Change Size of Ubuntu Minimal (no gui) in VB

[kotrunga]

Hello!

I put Ubuntu 17.04 64bit minimal install on virtual box today. (It wont let me put a link to the .iso b/c I have a new account- if you want it just let me know)

However, I'm running into a problem that I've researched for a while and can't find a solution to.

How can I make it so that the window/terminal is larger than the default? I've done the guest additions thing before when I'm in linux with a GUI to enable different screen sizes, but how do I do that here?

I've tried changing the GRUB_GFXMODE value in /etc/default/grub as well as other things, and nothing is working so far.

Please help! Thank you.

[Perryg]

Without X the guest additions will not work for the video. You would need to adjust the framebuffers to a screen size you can live with. Ubuntu forums/help do have a way to do it.
In essence you edit grub and then compile grub then reboot. The steps are covered in the file telling you what to do.

[kotrunga]

Thanks!

Where is this file that tells me what to do? Also, I've looked through the Ubuntu forums and haven't found anything that has worked. Is there a specific link I should check out?

Thank you

[Perryg]

Edit /etc/default/grub
Then run update-grub

You may need to blacklist vboxvideo to get it to work properly

[kotrunga]

Thank you for the help.

Unfortunately, I tried this and it still didn't work for me. Still not sure what to do.

Thanks

[scottgus1]

Virtualbox isn't Ubuntu. Are you sure you're asking in the right place?

[Perryg]

Yes this is not really a VirtualBox issue but the folks at Ubuntu don't seem to have a lot of patience these days. I know for a fact the following works as I use it all the time in various servers that use grub.

Edit /etc/default/grub and add the two lines specified below
sudo vi /etc/default/grub

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then type sudo update-grub and press enter.

Then edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and add vboxvideo to the bottom of the file.

sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

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Then reboot the guest

[kotrunga]

Thank you so much! This worked. I think the blacklisting is what did it; I had done the first step before, and that hadn't worked.

Thanks for the patience!