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questions RE: installing windows 7 in virtualbox & Ubuntu 14.04 in general

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Newbie
Jan 18, 2014
88 posts
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Ottawa

questions RE: installing windows 7 in virtualbox & Ubuntu 14.04 in general

Hey guys, have windows 7 installed in a virtual box using ubuntu 14.04 on my acer e1-572G laptop.

A couple of questions:

1- My laptop has an AMD Radeon R7-M265 dedicated chip that ubuntu either failed to detect or didnt install the drivers for. How do I get ubuntu to utilize this card and which drivers should i use? (Instead its using the built in intel haswell graphics)

2- I've installed windows 7 using virtualbox on ubuntu 14.04. how do i enable windows to use the entire screen instead of just a little piece of it in full screen mode?

3- When i go into device manager, it shows as windows having just a basic list of drivers installed, should i use the drivers from acer to bring the drivers up to spec with the laptop or is there a certain bunch of drivers it has to go through since its a virtual boxed installation of windows?


If you want to know about my laptop - heres a link to it: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/ ... 84817.aspx

Please advise.
2 replies
Deal Addict
Jun 8, 2005
3160 posts
639 upvotes
Toronto
1) You need either the open source radeon drivers, or the closed source AMD drivers. I prefer the closed source AMD drivers as they're updated fairly regularly. See here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/AMD

2) You need to set your resolution inside the guest OS. Did you install the guest additions?

3) No.. you should not install any acer drivers or any outside drivers in your guest OS. you're not using acer hardware, you're using virtualized generic hardware exposed by virtualbox.
Deal Expert
Feb 29, 2008
30106 posts
5547 upvotes
Montreal
1. You have hybrid switchable graphics which are a pain under Linux.

Have a read:

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu ... d_Catalyst

2. In virtualbox, enable 2 and 3 accel for the guest under video settings. Boot the guest OS, and from the VM menu bar select install guest additions CD. Run the installer from within the guest

3. Use the basic drivers. Your guest cannot see your laptop.

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