Kali Linux won't run in full screen

Question

I'm running Kali linux in VirtualBox and it couldn't find any network adapters or wlan0. So, I followed some instructions I found about downgrading to compat-wireless-2010-06-26.p.tar.bz2 and it temporarily fixed the wlan0 problem, but still wouldn't find any wireless networks. (Apparently it can't find the built in wireless adapter from inside VirtualBox.)

However, if you close Kali and reboot you end up in the same position of having to load and unload the file. So I decided to update Kali back to where it was (sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade). After I ran that and it updated, I rebooted.

But now it won't run in full screen. I had this same problem when I first downloaded it and never found a fix - it randomly worked itself out.

I've entered the repositories and ran sh ./VBoxLinuxAddition.run and it will build the kernel modules and everything, but even after reboot it still runs in small screen mode. When I boot up it will say A start job is running for vboxadd.service and after I log in to root it will say VBoxClient: the VirtualBox kernel service is not running.

nano sources.list

deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

Any suggestions?

Solution 1

There seems to be a few separate issues here. Re: the adapter settings, one option is to try setting the Network Settings for the Virtual machine to 'Bridged adapter'. You can then select one of the choices from the drop-down box entitled 'Name'. You would then select 'wired connection' in the top right-hand corner of Kali.

I would also update Virtualbox. If you've got a recent edition of Kali you should only have had to issue the following commands when your internet was up and running:

apt-get update
apt-get install -y virtualbox-guest-x11
reboot

When you say, 'I've entered the repositories and ran "sh ./VBoxLinuxAddition.run"' did you click on "Insert Guest Additions CD image" from the 'Devices' menu in Virtualbox and copy the file from there?

I have found that when the first option doesn't work, the Guest Additions CD from the Virtualbox menu normally does the trick. The full instructions for this is the second installation option on the Kali web-site

I have found that the Guest Additions can be a problem with Kali. Sometimes it's easier and quicker to back up your important files, delete the Virtual Machine, along with the Kali folder inside the VMs folder on your hard-drive and create a new one, with an up-to-date .iso, to avoid head-aches.

Solution 2

The following solution works for me:

After inserting the guest CD and running the ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run you would get all the necessary installed but even after that small screen problem pursue. Then try to go the virtual box main bar click view->auto resize to guest display.

This works for me and I hope this works for everyone.

Solution 3

For me it worked like this (I was running it in a VM on Debian 8):

• Get the latest virtualbox-guest-x11
• When you first start the machine (or whenever) logout with an unsaved session and you will have the fullscreen in lockscreen and on your desktop after you login. (Make sure you logout, otherwise tweek the options in XFCE desktop startup scripts or display settings.)

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[Pavindu]

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