#Virtualbox ubuntu freezing install#

This will improve the performance of your virtual machine by taking advantage of your PC’s 3D hardware and allow you to resize your desktop resolution!Īnother feature this unlocks is the shared clipboard, which you can activate in Devices > Shared Clipboard. Once this is complete, you will need to restart your virtual machine for the new features to take effect.Ĭlose the machine, but before you start it up again, return to the Settings menu and change the Graphics Controller back to VMSVGA and Enable 3D Acceleration. The disc will appear inside your virtual desktop and you will be prompted to run the software. This will prompt you to download the Guest Additions disk image file.

#Virtualbox ubuntu freezing install#

To install Guest Additions, you need to complete your installation of Ubuntu in your virtual machine and boot to the desktop.įrom there, select Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD. This includes better integration between your virtual machine and the host machine, as well as improved video support that enables the display resolution options when using VMSVGA. iso image file on the hard drive to try and install from and the installation process gets as far as 82 'Scanning the mirror' and then. Have been trying to install Ubuntu 7.10 as a Guest OS onto a Windows XP Host machine. Guest Additions is an extra piece of software that unlocks some more advanced features of VirtualBox. Posted the following on the Virtualbox forum on the 9th November but there has not been any responses.