During my installation of a CentOS Linux guest OS on my Windows XP host system, I found most steps are pretty straightforward according to the manual, but there are a few places costing me some time to do research on Google.<\/p>\n
1) To install the guest addition kit, I have to find and mount the image file VBoxGuestAdditions.iso under the virtualbox program root folder, but then I met this error when running “sh VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run”:<\/p>\n
Guest Additions installation After trying multiple solutions on Google, the following solution worked for me, i.e, by running: 2) X-windows size is too small, maximumly only 800×600. After adding the guest addition, I am able to either modify the display file “\/etc\/X11\/xorg.conf” under Section “Screen” to add a new Modes “1280×1024”, or directly use the System -> Display tool: under the Hardware tab, select LCD monitor type and then under the Settings tab, choose the right Resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During my installation of a CentOS Linux guest OS on my Windows XP host system, I found most steps are pretty straightforward according to the manual, but there are a few places costing me some time to do research on Google. 1) To install the guest addition kit, I have to find and mount the … <\/p>\n
\nPlease install the build and header files for your current Linux kernel.
\nThe current kernel version is 2.6.18-164.el5
\nProblems were found which would prevent the Guest Additions from installing.
\nPlease correct these problems and try again.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n
\ninstall kernel-devel-`uname -r`<\/p>\n