VirtualBox 6.0. Broken auto-resizing display size on Windows XP.

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val9
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VirtualBox 6.0. Broken auto-resizing display size on Windows XP.

Post by val9 »

Auto-resize guest display doesn't work when selected Grpahic Controller one of: VMSVGA or VBoxSVGA.

host: Ubuntu 18.04
guest: Windows XP SP2 x64, Windows XP SP3 x86
socratis
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Re: VirtualBox 6.0. Broken auto-resizing display size on Windows XP.

Post by socratis »

Yes, it's a known issue.
Don't select the VMSVGA for Windows guests, only Linux guests.
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val9
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Re: VirtualBox 6.0. Broken auto-resizing display size on Windows XP.

Post by val9 »

Thanks. Will wait for fix, and for now i will return to 5.2 because VBoxVGA is very slow.
Andrey L
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Re: VirtualBox 6.0. Broken auto-resizing display size on Windows XP.

Post by Andrey L »

I've got the same issue after upgrade from VirtualBox 5.2.22 to 6.0.4

Resizing did not work with VBoxSVGA.
It works fine when I select VBoxVGA.

System parameters:
- VirtualBox 6.0.4
- host OS: Windows 10
- guest OS: Xubuntu 18.04
mpack
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Re: VirtualBox 6.0. Broken auto-resizing display size on Windows XP.

Post by mpack »

This topic is redundant, so locking it.

We already have a topic for discussing issues with the 6.0.4 release.
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