virtualbox, ubuntu and X
Posted: 14. Apr 2009, 17:26
Hi all,
Running Ubuntu 8.10 on virtualbox 2.2.0, on a Dell D630 Latitude, host is Windows XP SP3.
Everything went well with the set-up, except my screen resolution: Ubuntu is offering me 800x600 or something even smaller.
Had a quick search, and it looked like adding "vboxvideo" to my xorg.conf would do the trick - that didn't work, and I saw a suggestion elsewhere that I could just add the required resolutions manually into the conf file.
Trouble is, my xorg.conf is looking a little bare...see below
Appreciate any and all suggestions.
Dave
Running Ubuntu 8.10 on virtualbox 2.2.0, on a Dell D630 Latitude, host is Windows XP SP3.
Everything went well with the set-up, except my screen resolution: Ubuntu is offering me 800x600 or something even smaller.
Had a quick search, and it looked like adding "vboxvideo" to my xorg.conf would do the trick - that didn't work, and I saw a suggestion elsewhere that I could just add the required resolutions manually into the conf file.
Trouble is, my xorg.conf is looking a little bare...see below
Everything seems to be running fine on the Guest machine, but I want to make sure X is set up correctly before I go hacking to my screen resolutions right# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
Appreciate any and all suggestions.
Dave
The Guest automatically "sees" the mouse pointer when it moves across the screen, so I presume they're installed?
Tempted to just dual-boot at this stage...