On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 03:11:12AM -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> On Thursday, 18 May 2017 11:14:20 UTC+2, blacklight  wrote:
> > On Thursday, 18 May 2017 10:40:03 UTC+2, [email protected]  wrote:
> > > Hi People,
> > > 
> > > I just spinned up two HVM's (Win10 and Ubuntu).
> > > They both work fine but i can't get them fullscreen or at least a little 
> > > bigger.
> > > 
> > > Is there a way to resize the VM's? So i can do my work normally and don't 
> > > have to scroll all the time to read a single email.
> > > 
> > > I'd like to hear of you.
> > > 
> > > Greetz,
> > > 
> > > Sander
> > 
> > you would want to take a look at this 
> > :https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/full-screen-mode/
> > 
> > i have to warn you though, enableing fullscreen does have some security 
> > risks.
> > copied from the link above: 
> > 
> > Why is full screen mode potentially dangerous?
> > If one allowed one of the VMs to “own” the full screen, e.g. to show a 
> > movie on a full screen, it might not be possible for the user to know if 
> > the applications/VM really “released” the full screen, or if it has started 
> > emulating the whole desktop and is pretending to be the trusted Window 
> > Manager, drawing shapes on the screen that look e.g. like other windows, 
> > belonging to other domains (e.g. to trick the user into entering a secret 
> > passphrase into a window that looks like belonging to some trusted domain).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > good luck :)
> 
> Thankyou for the fast response. I tried what it stated in the link you sent 
> me.
> 
> But it didn't work for my standalone Ubuntu, Win10 and Kali-Mate Machines.
> 
> Do you know how i can fix this?
> 

Have you set the screen resolution from within the HVM using normal
tools?  I don't use Windows but that works for Debian based HVMs.
Set the display resolution to that of your screen: Right Click on the
title Bar and select FullScreen.

If you just want a larger window, then just set the resolution.

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