Installing VirtualBox guest additions in OpenSuse

By James, on February 23rd, 2008%

I managed to install the VirtualBox guest additions for ubuntu without any problem. And as a result, I get some excellent features like “seamless mouse integration”, shared folder access etc, between my host (windows xp) and guest (ubuntu).

But when I tried to do the same for OpenSuse, I got into problem. I couldn’t run the VBoxLinuxAdditions.run from the terminal. I received an error messaage saying that “Please install GNU make, Please install GNU compiler”.

Then when I searched the web, I found this link quite useful.

As such, I executed this command in the OpenSuse terminal: sudo zypper . . . → Read More: Installing VirtualBox guest additions in OpenSuse

24 comments   Linux, Virtualization   ,  

Increasing the screen resolution of Ubuntu-7.10 on VirtualBox

By James, on February 22nd, 2008%

Oops…finally i managed to configure my ubuntu screen resolution to the fullest.

I have a Dell Vostro 1400 laptop with Windows xp professional. Ubuntu runs on my machine on top of VirtualBox.

But I never enjoyed working with ubuntu, since all i was able to view the ubuntu desktop at the resolution “800×600″ only.

After searching through the web, I finally managed to get the full resolution supported by my notebook. (1280×800).

These are steps i followed:

- installed the virtual machine add-ons provided by VirtualBox – opened the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and added the the resolutions “1280×800″ and “1024×768″ . . . → Read More: Increasing the screen resolution of Ubuntu-7.10 on VirtualBox

6 comments   Linux, Virtualization   ,  

MS Virtual PC vs VirutalBox

By James, on February 18th, 2008%

Working on ubuntu running on top of Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 started giving me lot of problems. Some of them are: 1. Need lots of tweaking during installation of ubuntu in virtual pc to provide even basic mouse integration. Need to enter additional parameters (i8042.noloop) during boot up and then need to configure some system settings to make the mouse work in ubuntu running under virtual pc. 2. No smooth mouse integration. You need to click inside the virtual operating system for the mouse to be effective inside and need to press “Right Alt” key to come out of . . . → Read More: MS Virtual PC vs VirutalBox

15 comments   Virtualization   ,  

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