Issues with Vbox 3.2.6

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coolyandy2
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Issues with Vbox 3.2.6

Post by coolyandy2 »

I m using VBox 3.2.6 and i m having issue with Mac Snow Leopard

1. can't get full screen resolution ?
2. i download the sound driver from this forum but the sound crackles abit so which best driver for sound?

thanks
Sasquatch
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Re: Issues with Vbox 3.2.6

Post by Sasquatch »

These are not issues, these are current limitations. Audio is an unsupported part in Mac OSX, VB emulates a sound card that is not supported by Mac. This can be worked around by the community driver, but it's not supported officially in any way so you can expect strange things with it.

The full screen part is due to lack of guest additions to support higher resolutions. There is a work-around to get a bit higher resolution by changing the EFI config (please check the Mac Guest part of this forum).

These minor issues is something we can't do anything about at the moment because it's a new supported Guest OS. Additional features for it will come in due time.
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0deuce0
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Re: Issues with Vbox 3.2.6

Post by 0deuce0 »

Sorry newbie here... Im having sound issues as well and read this post. I have been searching for this community driver, but can not find it. any help pointing us newbies to it to try it out?

Host OSX 10.6.3
Guest XPsp3
occasional
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Re: Issues with Vbox 3.2.6

Post by occasional »

I just downloaded and installed the latest version of Virtual Box (3.2.6 r63112). I am running it on MacOSX 10.6.4 and guest is Windows 7.
After the install the application and Windows 7 ran fine. However, after turning it off when I restart Virtual Box I am getting an error message, 'Virtual Machine is inaccessible. Please inspect the error message below.'
The box where error message is supposed to be is empty and the 'Refresh' button also does not bring anything on.
Has anyone else experienced similar problem, what could be the issue?
HELP!
Thanks.
Sasquatch
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Re: Issues with Vbox 3.2.6

Post by Sasquatch »

0deuce0 wrote:Sorry newbie here... Im having sound issues as well and read this post. I have been searching for this community driver, but can not find it. any help pointing us newbies to it to try it out?

Host OSX 10.6.3
Guest XPsp3
Did you check the Guest section? Also, the original question was for Mac Guests. If your XP doesn't have the audio driver, it's a modified version which we don't support.
occasional wrote:I just downloaded and installed the latest version of Virtual Box (3.2.6 r63112). I am running it on MacOSX 10.6.4 and guest is Windows 7.
After the install the application and Windows 7 ran fine. However, after turning it off when I restart Virtual Box I am getting an error message, 'Virtual Machine is inaccessible. Please inspect the error message below.'
The box where error message is supposed to be is empty and the 'Refresh' button also does not bring anything on.
Has anyone else experienced similar problem, what could be the issue?
HELP!
Thanks.
Can you please open a new topic for this? It's not very relevant compared to the start.

Because it might get even more off-topic, I'm locking this one.
Read the Forum Posting Guide before opening a topic.
VirtualBox FAQ: Check this before asking questions.
Online User Manual: A must read if you want to know what we're talking about.
Howto: Install Linux Guest Additions
Howto: Use Shared Folders on Linux Guest
See the Tutorials and FAQ section at the top of the Forum for more guides.
Try searching the forums first with Google and add the site filter for this forum.
E.g. install guest additions site:forums.virtualbox.org

Retired from this Forum since OSSO introduction.
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