[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 VirtualBox problems

[David King]

Thanks for the link. Although that page also said that VirtualBox 3.2.10 
is now available -- yet in 3.2.8 when I checked for updates, it found 
nothing.

I followed the instructions and installed as it said, and now it works, 
the display resizes properly.


David




Philip Stubbs wrote:
> On 12 October 2010 22:34, David King <linuxman at avoura.com> wrote:
>   
>> I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 10.10 and installed it in VirtualBox
>> 3.2.8 (running on Ubuntu 9.04 host). It's the 64-bit version.
>>     
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>   
>> So I rebooted the virtual machine and tried installing the Guest
>> Additions again, but it still says that it has an unknown version of the
>> X Windows System.
>>
>> So it looks like Ubuntu 10.10 is currently incompatible with VirtualBox?
>> If so, it's real shame, as I test all distros in VirtualBox before
>> considering them for installation.
>>     
>
> I think you need to install the following:
> $ apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11
>
> I found this here:
> http://www.unixmen.com/linux-tutorials/1157-install-guest-addition-in-ubuntu-1010-maverick-meerkat-fix
>
> Google is your friend! :-)
>
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