(Solved) Ubuntu host, SL6 guest, resolution issues

[srdejong]

Hello

I have Scientific Linux 6.5 running as guest on a Ubuntu 12.04. I am using VirtualBox 4.1.12_Ubuntu r77245

The maximum resolution I can get is 1024x768. I have installed guest additions, and it was mostly successfull. Output is here:

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root@SL6 VBOXADDITIONS_4.1.12_77245]# ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.1.12 Guest Additions for Linux.........
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing installed version 4.1.12 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules           [  OK  ]
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules       [  OK  ]
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules
Building the main Guest Additions module                   [  OK  ]
Building the shared folder support module                  [  OK  ]
Building the OpenGL support module                         [FAILED]
(Look at /var/log/vboxadd-install.log to find out what went wrong)
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions              [  OK  ]
Installing the Window System drivers
Warning: unknown version of the X Window System installed.  Not installing
X Window System drivers.
Installing  modules                                        [  OK  ]
Installing graphics libraries and desktop services componen[  OK  ]
[root@SL6 VBOXADDITIONS_4.1.12_77245]# 

After installing, Seamless mode and Auto-resize Guest display remain greyed out, but Shared folders work.

Googling the problem has not yeilded a solution, just many pages telling me to install guest additions, which I have done.

Can you help me out? Let me know if there's any information I can send

Thanks!

[loukingjr]

The version of VirtualBox you are running is over two years old. It's not even that latest release of the 4.1 series. You might want to try the latest build 4.3.10, or at least the 4.1.32 version.

[srdejong]

That seems to have fixed it. Thanks for the tip!

[loukingjr]

That seems to have fixed it. Thanks for the tip!

welcome. you should mark this thread as solved. go to your first post, click edit, Type (Solved) in front of the Title line.