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The reason for this is that the Ubuntu installer does not install the so called VirtualBox guest additions. For example after resizing the virtual machine window or going into full-screen mode. If you ever installed Ubuntu in a VirtualBox virtual machine, you probably noticed that you can’t change the screen resolution. A newer version of this article is availabe, which covers the topic of how to install the VirtualBox Guest Additions in Ubuntu 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish”. On the 21st of April 2022, the Ubuntu team released the successor Ubuntu 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish”. This article explains how to install the VirtualBox guest additions in an Ubuntu virtual machine. Besides automatically adjusting the screen resolution, you also get support for a bi-directional clipboard and shared folders.

Find file similar to: VBoxGuestAdditions_X.X.XX.iso - in my case - VBoxGuestAdditions_5.0.10.iso - Download virtualbox/5.0.Bummed that you can’t change the screen resolution in your freshly installed Ubuntu virtual machine? An easy fix exists for this: You just need to install the VirtualBox guest additions in your Ubuntu virtual machine.

Got to link and find your version: Donwload virtualbox.

Solution Download VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO

Install the Guest Additions package with the command.

Change to the root user with the command.

Sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms

Install the necessary dependencies with the command.

Change into the mounted directory with the command.

You may need to force eject of the previous disk. So I needed to download the VBoxGuestAdditions_5.0.10.iso and to insert the disk manually.

This step could be not enough in some cases.

click Devices - when the boot is finished.

Start the VM (the one that need full screen, shared folders etc).

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This process can be tricky for people without experience or the right knowledge. This can be done by installing VirtualBox Guest Additions. If you want to use VirtualBox and Ubuntu Linux as guest OS you will want to use full screen, shared folder, clipboard sharing, etc.