Opensuse Tumbleweed in VirtualBox VM auto resize of view not

[chaat]

I run Opensuse Tumbleweed in a VirtualBox VM on Windows 7. Yesterday I updated my VirtualBox software to the just release version 4.3.22.9, after that the auto-resize Guest display has not been working. I did update the Guest Extensions also.

I'm wondering if anyone on the forum runs Opensuse in a VirtualBox VM and could check this for me.

I use KDE as my DE in Tumbleweed.

Thanks,

Chuck H.

[loukingjr]

Did you get any errors in the terminal when installing the guest additions?

btw, I've been downloading it for awhile now and once it's finished I will check. The mirror is the slowest I've seen.

[chaat]

the installation of the guest extensions looks good to me, there were no errors and all the responses were ok.

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linux-mmng:/run/media/root/VBOXADDITIONS_4.3.22_98236 # sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run 
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.22 Guest Additions for Linux............
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing installed version 4.3.22 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Copying additional installer modules ...
Installing additional modules ...
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules                  done
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules
Building the main Guest Additions module                              done
Building the shared folder support module                             done
Building the OpenGL support module                                    done
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions                         done
You should restart your guest to make sure the new modules are actually used

Installing the Window System drivers
Installing X.Org Server 1.16 modules                                  done
Setting up the Window System to use the Guest Additions               done
You may need to restart the hal service and the Window System (or just restart
the guest system) to enable the Guest Additions.

Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components         done
linux-mmng:/run/media/root/VBOXADDITIONS_4.3.22_98236 # 

[chaat]

I should have mentioned that Opensuse Tumbleweed is using this kernel.

uname -a
Linux linux-mmng 3.18.3-1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jan 19 12:38:51 UTC 2015 (c3e148f) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[loukingjr]

geeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.

well first of all it took nearly 40 mins to download the LiveCD .iso. It should have taken about 2 mins. I guess OpenSUSE switched to dialup.
the kernel that is installed is "Linux linux.site 3.18.3-1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT" and I'm not changing it.
The 4.3.22 GAs are working for me.

p.s. OpenSUSE is not my fav.

[loukingjr]

btw, did you remove the pre-installed GAs before you installed the 4.3.22 GAs?

[TeutonJon78]

I run Opensuse Tumbleweed in a VirtualBox VM on Windows 7. Yesterday I updated my VirtualBox software to the just release version 4.3.22.9, after that the auto-resize Guest display has not been working. I did update the Guest Extensions also.

I'm wondering if anyone on the forum runs Opensuse in a VirtualBox VM and could check this for me.

I use KDE as my DE in Tumbleweed.

Thanks,

Chuck H.

I have the same problem. Using the .22 GA from the Virtualization repo didn't help either. Resizing was working correctly on .20 with .20 GA from the repos. Upgraded and it stopped for either GA.

[loukingjr]

running Tumbleweed, fully updated as of this morning. Kernel: 3.19.0-1-desktop.

The 4.3.22 GAs are working for me.

The GAs will not work if the ones that came pre-installed in OpenSUSE aren't removed.

[TeutonJon78]

running Tumbleweed, fully updated as of this morning. Kernel: 3.19.0-1-desktop.

The 4.3.22 GAs are working for me.

The GAs will not work if the ones that came pre-installed in OpenSUSE aren't removed.

Of course you can only use one, but the ones from the repo should work, they are build from the same source. They worked just fine on .20.

Edit: can confirm that using the GA from Virtualbox does work correctly. So, it's a problem with the GA's in the openSUSE repos.

[Perryg]

Almost all repositories take the source and modify it to their specific requirements. This is not always right and if given the chance to use the official installs you should go that route.