[ale] VirtualBox Linux guest screen resolution

[DJ-Pfulio]

Could it be wayland related?
Can you fallback to X11/xorg for a display server?

BTW, Ubuntu 18.04 is defaulting back to xorg for the display server.
Wayland isn't quite ready, it seems.

On 01/28/2018 12:35 PM, Alex Carver via Ale wrote:
> I want the number of pixels in the virtual screen to be bigger, not just
> magnify the screen.  The window was defaulting to 800x600 pixels for the
> virtual desktop environment and wouldn't change.  The screen needed to
> be bigger for guest applications that use large layouts.
> 
> It appears that the issue was KDE's use of graphics acceleration not
> being compatible with the acceleration features of the virtualized
> graphics card.  I turned off all acceleration and the screen now accepts
> larger resolutions but it's just a slightly slower render.
> 
> 
> On 2018-01-28 09:26, Stephen Steinhauer wrote:
>> There should be a menu selection for %zoom. Bump that up to 125 or 150
>> percent to enlarge the virtual screen on your real screen. I've had to
>> do that when using tty screens in VB.
>>
>> -- 
>> Stephen S.On Sat, 2018-01-27 at 19:53 -0800, Alex Carver wrote:
>>> I'm trying to install a linux gest into VirtualBox but the system has
>>> assumed a very small virtual screen resolution.  This is actually the
>>> second attempt at installing because the first one had the video mess
>>> up
>>> after I installed the Guest Additions extensions.  I wanted KDE to
>>> run
>>> but all of the KDE windows would disappear (worked fine before trying
>>> to
>>> get the resolution right).
>>>
>>> I'd appreciate suggestions for installing the guest and getting its
>>> resolution correct on the first go.
>>>
>>