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I would like to adjust the screen resolution for my Debian 8.1 Virtual Machine (running in VirtualBox 5 on 64-bit Windows 10) from 1024x768 to 1366x768 (which for me would be full screen). Neither "Seamless Mode" nor "Auto-resize Guest Display" options are allowed under the, "View" drop-down menu. I have six other Virtual machines installed on my PC, for each of the following OSs (each 64-bit):




  • Fedora 22

  • Linux Mint 17.2

  • Mageia 5

  • Manjaro Linux 0.8.13.1

  • openSUSE 13.2

  • Sabayon Linux 15.08


all but the Fedora 22 machine runs seamless mode just fine (i.e., full screen occupies all 1366x768 pixels of my screen and not just 1024x768 of it). Fedora 22 has the same issue as Debian: it runs 1024x768 screen resolution, when it is supposed to be occupying the whole screen. I have attempted to change the screen resolution from within the guest machine itself, but I notice for both Debian and Fedora 1024x768 is the largest display they are allowing. If you are wondering why I am mentioning this Fedora glitch, it is in case it helps you in solving my problem with my Debian machine, this question is just about the Debian machine (although if your answer is applicable to the Fedora machine too a brief mention of this fact would be appreciated). I have installed the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack (version 5.0.0r101573), if you are wondering. I have enabled 3D acceleration and bidirectional clipboard (although the clipboard does not appear to be working for either machine) with 64 MB display memory, 4096 MB RAM, 64 GB HDD (for Debian, that is; Fedora is using 128 GB) and any other helpful detail I will be happy to provide. Keep in mind my programming and technical knowledge is limited, so please keep the technical discourse in your answer to a minimum.










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    I would like to adjust the screen resolution for my Debian 8.1 Virtual Machine (running in VirtualBox 5 on 64-bit Windows 10) from 1024x768 to 1366x768 (which for me would be full screen). Neither "Seamless Mode" nor "Auto-resize Guest Display" options are allowed under the, "View" drop-down menu. I have six other Virtual machines installed on my PC, for each of the following OSs (each 64-bit):




    • Fedora 22

    • Linux Mint 17.2

    • Mageia 5

    • Manjaro Linux 0.8.13.1

    • openSUSE 13.2

    • Sabayon Linux 15.08


    all but the Fedora 22 machine runs seamless mode just fine (i.e., full screen occupies all 1366x768 pixels of my screen and not just 1024x768 of it). Fedora 22 has the same issue as Debian: it runs 1024x768 screen resolution, when it is supposed to be occupying the whole screen. I have attempted to change the screen resolution from within the guest machine itself, but I notice for both Debian and Fedora 1024x768 is the largest display they are allowing. If you are wondering why I am mentioning this Fedora glitch, it is in case it helps you in solving my problem with my Debian machine, this question is just about the Debian machine (although if your answer is applicable to the Fedora machine too a brief mention of this fact would be appreciated). I have installed the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack (version 5.0.0r101573), if you are wondering. I have enabled 3D acceleration and bidirectional clipboard (although the clipboard does not appear to be working for either machine) with 64 MB display memory, 4096 MB RAM, 64 GB HDD (for Debian, that is; Fedora is using 128 GB) and any other helpful detail I will be happy to provide. Keep in mind my programming and technical knowledge is limited, so please keep the technical discourse in your answer to a minimum.










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      I would like to adjust the screen resolution for my Debian 8.1 Virtual Machine (running in VirtualBox 5 on 64-bit Windows 10) from 1024x768 to 1366x768 (which for me would be full screen). Neither "Seamless Mode" nor "Auto-resize Guest Display" options are allowed under the, "View" drop-down menu. I have six other Virtual machines installed on my PC, for each of the following OSs (each 64-bit):




      • Fedora 22

      • Linux Mint 17.2

      • Mageia 5

      • Manjaro Linux 0.8.13.1

      • openSUSE 13.2

      • Sabayon Linux 15.08


      all but the Fedora 22 machine runs seamless mode just fine (i.e., full screen occupies all 1366x768 pixels of my screen and not just 1024x768 of it). Fedora 22 has the same issue as Debian: it runs 1024x768 screen resolution, when it is supposed to be occupying the whole screen. I have attempted to change the screen resolution from within the guest machine itself, but I notice for both Debian and Fedora 1024x768 is the largest display they are allowing. If you are wondering why I am mentioning this Fedora glitch, it is in case it helps you in solving my problem with my Debian machine, this question is just about the Debian machine (although if your answer is applicable to the Fedora machine too a brief mention of this fact would be appreciated). I have installed the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack (version 5.0.0r101573), if you are wondering. I have enabled 3D acceleration and bidirectional clipboard (although the clipboard does not appear to be working for either machine) with 64 MB display memory, 4096 MB RAM, 64 GB HDD (for Debian, that is; Fedora is using 128 GB) and any other helpful detail I will be happy to provide. Keep in mind my programming and technical knowledge is limited, so please keep the technical discourse in your answer to a minimum.










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      I would like to adjust the screen resolution for my Debian 8.1 Virtual Machine (running in VirtualBox 5 on 64-bit Windows 10) from 1024x768 to 1366x768 (which for me would be full screen). Neither "Seamless Mode" nor "Auto-resize Guest Display" options are allowed under the, "View" drop-down menu. I have six other Virtual machines installed on my PC, for each of the following OSs (each 64-bit):




      • Fedora 22

      • Linux Mint 17.2

      • Mageia 5

      • Manjaro Linux 0.8.13.1

      • openSUSE 13.2

      • Sabayon Linux 15.08


      all but the Fedora 22 machine runs seamless mode just fine (i.e., full screen occupies all 1366x768 pixels of my screen and not just 1024x768 of it). Fedora 22 has the same issue as Debian: it runs 1024x768 screen resolution, when it is supposed to be occupying the whole screen. I have attempted to change the screen resolution from within the guest machine itself, but I notice for both Debian and Fedora 1024x768 is the largest display they are allowing. If you are wondering why I am mentioning this Fedora glitch, it is in case it helps you in solving my problem with my Debian machine, this question is just about the Debian machine (although if your answer is applicable to the Fedora machine too a brief mention of this fact would be appreciated). I have installed the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack (version 5.0.0r101573), if you are wondering. I have enabled 3D acceleration and bidirectional clipboard (although the clipboard does not appear to be working for either machine) with 64 MB display memory, 4096 MB RAM, 64 GB HDD (for Debian, that is; Fedora is using 128 GB) and any other helpful detail I will be happy to provide. Keep in mind my programming and technical knowledge is limited, so please keep the technical discourse in your answer to a minimum.







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          The issue was essentially the result of my misunderstanding of how to properly install VirtualBox guest modules. I thought everything was done on the host, I did not realize these systems required me to follow a guide like this on the guest OS too. After I followed this guide (with slight adjustments for the Debian system as the guide is for Red Hat-based systems using the yum/DNF package management system) both guest systems were able to run seamless mode no-problem. To provide an example of how I'd like answers to my questions here to be formatted I am going to give the details of what exactly I did.



          Debian



          I first signed into the administrative (root) account by running:



          su


          then I ran Host+D (to insert the guest additions ISO), after adding a blank disk to my virtual machine. I then ran:



          mkdir /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
          mount -r /dev/cdrom /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
          export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
          cd /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
          ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run


          For Fedora 22 I merely added the line:



          dnf install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers dkms make bzip2 perl


          before the 4th line (i.e., the cd line).






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            I know this question realtes to different versions but it might be usefull for someone that has installed the latest version of VirtualBox (5.2)



            My setup:




            • VirtualBox 5.2.0 r118431

            • Host OS: Windows 10

            • Guest OS: Linux Debian 9.2.1 with XFCE

            • Guest Additions ISO: VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.1-118447 (please note that this is not the ISO you get with the default installer, there is a note on virtualbox site to download a newer version)


            The following commands must be run in super user mode on guest OS rebooted:



            mkdir -p /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/drm

            touch /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/drm/drm_rect.h


            The VBoxLinuxAdditions.run must be executed again, and then guest OS need a reboot



            There is also a newer Guest Additions ISO in the development downloads which should fix this problem Virtualbox Test builds



            Credits:




            • Ticket #17203

            • vboxvideo build is skipped, Debian 9.2, GA 5.2.1-r118447


            UPDATE (11/4/2017):



            New version VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.1-118918.iso has been linked on the VirtualBox download page






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            This is an old question but I still couldn't get it to work using the virtual box guest addition's so here's a different way to go about it: change the resolution in the GRUB2 bootloader.




            1. In Debian log into root


            2. Run



              cd /etc/default/



            3. Open the file grub with permissions with you favorite editor ie:



              sudo nano grub



            4. Look for the GRUB_GFXMODE line then replace it with the following:



              GRUB_GFXMODE=DesiredResolution
              GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep



            In my case DesiredResolution=1280x1024. The resolution here must be a supported resolution. You can find a list of supported resolution by booting up to grub, running the grub shell then executing the vbeinfo command.





            1. Run



              update-grub


            2. Restart your machine.


            3. done






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              The issue was essentially the result of my misunderstanding of how to properly install VirtualBox guest modules. I thought everything was done on the host, I did not realize these systems required me to follow a guide like this on the guest OS too. After I followed this guide (with slight adjustments for the Debian system as the guide is for Red Hat-based systems using the yum/DNF package management system) both guest systems were able to run seamless mode no-problem. To provide an example of how I'd like answers to my questions here to be formatted I am going to give the details of what exactly I did.



              Debian



              I first signed into the administrative (root) account by running:



              su


              then I ran Host+D (to insert the guest additions ISO), after adding a blank disk to my virtual machine. I then ran:



              mkdir /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
              mount -r /dev/cdrom /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
              export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
              cd /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
              ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run


              For Fedora 22 I merely added the line:



              dnf install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers dkms make bzip2 perl


              before the 4th line (i.e., the cd line).






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                The issue was essentially the result of my misunderstanding of how to properly install VirtualBox guest modules. I thought everything was done on the host, I did not realize these systems required me to follow a guide like this on the guest OS too. After I followed this guide (with slight adjustments for the Debian system as the guide is for Red Hat-based systems using the yum/DNF package management system) both guest systems were able to run seamless mode no-problem. To provide an example of how I'd like answers to my questions here to be formatted I am going to give the details of what exactly I did.



                Debian



                I first signed into the administrative (root) account by running:



                su


                then I ran Host+D (to insert the guest additions ISO), after adding a blank disk to my virtual machine. I then ran:



                mkdir /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
                mount -r /dev/cdrom /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
                export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
                cd /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
                ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run


                For Fedora 22 I merely added the line:



                dnf install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers dkms make bzip2 perl


                before the 4th line (i.e., the cd line).






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                  The issue was essentially the result of my misunderstanding of how to properly install VirtualBox guest modules. I thought everything was done on the host, I did not realize these systems required me to follow a guide like this on the guest OS too. After I followed this guide (with slight adjustments for the Debian system as the guide is for Red Hat-based systems using the yum/DNF package management system) both guest systems were able to run seamless mode no-problem. To provide an example of how I'd like answers to my questions here to be formatted I am going to give the details of what exactly I did.



                  Debian



                  I first signed into the administrative (root) account by running:



                  su


                  then I ran Host+D (to insert the guest additions ISO), after adding a blank disk to my virtual machine. I then ran:



                  mkdir /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
                  mount -r /dev/cdrom /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
                  export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
                  cd /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
                  ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run


                  For Fedora 22 I merely added the line:



                  dnf install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers dkms make bzip2 perl


                  before the 4th line (i.e., the cd line).






                  share|improve this answer















                  The issue was essentially the result of my misunderstanding of how to properly install VirtualBox guest modules. I thought everything was done on the host, I did not realize these systems required me to follow a guide like this on the guest OS too. After I followed this guide (with slight adjustments for the Debian system as the guide is for Red Hat-based systems using the yum/DNF package management system) both guest systems were able to run seamless mode no-problem. To provide an example of how I'd like answers to my questions here to be formatted I am going to give the details of what exactly I did.



                  Debian



                  I first signed into the administrative (root) account by running:



                  su


                  then I ran Host+D (to insert the guest additions ISO), after adding a blank disk to my virtual machine. I then ran:



                  mkdir /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
                  mount -r /dev/cdrom /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
                  export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
                  cd /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions
                  ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run


                  For Fedora 22 I merely added the line:



                  dnf install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers dkms make bzip2 perl


                  before the 4th line (i.e., the cd line).







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                      I know this question realtes to different versions but it might be usefull for someone that has installed the latest version of VirtualBox (5.2)



                      My setup:




                      • VirtualBox 5.2.0 r118431

                      • Host OS: Windows 10

                      • Guest OS: Linux Debian 9.2.1 with XFCE

                      • Guest Additions ISO: VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.1-118447 (please note that this is not the ISO you get with the default installer, there is a note on virtualbox site to download a newer version)


                      The following commands must be run in super user mode on guest OS rebooted:



                      mkdir -p /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/drm

                      touch /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/drm/drm_rect.h


                      The VBoxLinuxAdditions.run must be executed again, and then guest OS need a reboot



                      There is also a newer Guest Additions ISO in the development downloads which should fix this problem Virtualbox Test builds



                      Credits:




                      • Ticket #17203

                      • vboxvideo build is skipped, Debian 9.2, GA 5.2.1-r118447


                      UPDATE (11/4/2017):



                      New version VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.1-118918.iso has been linked on the VirtualBox download page






                      share|improve this answer


























                      • I get Permission denied if I try to execute VBoxLinuxAdditions.run as root

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                        Mar 18 '18 at 9:52
















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                      I know this question realtes to different versions but it might be usefull for someone that has installed the latest version of VirtualBox (5.2)



                      My setup:




                      • VirtualBox 5.2.0 r118431

                      • Host OS: Windows 10

                      • Guest OS: Linux Debian 9.2.1 with XFCE

                      • Guest Additions ISO: VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.1-118447 (please note that this is not the ISO you get with the default installer, there is a note on virtualbox site to download a newer version)


                      The following commands must be run in super user mode on guest OS rebooted:



                      mkdir -p /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/drm

                      touch /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/drm/drm_rect.h


                      The VBoxLinuxAdditions.run must be executed again, and then guest OS need a reboot



                      There is also a newer Guest Additions ISO in the development downloads which should fix this problem Virtualbox Test builds



                      Credits:




                      • Ticket #17203

                      • vboxvideo build is skipped, Debian 9.2, GA 5.2.1-r118447


                      UPDATE (11/4/2017):



                      New version VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.1-118918.iso has been linked on the VirtualBox download page






                      share|improve this answer


























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                        Mar 18 '18 at 9:52














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                      I know this question realtes to different versions but it might be usefull for someone that has installed the latest version of VirtualBox (5.2)



                      My setup:




                      • VirtualBox 5.2.0 r118431

                      • Host OS: Windows 10

                      • Guest OS: Linux Debian 9.2.1 with XFCE

                      • Guest Additions ISO: VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.1-118447 (please note that this is not the ISO you get with the default installer, there is a note on virtualbox site to download a newer version)


                      The following commands must be run in super user mode on guest OS rebooted:



                      mkdir -p /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/drm

                      touch /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/drm/drm_rect.h


                      The VBoxLinuxAdditions.run must be executed again, and then guest OS need a reboot



                      There is also a newer Guest Additions ISO in the development downloads which should fix this problem Virtualbox Test builds



                      Credits:




                      • Ticket #17203

                      • vboxvideo build is skipped, Debian 9.2, GA 5.2.1-r118447


                      UPDATE (11/4/2017):



                      New version VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.1-118918.iso has been linked on the VirtualBox download page






                      share|improve this answer















                      I know this question realtes to different versions but it might be usefull for someone that has installed the latest version of VirtualBox (5.2)



                      My setup:




                      • VirtualBox 5.2.0 r118431

                      • Host OS: Windows 10

                      • Guest OS: Linux Debian 9.2.1 with XFCE

                      • Guest Additions ISO: VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.1-118447 (please note that this is not the ISO you get with the default installer, there is a note on virtualbox site to download a newer version)


                      The following commands must be run in super user mode on guest OS rebooted:



                      mkdir -p /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/drm

                      touch /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/drm/drm_rect.h


                      The VBoxLinuxAdditions.run must be executed again, and then guest OS need a reboot



                      There is also a newer Guest Additions ISO in the development downloads which should fix this problem Virtualbox Test builds



                      Credits:




                      • Ticket #17203

                      • vboxvideo build is skipped, Debian 9.2, GA 5.2.1-r118447


                      UPDATE (11/4/2017):



                      New version VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.1-118918.iso has been linked on the VirtualBox download page







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                      I get Permission denied if I try to execute VBoxLinuxAdditions.run as root

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                      I get Permission denied if I try to execute VBoxLinuxAdditions.run as root

                      – binaryBigInt
                      Mar 18 '18 at 9:52











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                      This is an old question but I still couldn't get it to work using the virtual box guest addition's so here's a different way to go about it: change the resolution in the GRUB2 bootloader.




                      1. In Debian log into root


                      2. Run



                        cd /etc/default/



                      3. Open the file grub with permissions with you favorite editor ie:



                        sudo nano grub



                      4. Look for the GRUB_GFXMODE line then replace it with the following:



                        GRUB_GFXMODE=DesiredResolution
                        GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep



                      In my case DesiredResolution=1280x1024. The resolution here must be a supported resolution. You can find a list of supported resolution by booting up to grub, running the grub shell then executing the vbeinfo command.





                      1. Run



                        update-grub


                      2. Restart your machine.


                      3. done






                      share|improve this answer






























                        1














                        This is an old question but I still couldn't get it to work using the virtual box guest addition's so here's a different way to go about it: change the resolution in the GRUB2 bootloader.




                        1. In Debian log into root


                        2. Run



                          cd /etc/default/



                        3. Open the file grub with permissions with you favorite editor ie:



                          sudo nano grub



                        4. Look for the GRUB_GFXMODE line then replace it with the following:



                          GRUB_GFXMODE=DesiredResolution
                          GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep



                        In my case DesiredResolution=1280x1024. The resolution here must be a supported resolution. You can find a list of supported resolution by booting up to grub, running the grub shell then executing the vbeinfo command.





                        1. Run



                          update-grub


                        2. Restart your machine.


                        3. done






                        share|improve this answer




























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                          1







                          This is an old question but I still couldn't get it to work using the virtual box guest addition's so here's a different way to go about it: change the resolution in the GRUB2 bootloader.




                          1. In Debian log into root


                          2. Run



                            cd /etc/default/



                          3. Open the file grub with permissions with you favorite editor ie:



                            sudo nano grub



                          4. Look for the GRUB_GFXMODE line then replace it with the following:



                            GRUB_GFXMODE=DesiredResolution
                            GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep



                          In my case DesiredResolution=1280x1024. The resolution here must be a supported resolution. You can find a list of supported resolution by booting up to grub, running the grub shell then executing the vbeinfo command.





                          1. Run



                            update-grub


                          2. Restart your machine.


                          3. done






                          share|improve this answer















                          This is an old question but I still couldn't get it to work using the virtual box guest addition's so here's a different way to go about it: change the resolution in the GRUB2 bootloader.




                          1. In Debian log into root


                          2. Run



                            cd /etc/default/



                          3. Open the file grub with permissions with you favorite editor ie:



                            sudo nano grub



                          4. Look for the GRUB_GFXMODE line then replace it with the following:



                            GRUB_GFXMODE=DesiredResolution
                            GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep



                          In my case DesiredResolution=1280x1024. The resolution here must be a supported resolution. You can find a list of supported resolution by booting up to grub, running the grub shell then executing the vbeinfo command.





                          1. Run



                            update-grub


                          2. Restart your machine.


                          3. done







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