Windows 10 full screen with correct resolution on Acer laptop on Lubuntu (Virtualbox)
1. Enable 2D and 3D acceleration on the VM (Power off the VM)
2. Install Oracle virtual machine add on to the VM.
Error:
~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for billy:
Hit:1 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic InRelease
All packages are up to date.
N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'contrib/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'
Solution:
1. sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
2. Replace the line to deb [arch=amd64] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic contrib
~$ sudo apt update
Hit:4 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic InRelease
Fetched 69.9 kB in 1s (48.9 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgradewget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -cs) contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.2sudo gpasswd -a <user> vboxusers
(The <user> is the username which is you are using for login and will run the Virtualbox)
Reference:
https://linuxpropaganda.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/install-virtualbox-from-ppa-in-xubuntu-16-04/