Hello,

I've installed Guest Additions now and I do see 2 vbox modules in my guest 
Ubuntu with lsmod.

But, still, when I select Enter Fullscreen Mode, only the VBox  "container" 
window goes full-screen.  The actual guest VM screen remains  small and I don't 
see a way to make it bigger.  I tried going to  display preferences under the 
guest VM, but over there I see only  800x600 as an option.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Otis


----- Original Message ----

> From: chatchai jantaraprim <[email protected]>
> To: Community mailing list of VirtualBox users 
><[email protected]>
> Sent: Thu, September 2, 2010 3:44:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [VBox-users] Q: Maximizing guest VM's screen?
> 
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Otis Gospodnetic <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> >  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),

Hm, I don't have "Auto-resize guest display" option under the Machine menu.  Am 
I missing it?  Should I look for it elsewhere?  I'm using VBox 3.2.8.

> > 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
> 
> Try "lsmod | grep  vbox"
> if you see vboxguest and vboxsf modules, then it is installed.
> if  not, try getting the guestaddition iso mounte, and run autorun.sh

I've installed Guest Additions now and I do see two vbox modules in my guest 
Ubuntu with lsmod.

But, still, when I select Enter Fullscreen Mode, only the VBox "container" 
window goes full-screen.  The actual guest VM screen remains small and I don't 
see a way to make it bigger.  I tried going to display preferences under the 
guest VM, but over there I see only 800x600 as an option.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Otis

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