On Friday 23 November 2007, Georg Eichhorn wrote:
> next problem - how can I change the resolution in my linux-guest in virtual
> box on the console? I always get 1027x768 pixels.
>
> I tried to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst but it fails to switch the res. Is
> there another way to use my whole screen?

The VBox BIOS defines VESA modes, for instance:

  0x11a = [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  0x145 = [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Just boot your Ubuntu and press ESC while you are in the boot menu. A grub
screen appears and you can press 'c'. You are on the GRUB command line now.
Enter 'vbeprobe'<ENTER> and you will see a list of the available VESA modes.
To select the mode with Linux use vga=<vesa mode> | 0x200, for example
vga=0x31a for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note that only VESA modes are provided fitting
into the guest graphics memory.

You can even define own VESA graphics modi, see user manual section 9.5.

Kind regards,

Frank
-- 
Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert    innotek GmbH, http://www.innotek.de

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