[ale] VirtualBox Linux guest screen resolution

[Alex Carver]

The cause is unclear.  There are KDE developer threads that I've found
discussing this issue going back several years.  KDE claims it's a
VirtualBox problem but some people say it's not exactly a VirtualBox
problem because other guest OSes (notably Windows) are able to utilize
the acceleration features.

I'm already using X11 as the manager.  Wayland is not installed.


On 2018-01-28 11:38, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
> 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.
>>>>
>>>
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