The main difference I noticed as I was trying to explain previously with the latest test and all other previous GAs is, if I have a guest that I have to log into, previously the log in screen would open to the same size as the guest was when it was shutdown. Now it opens at a smaller size and once logged in it resizes to the previous size.
I hope I'm making sense. :) On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 5:10 AM, Michael Thayer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Louis, > > The display hint setting is for restricting the maximum size of resolution > a guest can set. X11 guests ignore this entirely as all resolutions except > the very first one are requested by the user, and I assume that if the user > asks for something then they know what they want. > > Just testing a fix for remembering modes across shut-downs between old and > new Additions - after thinking about this a bit, I concluded that although > it would ideally only affect every user once, that still adds up to quite a > number of times. > > Regards, > > Michael > > On 05.12.2014 10:19, Louis King Jr wrote: > >> Michael, >> >> If I understand you correctly, yes remembering modes across shutdowns >> seems to work. >> >> I may misunderstand the purpose of the Display>Hint setting in the >> VirtualBox preferences. Does that only work when you are first creating >> a guest? I ask because changing the resolution makes no difference after >> the guest is created. >> >> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:04 AM, Michael Thayer >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hello Louis, >> >> Hint handling was actually one of the things which should be fixed. >> Remembering saved modes is not compatible between old and new >> Additions (I could have fixed that, but normally it will only be >> needed once, when you upgrade, so I preferred to keep the code >> simple and hopefully reliable), as the new mechanism works for all >> guest screens and not just the first one, and saves more >> information. Expect that to change again once in the near future >> though I'm afraid. >> >> Does remembering modes work when you shut down and start up again >> with new Additions? >> >> Thanks and regards, >> >> Michael >> >> On 04.12.2014 21:55, Louis King Jr wrote: >> >> Apparently the "Hint" preference was fixed because now if I set >> the >> Display Hint in VirtualBox to 1920x1080 it actually opens to >> that size. >> Hint never worked before. >> >> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Louis King Jr >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>__> >> wrote: >> >> Michael. >> >> The problem I had yesterday is fixed. I didn't try to >> recreate the >> new one. I haven't noticed any thing different except, I >> actually >> installed the test build for OSX instead of just the GAs. >> Something >> that has changed is, the guests no longer remember what >> size they >> were when shutdown. Normally I have all guests set to >> 1920x1080 and >> when I start them they opened to that size. Now they don 't. >> >> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Michael Thayer >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:michael.thayer@oracle.__com >> <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> >> Second try<1>, hopefully with the first regression >> fixed. I have >> already found one new one myself: I started a terminal, >> switched to >> seamless mode, switched to a virtual terminal and back >> and >> cancelled the >> switch back to seamless. Result: the second guest >> screen was >> set to a >> 0x0 resolution (checked with xrandr) and blacked out. >> >> All additional testing is welcome, I will fix my >> regression >> tomorrow and >> any others (if there are any, which is quite likely) as >> fast as >> I can as >> they are reported! >> >> Thanks! >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael >> >> <1> https://www.virtualbox.org/__wiki/Testbuilds >> >> <https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds> >> >> On 03.12.2014 22:43, Michael Thayer wrote: >> > A number of changes and fixes were made to the >> graphics >> components of >> > the Linux and Solaris Guest Additions recently, >> particularly >> related to >> > disappearing guest screens and switches to virtual >> terminals. I would >> > really appreciate any testing by anyone who uses >> these guests >> to make >> > sure that I haven't introduced any regressions with >> the >> fixes. If you >> > would like to help please download a Guest Additions >> test >> build<1> (the >> > changes may not all be in the other builds yet), >> install it, >> use it and >> > let me know if any new problems have appeared. I >> hope they >> will not, >> > but I would rather know about it. >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > Michael >> > >> > <1> https://www.virtualbox.org/__wiki/Testbuilds >> <https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds> >> > >> >> >> -- >> ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. 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KG Michael Thayer > Werkstrasse 24 VirtualBox engineering > 71384 Weinstadt, Germany mailto:[email protected] > > Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München > Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 > Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz > > Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. > Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande > Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 > Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher >
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