[Solved] Resolution problem

[Sasquatch]

The option 'controlvm' can only be used when the VM is running, and the resolution hinting only works when the VM is running. You can set extra video modes that are saved in the VM config by using 'modifyvm' when the VM is turned off. It's all in the manual.

[garycooper]

yep i know 'controlvm' must be use when the VM is running but it did not work !!! Try (read the begin of the post, an other admin did not find solution)

and in can't find the good command line to modify resolution with 'modifyvm'

could you help me ?

[Sasquatch]

See the manual, chapter 9.5 - Custom VESA Resolutions. That should give you what you need.

[garycooper]

already read it but nothing change on my vm

i tried

VBoxManage setextradata TINY "CustomVideoMode1" "1400x1050x16"
VBoxManage setextradata TINY "CustomVideoMode1"
VBoxManage setextradata TINY "CustomVideoMode2"

VM ON and VM OFF.

what the problem ?

Addons are installed

[garycooper]

any ideas?

[Perryg]

I am not sure but let's see what we can find. Post the output of the showvminfo so I can see it.

host terminal/command windows VBoxManage showvminfo <VM Name> and post here. Replace <VM Name> with the actual name of the VM. Use "" if the name has a space in it.

If all else fails you can post a ticket with bugtracker (link is below my post) and see what the DEVs have to say about it.

[garycooper]

Name: TINY
Guest OS: Windows XP
UUID: a15e29b5-6c8e-4520-b2d5-72ff23caea07
Config file: C:\Documents and Settings\nsitjas\.VirtualBox\Machines\TINY\TIN
Y.xml
Memory size: 540MB
VRAM size: 128MB
Number of CPUs: 1
Boot menu mode: message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: off
PAE: off
Time offset: 0 ms
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging: off
VT-x VPID: off
State: powered off (since 2009-11-11T18:11:11.000000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: on
Floppy: empty
SATA: disabled
IDE Controller: PIIX4
Primary master: D:\vmware\virtualbox\TinyXP_original.vdi (UUID: 76a271e5-3880-4
7bb-a725-261cc6c2ed10)
DVD: C:\PROGRA~1\Sun\VIRTUA~1\VBoxGuestAdditions.iso (UUID: 8e7c4c48
-481c-4fe5-9f84-4571da6c9290)
NIC 1: MAC: 080027756FBD, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace:
off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps
NIC 2: disabled
NIC 3: disabled
NIC 4: disabled
NIC 5: disabled
NIC 6: disabled
NIC 7: disabled
NIC 8: disabled
UART 1: disabled
UART 2: disabled
Audio: enabled (Driver: DSOUND, Controller: AC97)
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
VRDP: disabled
USB: enabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Shared folders:

Name: 'logs', Host path: 'C:\logs' (machine mapping), writable

[Perryg]

Try these and see if you can control it in the guest. Other than this I have no more suggestions.

• VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/MaxGuestResolution any
  will remove all limits on guest resolutions.
  
  VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/MaxGuestResolution
  >width,height<
  manually specifies a maximum resolution.
  
  VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/MaxGuestResolution auto
  restores the default settings. Note that these settings apply globally to all guest systems, not just to a single machine

[garycooper]

yesssss u did it !!!!

That works !!

Thank you so much