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10.04 LTS on Oracle Virtual Box on Win

Asked by James Douglas

Sorry as this may be basic. Starting to work with unix and have installed 10.04 on Oracle Virtual Box. Installed perfectly but I can figure out how to make the "screen" larger as it sits centered on screen. When I open the Office Word product I can only see about 1/4 of the top left side of screen.

Guess I am asking how to make the screen "full screen"?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Did you install the guest additions?
What OS is the guest system?
What OS is the host system?

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James Douglas (james-douglas) said : 		#2

Guest Additions did not install and will follow up with documentation on that.
Guest system 10.04?
Host system XP Pro SP3

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

ok then once you install the guest additions you can use this xorg.conf file to get 1024x768 (if the system doesn't give a nice res)

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=777759

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James Douglas (james-douglas) said : 		#4

Thanks for the rapid response! Look forward to getting this all running!