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#GUEST ADDITIONS VIRTUALBOX UBUNTU FULL SCREEN INSTALL#
#GUEST ADDITIONS VIRTUALBOX UBUNTU FULL SCREEN DRIVERS#
#GUEST ADDITIONS VIRTUALBOX UBUNTU FULL SCREEN WINDOWS#

the guest display is automatically resized according to the size of the guest window Īll of these features can be enabled independently with their dedicated flags:.

shared clipboard and drag and drop between the host and the guest.

VBoxClient manages the following features: The guest services are actually just a binary executable called VBoxClient which will interact with your X Window System. To load the modules automatically, enable rvice which loads the modules and synchronizes the guest's system time with the host.Īfter the rather big installation step dealing with VirtualBox kernel modules, now you need to start the guest services. The framebuffer resolution must be set by the kernel parameter video as described above. GRUB's GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX) will fix the framebuffer, since they are overriden by virtue of Kernel Mode Setting. Note: Neither the kernel parameter vga nor the bootloader's resolution settings (e.g. Incidentally, this command allows for defining up to 16 extra resolutions ('CustomVideoMode1' through 'CustomVideoMode16').Īfterwards, restart the virtual machine and run hwinfo -framebuffer once more to verify that the new resolutions have been recognized by your guest system (which does not guarantee they will all work, depending on your hardware limitations). The parameters 'Arch Linux' and '1360x768x24' in the example above should be replaced with your VM name and the desired framebuffer resolution.

$ VBoxManage setextradata 'Arch Linux' 'CustomVideoMode1' '1360x768x24'

#GUEST ADDITIONS VIRTUALBOX UBUNTU FULL SCREEN WINDOWS#

If the optimal resolution does not show up, then you will need to run the VBoxManage tool on the host machine and add 'extra resolutions' to your virtual machine (on a Windows host, go to the VirtualBox installation directory to find VBoxManage.exe). To use the virtual consoles at optimal resolution, Arch needs to recognize that resolution as valid, which in turn requires VirtualBox to pass this information along to the guest OS.įirst, check if your desired resolution is not already recognized by running the command ( hwinfo need to be installed): Typically after installing Guest Additions, a fullscreen Arch guest running X will be set to the optimal resolution for your display however, the virtual console's framebuffer will be set to a standard, often smaller, resolution detected from VirtualBox's custom VESA driver. (Discuss in Talk:VirtualBox/Install Arch Linux as a guest) Notes: Keep guest resolution information in one place.

virtualbox-guest-utils-nox for VirtualBox Guest utilities without X support.

virtualbox-guest-utils for VirtualBox Guest utilities with X support.

Within the installed guest system, install:

#GUEST ADDITIONS VIRTUALBOX UBUNTU FULL SCREEN DRIVERS#

VirtualBox Guest Additions provides drivers and applications that optimize the guest operating system including improved image resolution and better control of the mouse. To get a specific EFI bitness, set the firmware to efi64 for x86_64 EFI or efi32 for IA32 EFI.Īfter selecting the kernel from the Arch Linux installation media's menu, the media will hang for a minute or two and will continue to boot the kernel normally afterwards. $ VBoxManage modifyvm ' Virtual machine name' -firmware efiĮfi will set the firmware for the virtual machine to EFI with the bitness matching the virtual machine's CPU. To enable EFI for a virtual machine using the graphical interface, open the settings of the virtual machine, choose System item from the panel on the left and Motherboard tab from the right panel, and check the checkbox Enable EFI (special OSes only).Īlternatively the same can be accomplished from the command line using VBoxManage: This must be done before installing Arch as guest, changing the option afterwards will result in unbootable machine unless the setting is reverted.

#GUEST ADDITIONS VIRTUALBOX UBUNTU FULL SCREEN INSTALL#

If you want to install Arch Linux in EFI mode inside VirtualBox, you must change the firmware mode for the virtual machine.

10.10 Plasma resets guest's resolution to 800×600Įnabling EFI for Arch as guest is optional.

10.9 No hardware 3D acceleration in Arch Linux guest.

10.6 Linux guests have slow/laggy audio.

10.5 Linux guests have slow/distorted audio.

10.4 Fullscreen mode shows blank screen.

10.2 TTY text too small during installation.

7 Troubleshooting black screen with Plasma-X11 minimal install.

Guest additions virtualbox ubuntu full screen