You need to capture the mouse (by clicking over the VM display or pressing the Host key) in order to use the mouse inside the Guest OD." Neither one of those options works. When the VM comes up it says "The Virtual Machine reports that the guest OS does not support Mouse Pointer integration in the current video mode. So far I have a virtual machine that comes up with DOS and Windows 3.1 but I cannot get the mouse to work.
I did some reading and then followed a couple of videos on You Tube trying to install Windows 3.1. I installed the latest Virtualbox 5.1.22. If you intend to get and use Virtual Box 5.1 (not 5.0), at the time of writing, you won't afaik get it through apt.I am new to Virtualbox so trying to learn. Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.1.28.vbox-extpack The two offered extension packs are identical (same checksum), pick any: Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.1.28-117968.vbox-extpack (After abovemtioned 32bit nuisances, ) I got lucky with virtualbox-5.1_5.1.28-117968~Ubuntu~xenial_b Thus it's probably best to download VirtualBox itself and the Guest Additions (now renamed/part of "Extension Pack" it directly from the highest 5.1.x version you can find here: And adding 3rd party repos can get you unintendedly the 32bit version with an obscure error version, see this answer.
How to install all of that? Double-click. #Virtualbox guest additions download failed mouse how to Did VB ask you this: 'Could not find the VirtualBox Guest Additions disk image file. Opens standard ".deb"-Installer, respectively virtual box, to take care of the extension pack. Do you wish to download this disk image file from the Internet' If so, other links in that search suggest a similar message when Virtualbox's web security certificate has a glitch and the servers aren't able to securely download for a few days. I had the same problem as you, I'll explain what I've done: Download VirtualBox Guest Additions for Windows OSE - A lightweight and streamlined installer for VirtualBox Windows Guest Additions, designed for the Open Source Edition of Oracle's product.
To install VirtualBox Guest Additions software on Ubuntu virtual machine operating systems, select the Devices from VirtualBox host application menu and click Insert Guest Additions CD image. #Virtualbox guest additions download failed mouse install 3) From within Virtualbox Manager, right-click Lubuntu guest OS > Settings > Storage > right-click IDE > Add CD/DVD Device > Navigate to the folder on Windows containing the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso (e.g., \Program Files\Oracle\Virtualbox) 4) From within Virtualbox Manager.
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