Virtualbox y Linux problema resolución

Al instalar Ubuntu 14.04 y Debian sobre una máquina virtual de VirtualBox no permite gran resolución y la pantalla queda pequeña.

Para solucionar:

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms

Listo.


En Debian

Opción 1

Installing Guest Additions on Debian

Follow these steps to install the Guest Additions on your Debian virtual machine:

Login as root;

Update your APT database with

apt-get update

Install the latest security updates with

apt-get upgrade

Install required packages with

apt-get install build-essential module-assistant

Configure your system for building kernel modules by running

m-a prepare

Click on Install Guest Additions… from the Devices menu, then run mount /media/cdrom.

Run

sh /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

and follow the instructions on screen.

Fuente: http://virtualboxes.org/doc/installing-guest-additions-on-debian/


Opción 2

Antes agregar el repositorio contrib y non-free

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11