Hello,

 
----- Original Message ----

> From: Mark Cranness <[email protected]>
> To: Community mailing list of VirtualBox users 
><[email protected]>
> Sent: Thu, September 2, 2010 1:58:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [VBox-users] Q: Maximizing guest VM's screen?
> 
> Otis Gospodnetic wrote:
> > I'm having a hard time figuring out how to  maximize the screen of my 
> > guest VM. The host is Windows 7, while Ubuntu  10.04 is the guest VM. 
> > I'm using VirtualBox 3.2.8.
> 
> 1) Also  select the 'Auto-resize guest display' option (on the Machine  menu),

I didn't select that explicitly, but I think it is ON because it is grayed out 
in the Machine menu.
I also see "Enter Seamless Mode" in the Machine menu, which is also grayed out 
and I can't select it.
In addition, I see Adjust Windows Size, which is not grayed out.  When I select 
it it just resizes the VM "container window" down to its original small size if 
I manually made it bigger.

> AND
> 2) Install Guest Additions on the guest (if not already  installed).

I do see "Install Guest Additions" under the Devices menu, but when I select 
that nothing happens.  My understanding is that this should get an ISO mounted 
on my guest VM (Ubuntu), but that doesn't seem to happen.  I don't see any 
errors anywhere, including /var/log/messages.
Maybe Guest Additions are already installed?  How can I check?  I know when I 
start the guest VM I get some dialogs about the mouse and keyboard (and 
copy-pasting works in guest VM no problem, for example)

Any help would be greatly appreciated - working in 640x480 terminal is no fun! 
:)

Otis


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