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[Sayantan Das <1288561@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 build of 4th March in Virtualbox 4.3.6. After installation, the display is defaulting to 640x480 resolution.
Virtualbox guest additions do not install as it says unknown version of Xwindow system  detected. Please see the error below

`
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.6 Guest Additions for Linux............
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing installed version 4.3.6 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Copying additional installer modules ...
Installing additional modules ...
Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules ...done.
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
You should restart your guest to make sure the new modules are actually used

Installing the Window System drivers
Warning: unknown version of the X Window System installed.  Not installing
X Window System drivers.
 ...done.
Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components ...done.
Press Return to close this window...
`

Kernel headers are already installed

sudo apt-get install linux-generic
[sudo] password for trustytest: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
linux-generic is already the newest version.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  I installed Ubuntu 14.04 build of 4th March in Virtualbox 4.3.6. After installation, the display is defaulting to 640x480 resolution.
  Virtualbox guest additions do not install as it says unknown version of Xwindow system  detected. Please see the error below
  
  `
  Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.6 Guest Additions for Linux............
  VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
  Removing installed version 4.3.6 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
  Copying additional installer modules ...
  Installing additional modules ...
  Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
  Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
  Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules ...done.
  Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
  You should restart your guest to make sure the new modules are actually used
  
  Installing the Window System drivers
  Warning: unknown version of the X Window System installed.  Not installing
  X Window System drivers.
-  ...done.
+  ...done.
  Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components ...done.
  Press Return to close this window...
  `
+ 
+ Kernel headers are already installed
+ 
+ sudo apt-get install linux-generic
+ [sudo] password for trustytest: 
+ Reading package lists... Done
+ Building dependency tree       
+ Reading state information... Done
+ linux-generic is already the newest version.

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Title:
  Installing Trusty Tahr in Virtualbox defaults to 640x480 screen
  resolution

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I installed Ubuntu 14.04 build of 4th March in Virtualbox 4.3.6. After installation, the display is defaulting to 640x480 resolution.
  Virtualbox guest additions do not install as it says unknown version of Xwindow system  detected. Please see the error below

  `
  Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.6 Guest Additions for Linux............
  VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
  Removing installed version 4.3.6 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
  Copying additional installer modules ...
  Installing additional modules ...
  Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
  Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
  Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules ...done.
  Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
  You should restart your guest to make sure the new modules are actually used

  Installing the Window System drivers
  Warning: unknown version of the X Window System installed.  Not installing
  X Window System drivers.
   ...done.
  Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components ...done.
  Press Return to close this window...
  `

  Kernel headers are already installed

  sudo apt-get install linux-generic
  [sudo] password for trustytest: 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  linux-generic is already the newest version.

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