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error when I try to update virtual box guest addition

My host is windows 11 and running linux on virtual machine. When I try to update my virtual box guest addition i get this error below. Name: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso Running update file "/bin/sh" on guest failed:…
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How can I install VirtualBox Guest Additions in CentOS

The display setting in CentOS is always lost after reboot, want to know how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions in CentOS? The display setting in CentOS is always lost after reboot, want to know how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions in CentOS?
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cron job wont run nitrogen --restore

I'm running a linux environment in virtualbox and have installed their guest addition software to be able to resize my vm window when the encapsulating window changes resolution. This works until I want my background to scale. I'm not really…
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How do I resolve a `vagrant up` issue

I have been trying to run vagrant up but I keep getting an error, though I have run a command for the box vagrant init ubuntu/focal64 and the result said I am ready to vagrant up but I keep getting the error message as shown in the screenshot…
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bidirectional clipboard can't be shared between VirtualBox and Windows host

I have searched for a solution for days and can't find the right solution for my situation and would like to ask for your help. I have installed Ubuntu22.04 in the VirtualBox6.1.36 package for Windows 10 host, and the below requests have been…
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stack-protector enabled but compiler support broken while installing VirtualBox Guest Additions with devtoolset-8

Note: This problem, which I have already solved, is a very different problem from every other similar question on Stack Overflow. I have posted this question and answer in the hopes that it will help someone else experiencing the same issue (or so…
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Destroying VM causes Guest Additions Mismatch to Recur

I use vagrant to create Vagrantfile: vagrant init somedir/thebox-1.0.0 http://XX.XX.XXX.XXX.XXXX/somedir/thebox-1.0.0.box I run vagrant up: vagrant up which displays (among other info) [default] GuestAdditions versions on your host (6.1.8) and…
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Changing names of Guest Additions for Vbox

Is it possible to rename the guest additions components within virtual-box to anything different? Some software behaves differently if it finds guest additions components on a machine, but they usually do it by doing string comparison against…
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Virtualbox: Maximize Window does not resize Guest Screen

Virtualbox 6.1.36 r152435, Host Win7, Guest Win7, Guest Addons installed, Guest graphics controller set to recommended VBoxSVGA. Host has two screens, each set to 1920x1200. Resizing the VM window does resize the guest screen, maximizing the VM…
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Making VirtualBox VM fullscreen on MacOS

I am using MacOS Mojave and have installed VirtualBox VM. My OS in VM is Ubuntu. My problem is that I want my VM machine to be fullscreen. I have tried every method given on stackoverflow but none seems to work. I have read that Oracle VM…
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Why do I have to re-install Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack each time I create a new VM for clipboard to work?

On Ubuntu 22.04 with VirtualBox 6.1.38 I noticed that for a shared clipboard I need to re-install the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack each time a new VM is created. When I create a new VM I need to go to File → Preferences → Extensions and…
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No vbox guest modules load in Debian guest after update Virtualbox from v6 to v7

After updated Virtualbox from v6 to v7 on Window 10 - I installed extension pack for v7 and then reinstalled guest additions for the guest. The guest is Debian with kernel 4.9. I have also installed the headers for the kernel. However - the…
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Vagrant on Ubuntu 20.04 (host) with older ubuntu on (guest)

I'm on Ubuntu Budgie 20.04 (host) with kernel 5.4.0-74-generic. VirtualBox Version 6.1.22 r144080 Vagrant: 2.2.16 Since some week I cannot run vagrant with older ubuntu-version as my guest system e.g. $ vagrant init ubuntu/xenial64 $ vagrant…
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Ubuntu on VirtualBox with small screen

After installing Ubuntu 18.04 on Virtual Box 6.1 the screen is small and we are unable to install Guest Additions. If you try to access the mounted guest additions ISO image directly, you get mount errors.
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