osx - Can't start Seamless Mode despite installing Guest Additions

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2014-07
  • user2018084

    I've installed the guest additions on my Debian Linux virtual machine. Installation went through without any problems.

    For some reason I still can't get the option to run in seamless mode (it's greyed out). VirtualBox is running on Mac OSX.

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  • user2018084

    Solved my problem. Make sure dkms is installed in the guest OS (following command for Debian Linux):

    sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` dkms

    Then re-install Guest Additions.


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  • soul

    Im using windows xp sp2. and I want to emulate ubuntu 10.04 using virtualbox, can I make use of seamless mode in here? I've already installed the guest additions.


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  • 8088

    You can have both XP and Linux on the same disk, by using Linux as an application within Windows. This way, you don't disturb XP at all.

    I suggest the Wubi linux distribution, since it's a variant of the very popular and easy to use Ubuntu Linux:

    Wubi -- an officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows

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