Sudo dnf install kernel-devel kernel-headersĪfter rebooting I can then install Guest additions. Since guest additions rebuilds the currently running kernel, if you have updated the kernel now you will need to reboot to load the new one.

I then install the latest kernel headers and development files. Guest additions compiles a new kernel to work well with virtualbox so we need to install the kernel development and header packages.īefore we install all the kernel packages I need to make sure I am running the latest kernel. Installing prerequisites for Guest Additionsīefore installing guest additions you need to install a couple prerequisites. However you need to install a couple additional packages before running the Guest Additions installer, otherwise it will fail. This means that I can change the size of the virtualbox window and the virtual machine will change its screen resolution automatically. The primary reason I install it is for seamless window resizing. Some of the useful features are shared folders, mouse pointer support, shared clipboard and better video driver support. Virtualbox guest additions adds a couple of features to running Fedora on virtualbox. The kernel is 3.2.This post describes how to install virtualbox guest additions on a Fedora virtual machine. I don't think I can provide log output as cutting/pasting between guest and host no longer functions. I've tried a complete reinstall followed by an upgrade to 12.10 butĪgain the installation of guest additions bring me to the same point If the graphics settings can be configured I'll need some advice on how to go about it It then drops into a menu with buttons where most of the options don't seem to work and eventually bring me to a command line login. You will need to configure these yourself'

'The system is running in low graphics mode Your screen, graphics card and input device settings could not be detected correctly. However, what I got instead when I restarted, was the following message:

As is usually the case after kernel updates, I had to reinstall the guest additions to getīack full screen and auto-resize. I had Ubuntu 12.04 installed in Virtualbox which ran OK, if a bit slow, until recently when I did a bunch of updates.

Fedora 23 virtualbox guest additions