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You should see VBoxGuestAdditions_X.X.XX.iso. Click Applications in the upper left and search for "Terminal".(Again, make sure you are downloading it to your guest, not the host!) Look for the file called VBoxGuestAdditions_X.X.XX.iso (Replacing the X's with your version number) and download it.Navigate to using Midori and select the folder that matches your version number.Download the guest additions iso that matches your Virtualbox version.However, this can be a task in itself, so I've dedicated this section purely to inserting the Guest Additions and mounting it. To solve this problem, you need to install the Virtualbox Guest Additions in the guest OS (elementary). This is a common case across guest OS's in Virtualbox in my experience. Problem Description: After installing elementary in Virtualbox, you may find the screen resolution is tiny. Problems Inserting the Guest Additions iso & Mounting It

I did a fresh install of elementary OS freya this morning and would like to share the errors I came across and how to solve them. Tim has provided the correct answer, but you may find that many things go wrong. Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components. You may need to restart the the Window System (or just restart the guest system) Setting up the Window System to use the Guest Additions. done.ĭoing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions. done.īuilding the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules.

Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules.

Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules. Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.28 Guest Additions for Linux. Now you can run the following command to install Guest Additions:įor reference, here is example output: Verifying archive integrity. Then, right-click in the background of the window where autorun.sh is and select Open in > Terminal. Once you've inserted the Guest Additions ISO, open Files and open the disc from the sidebar.

You need to run n as root, not autorun.sh