Scale view of guest system

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Schleimer
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Scale view of guest system

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Hi all,

i'm using VirtualBox on Win7, running Ubuntu als guest system.
My problem:
i have to run a program (not scaleable) in Ubuntu in FullHD portrait mode, but have to view the system on a landscape beamer.
Do i can run the guest system at 1200x1920px portrait mode but view it on the host system at 1920x1200 landscape mode? I know, presentation quality will be low, but it's most importaint for me to see the whole guest screen without scrolling necessary.

Thanks a lot for your help

Schleimer
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Re: Scale view of guest system

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You are asking if Virtualbox offers some kind of scale of the guest display? yes, use scale mode in the view menu.
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Re: Scale view of guest system

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Hello noteirak,
yes, this was the first thing I've tried, but no success...
The scale function just scale the size of the oracle window, but not the content. So if i can see an element in fullscreen mode on the Ubuntu Desktop which is 20px height, and then i use the scale function and reduce the oracle window size to half of the host screen height, the element on the Ubuntu Desktop is still 20px high, i just can see a quarter of the whole screen.
Attached three pictures, 1st. screenshot at fullscreen mode, 2nd. screenshot in scale mode and 3rd. picture i've tried to show with Photoshop what i expect to see.
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Re: Scale view of guest system

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Sorry, i thought this such a trivial topic ...
VirtualBox v4.1.10 r76838 on Win7 64bit, guest system Ubuntu 64bit with installed guest additions
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Oh it is a trivial topic, but will requires guest additions to work and I just wanted to double check this :
VirtualBox 4.1.10 r76836 win.amd64 (Mar 14 2012 18:18:53) release log
00:00:08.514 Guest Additions information report: Version 4.2.6 r82870 '4.2.6'
1. you're using a mismatch version between your guest additions and your Virtualbox installation.
2. Your Virtualbox installation is still 4.1.x, which is quite old now and I am not sure it actually supports what you want. Have you tried with the latest Virtualbox version?
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Re: Scale view of guest system

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Thanks for your quick reply!
No i have not tried the latest VirtualBox version, but i'll try to get the latest version installed from our computer guys.
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You will still have to fix the guest additions missmatch.
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Re: Scale view of guest system

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i know, but first i'll try to get the current version!
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