Hi Paul! On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 08:09:23PM -0700, Paul Kasper wrote: > So, I've successfully installed OpenSolaris 2008:05 using VirtualBox on my > laptop. Everything is working great, but I want to increase the size of the > screen resolution. I know my card can handle more...it's a GeForce 8600M GT > card. > > When I try to run the Nvidia X Server Settings, I get the following error > message: > > You do not appear to be using the NVIDA X driver. Please edit your X > configuration file (just run 'nvidia-xconfig' as root), and restart the X > server.
When running under VirtualBox, you are using a virtualized graphics driver and not the Nvidia one. 1. Did you install the Solaris Host additions package on your guest? 2. How much RAM did you allocate to the display, via the VirtualBox UI? With #1 installed, you should be able to resize your window via the mouse to your desired size. If that doesn't work, some have had success in using the VirtualBox CLI to resize it, a la: VBoxManage controlvm setvideomodehint 1280 1024 32 but hopefully you don't need to do this.
