Guest screen will not expand to full screen size
Posted: 21. Nov 2008, 15:26
ThinkPad R61 1.8 Centrino CPU + 2Gb memory
Host OS - WIN XP Pro = SP3 (Japanese)
Guest OS - Kubuntu 8.04 (32-bit)
VBoxGuestAdditions are installed.
Problem: Guest screen will not expand to full screen size.
Prior to this, under VirtualBox 1.5.5 (which was the version available in August, 2008) Host + F would bring the Kubuntu screen to full screen and Host + A / Host + G would expand the image to full screen size.
When starting Kubuntu, it would boot directly into full screen mode, at about 70% of full screen size, then expand to full screen, automatically.
The machine has been offline but in daily use for about four weeks. When I installed our new LAN, I updated both WIN XP and Kubuntu 8.04 (NOT 8.10) to latest versions using their respective update features. Kubuntu 8.04 _did_ receive a kernel update. I then downloaded and installed VirtualBox 2.0.4 in WIN XP.
The update was automatic and appeared to go without a hitch. However, now Kubuntu boots at about 70% of screen size and remains there. Host + G is greyed out and Host + A seems to do nothing. Host + F gives me a full screen, but the Kubuntu image remains at about 70%, syurrounded by black, instead of expanding to the edges of the screen.
How do I get the previous features of auto resizing and full screen viewing back?
NOTE: All of our other six PCs are Kubuntu Host with WIN XP (Japanese) Guest running in a Virtual Box. This machine is the reverse because it is my wife's travel machine. There are a number of travel - related reasons ... like the OS choice getting in the way of getting hardware repaired on an overseas depot (don't ask ...).
Host OS - WIN XP Pro = SP3 (Japanese)
Guest OS - Kubuntu 8.04 (32-bit)
VBoxGuestAdditions are installed.
Problem: Guest screen will not expand to full screen size.
Prior to this, under VirtualBox 1.5.5 (which was the version available in August, 2008) Host + F would bring the Kubuntu screen to full screen and Host + A / Host + G would expand the image to full screen size.
When starting Kubuntu, it would boot directly into full screen mode, at about 70% of full screen size, then expand to full screen, automatically.
The machine has been offline but in daily use for about four weeks. When I installed our new LAN, I updated both WIN XP and Kubuntu 8.04 (NOT 8.10) to latest versions using their respective update features. Kubuntu 8.04 _did_ receive a kernel update. I then downloaded and installed VirtualBox 2.0.4 in WIN XP.
The update was automatic and appeared to go without a hitch. However, now Kubuntu boots at about 70% of screen size and remains there. Host + G is greyed out and Host + A seems to do nothing. Host + F gives me a full screen, but the Kubuntu image remains at about 70%, syurrounded by black, instead of expanding to the edges of the screen.
How do I get the previous features of auto resizing and full screen viewing back?
NOTE: All of our other six PCs are Kubuntu Host with WIN XP (Japanese) Guest running in a Virtual Box. This machine is the reverse because it is my wife's travel machine. There are a number of travel - related reasons ... like the OS choice getting in the way of getting hardware repaired on an overseas depot (don't ask ...).