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 <[email protected]> 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. >> > > >> 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! :-) > > -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
