VBoxSDL SDL Error DirectInput Whatever

[Bile Demon]

Hi,

I'm trying to start my virtual machines by command line using VBoxSDL.exe.
Host is Vista 64.
Guest is Windows XP.
Virtualbox version used: 2.2.0

This is what happens:

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C:\Programme\sun\xVM VirtualBox>VBoxSDL.exe --startvm "Windows XP" --fullscreen
--fullscreenresize --nofstoggle --nohostkey --noresize
Sun VirtualBox SDL GUI version 2.2.0
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

SDL Error: 'DirectInputDevice::SetDataFormat: Invalid parameters'

C:\Programme\sun\xVM VirtualBox>

Any help? It also doesn't work without all those parameters.

[vbox4me2]

VBoxManage startvm XP_Experimental -type gui

[Bile Demon]

Alright, it works that way, but it seems I can't use any of my parameters posted above.

I'd like the guest OS to be able to change monitor resolution when switching to fullscreen. Having a huge black border around the guest OS isn't what I expect of having it "fullscreen", especially for programs with a fixed resolution that can't be changed. I heard using VBoxSDL can resolve that issue.

My host resolution is 1920x1200. Any program running in 640x480 or 800x600 looks totally ridiciulous when in fullscreen mode, simply centered in host resolution. And I don't want the guest to be in 1920x1200 either.