Do you want to try the latest Maverick Meerkat? install it with desktop virtualization software virtualbox without disturbing your existing OS. It’s not recommended to upgrade your existing working Ubuntu OS because of the beta version ( Final version released now). So, installing as a VM is good idea check the new Linux features. This post shows how to install ubuntu 10.10 on VirtualBox and configure guest additions working fine to increase the screen resolution.
The current VB version 3.2.8 is not supporting Ubuntu 10.10, because its still a beta and final version will be available by October 2010. Therefore installing guest additions is a difficult task without official support, but there are few methods available and one method worked for me.
Update 13/10/2010 – Oracle released latest VirtualBox 3.2.10 with official support with built in guest additions installation. Check here for more update
Update 12/10/2010 – To configure the VB Shared Folders on Ubuntu 10.10, read this post
Follow the steps.
1) Create a new VM. Configure enough of RAM and hard disk.
2) Download correct type of installation ISO file from here (Official site)
3) Increase video memory and enable 3D under display option. Mount the ISO file to CD ROM and start the virtual machine.
See Also
Ubuntu 10.04 on VirtualBox with guest addition – Windows 7 host
4) Select Install option in next screen. Continue the next steps.
5) If you are not expert in Linux partitioning, select first option in allocate drive space.
6) Installation is very easy, complete it and restart the virtual machine. Do not forget to unmount or remove ISO file from CD ROM.
Here is the running Maverick Meerkat ubuntu 10.10 on virtualbox 3.2.8 before guest additions installation.
The built in guest additions with VB 3.2.8 will not work here. So, do not mount ISO and start the installation as how I showed for 10.04. We have to wait till the final release of Ubuntu 10.10 and release of VB guest additions from Oracle.
Here is the discussion about Ubuntu 10.10 guest additions in Virtualbox forum.
How to Install Guest Additions on Ubuntu 10.10?
Additional packages and updates released by ubuntu people to test with VB. You can download them and install by following method to get high screen resolutions. This worked in one host and not in other for me. So, I’m not 100% sure this will work for all. Please share your results on comments area.
Make sure virtual machine is having internet with download access. Open terminal ( Application –> Accessories –> Terminal)
Type
sudo apt-get update
and provide the root password, above command will check and download the updates available on internet server.
Type,
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Now, type,
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11
Restart and check the screen size, seamless and full screen mode on ubuntu 10.10, all should work.
Let me know how it worked for you.
Have fun.
worked like charm….u made my day..
Thanks man !
great, worked fine, it solved my problem. thanks!.
Hey thanks
it worked perfectly
Great dude
thank u very much
It dint work for me…It produced an error message “E: Unable to locate package virtualbox-ose-guest-x11″
Jeff,
I also have the same problem.
Have you found a solution yet ?
Thanks man! Great!
Works great. Thankyou.
Nice – thanks!
it works great!
i have done a white night becouse pf this probblem, but luky for me, i found your post.
whatt to say, it works
thanks
Thats a nice comment.
Thanks for it
It worked, kind of. I now have more resolution options, but none of them fit my monitor correctly (1024×600, my netbook).
Got some errors about kernel having a later version, but installing package maintainer versions of virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 configs anyway did enable screen resizing again. Thanks!
hy!
i tried to install like described above.
i got a higher resolution (1360 x 768 16:9) but it the highest one i use in win seven (1920 x 1080)
has someone an idea? is ubuntu generelly working with this resolution?
thanks for your reply
haha … nice sentence
i tried to describe that i use on win seven the resolution 1920 x 1080 and in ubuntu in the virtual box it is only possible to use 1360 x 768 as highest resolution.
hopefully someone can help me.
best regards
Nice but i skip ur =
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
and go on with =
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11
it quite okay but seamless mode and auto resize guest display mode is still unavailable
May be because of you skipped one command???
Seamless mode and auto resize worked fine with this method.
Thanks for this: My screen resolution is now at 1280×959.
Could you please tell me how to get my printer detected, when running Meerkat inside Virtualbox v4,04? If I run meerkat from the disc the HP PSC2355 is detected and works, but inside VB I don’t see it listed. Is this becayse it is connected via an usb cable?
Nope, didn’t work. After a reboot, Ubuntu didn’t even start correctly:
error: cannot open the file /boot/grub/grubenv
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OMG, you are a god send. spent all day trying to figure this out and this is what finally helped me. Thank you so much, you are a genius d’v'b
One of the best comment I have ever received.
Thanks and keep visiting.
Thanks for this post! Was surprised just using the Vbox menu didn’t work.
Thanks very much for the post, it was VERY helpful. though it seems to have increased my resolution to 1024×768 and won’t let me increase further. Any ideas how to fix this? my native res on my monitors is 1440×900.
I keep getting the following message:
E: Unable to locate package virtualbox-ose-guest-xll
Any ideas?
Alright my bad, instead of x11 i was typing xll. Now it seems to be installing. Lets see what happens
Alright my bad, I was typing xll instead of x11. Now it is installed and works fine.
It worked for me, but it’s not 100% full screen. I’m not sure the resolution, but I think it could be even bigger. Can you tell me how to do this? (I would say it increased from small box in the centre to occupying 3/4 of the space when centred after the install).
Thanks in advance.
Perfect. Thank you.
Perfect, works great. Thank you.
Follow the steps mention in the below page.. will work for all .. cheers!
http://www.robotification.com/component/content/article/8-programming/7-how-to-install-virtual-box-additions-on-ubuntu.html
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Thanks man! That worked perfect!
Congrats!
Thanks. It Worked for me.
Hi
It doesnt work for me… i hv follwed all above steps bt not able to switch to fullscreen.. please help
Awesome! Thanks!
It worked perfectly on Ubuntu 10.10 as my guest, Windows 7 as a host. Thanks! Much better than teh default settings
Thank you, was kinda disappointing the original setting, now much better.
Awesome tip!
It worked perfectly!
Thank you very much!
Best Regards,
Thank u so much …
it works even on kubuntu.
Thank you very much, it worked perfectly for elementary os too..
Thanks for the code, it worked great for me (Ubuntu 10.04,3 on Mac OS Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
This gave me better results installing guest additions on Ubuntu 10.04.03 on Win7 :
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms
It appears to do the same thing, but I had previously tried your solution before the above.
Note – my previous message applies to Ubuntu 10.04.03 (Lucid), not Maverick – so it’s not quite applicable to this article as such, but if you’re installing the LTS desktop it may be of use to someone.