Bill Shannon wrote:
I spent several hours trying to get OpenSolaris 2008.05 (final version)
to work with a screen resolution larger than 1024x768 when running under
VirtualBox 1.6, but no luck.
I installed the VirtualBox guest additions, but they didn't help.
I followed the instructions in the Virtual Box manual to use the
command line tool to define a custom video mode. Made no difference.
I edited the xorg.conf file to add entries for 1280x1024 and 1440x1050.
Nothing I do causes the Screen Resolution dialog to show me resolutions
higher than 1024x768.
I've googled for answers and followed all the tips I've found, but none
of them are working for me.
(Virtual Box is running under Windows XP on my laptop, if that matters.)
Has anyone gotten this to work?
My problem isn't exactly solved, but at least it's no longer an issue
for me. See attached.
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Michael Thayer wrote:
Hello Bill,
Sending a size hint using VBoxManage while a VM is running (e.g.
'VBoxManage controlvm setvideomodehint 1280 1024 32') should work, and
should override the limitation. Fullscreen mode and resizing the window
using the mouse are also not affected.
Ok, that's interesting...
I don't know what effect the size hint had, if any. It didn't change the
size of the window and it didn't cause the new size to appear in the
screen resolution preferences. But...
Apparently I haven't tried resizing the VirtualBox window recently,
perhaps not since I added the guest additions. It used to be that
when I resized the window or went to full screen mode, the OpenSolaris
screen remained the same size and was centered in the VirtualBox window.
Now the OpenSolaris screen changes size, including using the whole screen
in full screen mode!!! Cool!
I still don't know how to get additional choices in the screen resolution
preferences, but with the ability to resize the screen that's not an important
issue for me anymore.
Thanks for your help!!!
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