualbox Menu Bar. Select 'Install Guest Additions'

This should bring up a CD icon on the desktop with the title 'VBOXADDITIONS_(version number)

Double click this icon - window opens to display list of available files. Drag this window to one side of screen.

Open a Terminal (see step 1)

In the terminal type Sudo

Click and drag the appropriate file from the VBOXADDITIONS window to the terminal window and release. The file you want is either VBoxLinuxAddionsamd64.run or VBoxLinuxAdditionsx86.run - If you do this right the file name will now appear in the Terminal window after the Sudo command. Press return

The Guest Additions will install. Once they have installed reboot. You should now find that you can go to System - Preferences - Monitor and change the monitor resolution to a decent resolution. You will also find that Ctrl+F gives you a full screen VM.

Hat tip to http://mylinuxramblings.wordpress.com/2 ... -guest-os/ for most of this info.

[Sasquatch]

That is what I say in my howto: update system, reboot, then install GA after you have installed the required packages for kernel module compilation.

I don't like this post. Instead of 'trying' to be smarter than a howto, you could've just made a topic for improvement of said howto.

[bj292]

That is what I say in my howto: update system, reboot, then install GA after you have installed the required packages for kernel module compilation.

I don't like this post. Instead of 'trying' to be smarter than a howto, you could've just made a topic for improvement of said howto.

I bet you are a Linux expert as well!! You experts are always writing Howto's for other experts - never for newbie's. Sorry I upset you

[Sasquatch]

That is what I say in my howto: update system, reboot, then install GA after you have installed the required packages for kernel module compilation.

I don't like this post. Instead of 'trying' to be smarter than a howto, you could've just made a topic for improvement of said howto.

I bet you are a Linux expert as well!! You experts are always writing Howto's for other experts - never for newbie's. Sorry I upset you

That's why we 'experts' need feedback from the 'newbies' to make it better. Please explain what parts didn't work as I imagined and what other issues you ran into.

[Sardoan]

That is what I say in my howto: update system, reboot, then install GA after you have installed the required packages for kernel module compilation.

Thats not a howto, Thats a what to do, but every noob knows what he wants to do, but he deosnt know how.
bj292s howto helped me a lot and "install GA " is not a help. I was searching for how to install GA, I knew that I had to insall it.

[Sasquatch]

That is what I say in my howto: update system, reboot, then install GA after you have installed the required packages for kernel module compilation.

Thats not a howto, Thats a what to do, but every noob knows what he wants to do, but he deosnt know how.
bj292s howto helped me a lot and "install GA " is not a help. I was searching for how to install GA, I knew that I had to insall it.

Did you actually read my howto? If not, please do so first before making empty statements.