Resolutions higher than 1200x768 aren't possible Deb SID

[snake]

i installed successfully vbox guest additions.
but resolutions are stuck at 1200x768, even if xorg.conf is set to 1600x1200.
a workaround is to start the system with "Auto-resize Guest Display" activated, when the system is up, restart X-Server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace.
Then you are able to use the defined resolutions of xorg.conf.

Is this a known issue?

greetings
snake

[Frank Mehnert]

Yes, this is a known issue for 1.6.0. Resizing the window with the mouse should work as well as switching the guest to fullscreen (although there are some issues with fullscreen in 1.6.0 which will be fixed in 1.6.2).

[snake]

same problem in 1.6.2
but this time the workaround is no longer helpful

greetings
snake

[Vbusy]

Now there's a new solution. See this thread:

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=6757

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[Frank Mehnert]

This is exactly what section 9.12 describes.

[snake]

i tried several different screen resolutions with the above mentioned VBoxManage command.

but resolution is still locked to 1280x768

xrandr output also shows 1280x768 as set resolution.

btw. seamless mode also does not work.

without guest additions the screen resolution can be set to 1600x1200 (19")

EDIT:
when i switch to another window manager, i'm runnning kde at the moment,
(xfce,gnome, etc) the resolution is set automatically to the correct values, after logout, and re-login to kde, the resolution is also set to the correct values

greetings
cobra

[Frank Mehnert]

Which command did you exactly use for removing the limit in the screen resolution? And did you restart your VM?

[snake]

i used

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VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/MaxGuestResolution x,y

with various resolutions and also with any and auto, and also did a restart.
nothing worked

[Frank Mehnert]

Perhaps I misunderstood you. Note that VBox 1.6.x completely ignores the resolutions in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. So if you want to change the resolution just resize the guest window or use some setting tool in the guest, for instance the GNOME screen size applet.

[snake]

Perhaps I misunderstood you. Note that VBox 1.6.x completely ignores the resolutions in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. So if you want to change the resolution just resize the guest window or use some setting tool in the guest, for instance the GNOME screen size applet.

i tried all variants resizing, maximizing etc, it stays at 1280x768.
gnome screen size apps and kde apps also offer only this resolution, so i can't set it higher then that, the resolution i would like to use would be 1600x1200 on a 19" monitor. but if xorg.conf settings are ignored, i'm a bit clueless, what to do now.

greetings
snake

[Frank Mehnert]

Could you make sure that the process VBoxClient in the guest is actually running?

[M_Meyer1]

Same for me here.
Updated to 1.6.2, and now only 1280*800, 1280* 768, 1024*768 and lower are available.
The Host System (Windows XP) has 1280*1024.
Under 1.6.0, I got something like 1250 * 990 (don't know exactly any more).
What should VBoxClient do?
It was not active on my system, so I started it, but no difference.

[cosmophobia]

i have the same problem with mandriva 2008.1 free..

i am using virtualbox 1.6.2 on windows xp sp3..
with the 1.5.x guest additions mandriva comes with, changing the resolution/fullscreen does work, but shared folders does not..
so i uninstalled the old guest additions and installed the one from virtualbox 1.6.2.. now shared folders work, but the resolution stays always at 1024x786, even on fullscreen/resize..

ps: i also tried "VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/MaxGuestResolution x,y", but nothing changed..

kubuntu 8.04 works without any problems..

[snake]

Could you make sure that the process VBoxClient in the guest is actually running?

Yes, it's running

greetings
snake

[snake]

UPDATE:
VBoxClient is running only in other window managers like gnome, xfce
On KDE it does NOT run at boot.
Manually starting it via konsole, helps to apply the needed resolution.

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$ /usr/bin/VBoxClient
Ctrl-F (for Fullscreen)

greetings
snake