Help fixing virtual consoles (tty1-6) under VirtualBox

  1. Upgrade VirtualBox to 4.1.6. using the procedure described in How do I install VirtualBox 4.1?

  2. Download VirtualBox 4.1.6 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack and install it (just double click on the file).

  3. Start your virtual machine and open a terminal.

  4. Install your VirtualBox Guest Additions.

    sudo /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup
    

    Restart your guest.

    sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-guest-utils
    
  5. The guest kernel is updated using the command:

    sudo /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup
    

    Restart your guest.

  6. This package provides the X11 guest utilities for VirtualBox. These utilities are meant to be run inside the virtual machine.

    sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-utils
    sudo /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup
    

    Restart your guest.

  7. Install VirtualBox Guest Additions

    sudo /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup
    

    Restart...

P.S : I recommend do it step by step and test with CTRL + F1. If something gord wrong just purge the package install in that step do it again. That is how I fixed in my own machine...

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