On 12/22/2014 09:59 AM, Anand Raj Manickam wrote: > Hi, > I m trying to use the View->Auto Resize Guest Display on Vbox. > The feature is greyed out. > Based on the search , i find that i need the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso. > This mounts once, I also tried mounting it manually , but i dnt see > this feature working. > Also i do not see any specific files to execute on the mounted iso for mac. > Can someone shed some light on this ? > Host-Mac Yosmite > Guest - Ubuntu 14.04
The VBoxGuestAddions is installed in the guest os (Ubuntu in your case). You'll need to mount the ISO in your guest and run the installer from there. (I think you can run from the command line a .sh file to install, maybe install.sh or something like that). This will compile kernel modules so you will need the build-essential package and kernel headers if you don't already have them installed (in Ubuntu). The GuestAdditions provide some drivers for video, mouse etc for the guest os so it can respond to things like Resize Display and such. You should be able to find a tutorial by searching something like "install virtualbox guest additions ubuntu" or similar. Once you get it installed, you should be able to run Ubuntu in a window or full screen as if it's installed directly on your Mac :) Good luck, -Thom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
