Virtualbox Guest Additions with screen resizing
11/10/2018 Article
Are you using Virtualbox Guest Additions and you get frustrated because the screen does not resize? We also have come across the same problem. But we have good news, in this article we will provide you with a guide on how to make your screen resize correctly.
As you can see in the image below without the proper screen resizing, VirtualBox is not practical. It is not a pretty picture and it does not help the users to do their work.
After using our code, your end result should look like the picture below.
Over the years we keep coming back to this problem, but it seems the answer changes slightly, so here is an updated version of getting VirtualBox’s guest additions working including, the bits for screen resizing. This following command needs to be executed inside your Debian-based Linux VMs:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11If the above doesn’t instantly work for you, you may also need to install:
sudo apt install linux-source linux-headers-genericReboot, and fingers-crossed, it should work! If it doesn’t, and you installed things before you installed VirtualBox-guest-x11, you will also need to run:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-guest-dkmsWe hope this helps you with resizing the screen when using VirtualBox Guest Additions.
