Square font on WIN10 since upgrade to VB7

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Re: Square font on WIN10 since upgrade to VB7

Post by fth0 »

Nobbilus wrote:If there are any other suggestions on this issue or someone would like to investigate further on this topic, [...]
If you like to do another experiment: ;)

While VirtualBox 7.0.4 is installed and the VM is not running, open a Linux shell on your host and enter the following command:

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VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/vga/0/Config/VMSVGA10" "0"
Note that the "VM name" should be replaced if your VM has a different name ;).

Please report if your issues persist. To undo the setting, use the following command:

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VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/vga/0/Config/VMSVGA10" ""
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Re: Square font on WIN10 since upgrade to VB7

Post by Nobbilus »

fth0 wrote:
Nobbilus wrote:If there are any other suggestions on this issue or someone would like to investigate further on this topic, [...]
If you like to do another experiment: ;)

While VirtualBox 7.0.4 is installed and the VM is not running, open a Linux shell on your host and enter the following command:

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VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/vga/0/Config/VMSVGA10" "0"
Note that the "VM name" should be replaced if your VM has a different name ;).

Please report if your issues persist. To undo the setting, use the following command:

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VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/vga/0/Config/VMSVGA10" ""
Solved :D Whatever the command does in detail, the issue is gone even if 3D acceleration is enabled.

Thanks to both of you fth0 and mpack for your support.
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Re: Square font on WIN10 since upgrade to VB7

Post by fth0 »

Nobbilus wrote:Solved :D Whatever the command does in detail, the issue is gone even if 3D acceleration is enabled.
Well, it's not a solution, it's only a workaround. The command switches back from the new DX11 compatible graphics implementation to the old D3D9 compatible graphics implementation. The latter will probably deteriorate over time, since it won't be actively maintained any more. Therefore, I'd suggest to test further VirtualBox release updates without the workaround.

Thanks for your feedback! :)
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