Ubuntu 9.04 -- Monitor Question

[Derek Broughton]

Tom Beckett wrote:

> I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 in a Sun Virtual Box environment.  Last week, I
> installed a new monitor (  ).  It works fine, but for one problem.  I
> can't figure out how to configure Ubuntu to take advantage of the wide
> screen. The window that comes up is much smaller than the available screen
> size.
> 
> Can anyone give me some ideas as to how to configure this?

You need to install the Virtual Guest Additions.
-- 
derek