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Higher screen resolution for VirtualBox?

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I have been trying this for a while but no luck. I installed ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386 twice. Also installed guest additions. However I always get maximum screen resolution as, 1024 x 768.

Do I need to change anything in /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (example)? Presently there is no such file in that path. Also, would you be able to advise me what the contents of the file for 11.10 version should be?

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answered 2 Years ago amencisiv · Accepted Answer

This worked for me and I am running VirtualBox 4.1.8 and Ubuntu 11.10.

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11 virtualbox-guest-dkms

Found it on this site under a slightly different question Higher screen resolution in VirtualBox?