Trivial But Interesting

Discussions related to using VirtualBox on Mac OS X hosts.
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peejay
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Joined: 5. Sep 2008, 13:40
Primary OS: Mac OS X other
VBox Version: OSE other
Guest OSses: Ubuntu 9.10, Windows Pro XP, OpenSolaris, Chrome OS

Trivial But Interesting

Post by peejay »

With the latest version of VB (3.1.6 r59351) Full Screen mode works with guest Ubuntu 9.10 (which it didn't previously), but fails to work with Windows XP Pro SP3 (which it did previously). Maybe something to do with my host upgrade to 10.6.3?
HipHoppity
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Joined: 14. May 2009, 19:53
Primary OS: Mac OS X Leopard
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: WinXP SP3
Location: Bandini Mountain

Re: Trivial But Interesting

Post by HipHoppity »

Hi Peejay,

For your WinXP SP3 Guest, have you installed the VBox 3.1.6 Guest Additions? If so, have you tried changing (or toggling off/on) to Fullscreen Mode under the VirtualBox VM Machine menu?
HipHoppity
peejay
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Primary OS: Mac OS X other
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Re: Trivial But Interesting

Post by peejay »

Yes, I did both those things, but I have just run the Guest Additions wizard again, and this time, I can get full screen, although it takes quite some time for the change in screen resolution to occur. Thanks for your suggestion.
davenorth
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Location: White Rock New Mexico

Re: Trivial But Interesting

Post by davenorth »

I doubt this will be any help, but I have both those OSs as guests except that my XP is at SP2 and works fine. Not at all slow, either.


Dave
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