You now need to hunt through the text until you see the display resolutions listed. First make a backup of this file by going to File then Save as and change the filename to nf The text editor loads and you should see a lot of text in the window.
It will ask you for a password which is the same as the one you log in with(see sudo). Type sudo gedit /etc/X11/nf (case sensitive) Open the terminal window ( Applications > Accessories then Terminal) If the resolution you want is not one of the newly listed ones displayed then follow these steps: You should now have more options than the three low resolution options you had at the beginning of the day! Log onto the Ubuntu desktop and go to System > Preferences then Screen Resolution. You now need to reboot the virtual machine or press Ctrl+ Alt+ Backspace. n (yes, that is a full stop before the slash!)Īfter you hit enter and it has done its stuff, the files are now accessible from Ubuntu. Next type dir (You should see n among the files displayed)įinally type sudo sh. Type cd /media/cdrom0 (then hit enter, there is a space after cd!) The terminal window is where you will run the file from, but first we must navigate to the correct directory. You must run the file with some admin permissions so do that this way.Ĭlick inside the Ubuntu screen again then go to Applications > Accessories then Terminal. You will see a window pop up inside Ubuntu showing you that there are some new files mounted in a virtual CDROM drive. Go to top of virtual window, click on devices then select Install Guest Additions Hit your host key(right Ctrl by default)so you can get your mouse pointer outside the virtual machine.
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