Guest doesn't notice host window size changes

[bharatreddyv]

I didn't actually remove those 5 lines but but merely “commented out” those lines by placing a “#” sign at the beginning of each which effectively removes those lines, not allowing them to be seen by the machine reading the file.

The result, nirvana. Whether in window or full screen mode, vbox now presents a desktop of the vm os gui that is truly dynamic in resolution in either view.


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Hello bentnhaf,

I am Bharat. I got the same issue.

My
Host: Win Vista Ultimate
Guest: OpenSUSE 11.1 64bit

My Issue: Cannot open KDE.
Context: I Installed GA. At the end before GA installation Success statement there is a para that displayed on the screen which sayst that "Disabling Dynamic Resizing as the X Server is configured to only use static resolutions. To fix this, edit the server configuration file,remove all "Modes" lines from the "Screen" section and any option "PreferredMode" lines from "Monitor" sections and restart servers.".
As you said I spent some time on google to find the configuration file name to be XORG.CONF. But right now I am unable to figure out how to resolve the issue.

I saw your post saying "...commented 5 lines and the result is nirvana". Would you please let me know what should be commented out of the XORG.CONF file so that my KDE will start working again.

Following is my current XORG.CONF file contents for Monirot, Screen and Modes sections:


Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorith" "XServerPool"
HorizSync 30-38
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModeName "800X600@60HZ"
Option "DPMS"
Option "PreferredMode" "800X600"
VendorName "--->LCC"
VertRefresh 30-61
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "default"
EndSubsection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Thank you for your help and patience.

Regards,
Bharat.

P.S. I am an SAP developer with no administration knowledge and no Linux knowledge trying to install openSUSE and SAP evolutionary s/w on top of it .

[salmontres]

Hi!
To anyone who still has this problem, I fixed it using a combination of the solutions above. (I should've been implementing them individually (No control... zing)!!) Anyway, here's my solution for this problem running a Windows Vista Business 64-bit host machine with a Ubuntu 32-bit virtual machine (On VirtualBox 3.0.6):
1. Click on Devices/Install Guest Additions.
2. Open a terminal and cd into VBoxAdditions. (The command should simply be cd cdrom.)
3. sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run (You can change this command to Windows rather than LInux, 64 bit rather than 32 bit also.)
4. It'll prompt for a restart; before you restart, maximize the window containing the virtual machine.
5. Enjoy!