Display resolution changed after install VirtualBox Guest Additions
Display resolution changed after install VirtualBox Guest Additions
Hallo,
Host system: Linux Mint 20.3
Guest system: Windows 10 v.21H2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Problem:
Before installation of the VirtualBox Guest Additions I can scale 1600 x 1200.
After installation only the maximum resolution is 1024 x 768.
My two screens supports:
First screen 2560x1440~60Hz, 2nd screen: 1920x1200~60Hz
Extension Pack has the same version number as the VirtualBox .
How can I fix the problem to have a higher resolution?
Best regards
Michael
Host system: Linux Mint 20.3
Guest system: Windows 10 v.21H2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Problem:
Before installation of the VirtualBox Guest Additions I can scale 1600 x 1200.
After installation only the maximum resolution is 1024 x 768.
My two screens supports:
First screen 2560x1440~60Hz, 2nd screen: 1920x1200~60Hz
Extension Pack has the same version number as the VirtualBox .
How can I fix the problem to have a higher resolution?
Best regards
Michael
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Re: Display resolution changed after install VirtualBox Guest Additions
Choose the display size you want from the VM menu: View|Virtual screen 1|Resize to www x hhh.msprivat wrote: How can I fix the problem to have a higher resolution?
A VM uses virtual hardware, it doesn't much care about the capabilities of the host.msprivat wrote:Hallo,
msprivat wrote: My two screens supports:
Re: Display resolution changed after install VirtualBox Guest Additions
Hallo,
the guest system Windows 10 is opened.
In the menu I select View -> Resize to 1920x1200.
Nothing happened. Even I can not change the resolution in the guest system?
Best regards
Michael
the guest system Windows 10 is opened.
In the menu I select View -> Resize to 1920x1200.
Nothing happened. Even I can not change the resolution in the guest system?
Best regards
Michael
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Re: Display resolution changed after install VirtualBox Guest Additions
That is odd. Will it resize if you drag a corner of the window? Will it go to full screen if you select that option from the View tab?
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Re: Display resolution changed after install VirtualBox Guest Additions
In that case we will require a VM log. Make sure the VM is fully shut down, then right click it in the manager UI. Select "Show Log" and save "VBox.log" (no other file) to a zip file. Attach the zip here.msprivat wrote: In the menu I select View -> Resize to 1920x1200.
Nothing happened.
Re: Display resolution changed after install VirtualBox Guest Additions
Will it resize if you drag a corner of the window? Will it go to full screen if you select that option from the View tab?
Yes it go to full screen and it will also resize, but the resolution is still the same. Eyerything gets bigger, but that's it.
I attached the log.
Hopefully that helps to solve the problem.
Best regards
Michael
Yes it go to full screen and it will also resize, but the resolution is still the same. Eyerything gets bigger, but that's it.
I attached the log.
Hopefully that helps to solve the problem.
Best regards
Michael
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Re: Display resolution changed after install VirtualBox Guest Additions
Are you in Scaled Mode? Try Host-Key + Cmsprivat wrote:Eyerything gets bigger, but that's it.
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Re: Display resolution changed after install VirtualBox Guest Additions
The problem could somehow be related to the fact that the smaller right monitor is enumerated as screen 0 and the larger left monitor is enumerated as screen 1, but that's just a guess.
Does the problem depend on which monitor is used to display the VM window? When experimenting, set the resolution to 1024x768, move the VM window to one of the monitors, shut down the VM from within the Windows guest OS, restart the VM and try to change the resolution.
For each test run, provide the VBox.log file and describe exactly what you did when. Please also provide the Windows 10_21H2.vbox file.
Does the problem depend on which monitor is used to display the VM window? When experimenting, set the resolution to 1024x768, move the VM window to one of the monitors, shut down the VM from within the Windows guest OS, restart the VM and try to change the resolution.
For each test run, provide the VBox.log file and describe exactly what you did when. Please also provide the Windows 10_21H2.vbox file.
Re: Display resolution changed after install VirtualBox Guest Additions
I have solved that issue.
In Guest settings (Windows) -> System -> Acceleration
Paravirtualization Interface: Hyper-V
Hardware Virtualization: Enable Nested Paging
Now it works perfect
Thanks to all
Best regards
Michael
In Guest settings (Windows) -> System -> Acceleration
Paravirtualization Interface: Hyper-V
Hardware Virtualization: Enable Nested Paging
Now it works perfect
Thanks to all
Best regards
Michael
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Re: Display resolution changed after install VirtualBox Guest Additions
That doesn't sound plausible, because according to the Windows 10_21H2-2022-05-23-18-50-19.log file, the paravirtualization provider was effectively Hyper-V, which means it was configured as either Default or Hyper-V already, which both should have the same effect. Can you switch back and reproduce your problem?
Re: Display resolution changed after install VirtualBox Guest Additions
Unfortunately I can not reproduce it. If I switch to default it still works.
I do not want to reinstall the guest system again.
Best regards
Michael
I do not want to reinstall the guest system again.
Best regards
Michael
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Re: Display resolution changed after install VirtualBox Guest Additions
Thanks for the feedback, that's enough for me.msprivat wrote:If I switch to default it still works.