higher vbox rez w/o guest additions?

[ii]

hi I am trying to get my vbox to have a slightly higher than 1024x768 rez but so far am not having much luck.

I tried creating /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-virtualbox-monitor.conf with the following in it:

Section "Device"
Identifier "VirtualBox-Device"
Option "Monitor-default" "VirtualBox-Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "VirtualBox-Monitor"
VendorName "VirtualBox"
ModelName "VirtualBox"
HorizSync 1.0 - 1000.0
VertRefresh 1.0 - 1000.0
Option "MinClock" "1.0"
Option "MaxClock" "10000.0"
Option "Primary" "True"
Option "PreferredMode" "1280x768"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "MyScreen"
Device "VirtualBox-Device"
Monitor "VirtualBox-Monitor"
EndSection

and then rebooted the vbox but then the vbox just rebooted to a comand prompt and wouldn't go into X. I am a bit miffed as i know this computer supports up to 1080p so this resolution shouldn't be too much?

[Perryg]

Edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add something like this.

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Section "Screen"
       Identifier "Screen0"
       Device     "Videocard0"
       DefaultDepth     24
       SubSection "Display"
               Viewport   0 0
               Depth     24
               Modes    "1750x1090" "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
EndSection

Loose the other stuff you have.

[ii]

Thanks for the reply/code. I copied and pasted what you put and while it did not take me to a comand prompt like before it did not seem to allow me to change the video modes either (I rebooted). Admittedly I only checked by looking at KDE's "Display and Monitor" under system settings (which still gives me 1024x768 and lower res options).

Any other thoughts perhaps?

Thanks!

[Perryg]

Only installing the guest additions. Why do you not want to install them?