can't get fullscreen in virtualbox guest

[kook44]

Hi all-
I am running an Ubuntu guest on a WinXP host with virtualbox, and I can't get fullscreen mode to work - when i hit Host+f, it just places a small window in the center of a black screen. My monitor is a 24" widescreen. XP host is running at 1920x1200 resolution. I have an ATI video card (somehow, I feel herein lies the problem...)

I've installed guest additions.
I reconfigured x by booting into recovery mode with:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
I chose the vboxvideo driver and chose the appropriate resolutions.
However, when I boot up, I see a quick flash with the message "upsplash setting mode 1920x1200 fail" for each of the resolutions besides 800x600 and 640x480.
Before the login screen appears, I get an alert box that says "Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode. Your screen and graphics card could not be detected correctly. To use higher resolutions, visual effects or multiple screens, you have to configure the display yourself"
Once I've logged in, if I try to change my screen resolution, only 800x600 and 640x480 are available.

Kind of hit a dead end here...
Anyone have any ideas? thx.

[kook44]

hate to do this, but...

bump


O:)

[gui3]

I am in the same boat.
I'm using Vbox on my macbook pro.
i started with a fresh install of 7.10, installed updates, installed builder-essentials and installed guest additions.

i followed all the advice i could find on this forum - booted into recovery mod, did the reconfigure, added 1440x900 resolution, and there is no change.

if i mess with xorg.conf directly, either nothing happens or the video won't boot properly.
when i go to preferences --> screen resolution, the max is still 800x600.
when i go to administration --> screen and graphics, its listed as "plug n play" with max res 800x600.
if i change "plug n play" to "LCD Panel 1440x900", the video goes crazy after reboot.

there's got to be something i'm missing

[cacarr]

Vista host, 8.04 guest, ATI card -- same problem here.

Guest additions are installed, but only mouse integration is working. Auto-resize guest display is also not functioning.

[malandro95]

I'm having the same problem. My host is a MacBook Pro and my guest is the ever famous Hardy Heron. Installation of Guest Additions appears succesful by the command messages and mouse integration appears succesful by function.

Screen size was not affected by guest additions and that happens to be my biggest need.

[sleekmason]

Same here. I am running Hardy heron in Virtualbox, inside Sidux, and cannot change the resolution. only 800x600 and 640 x480. I have changed the xorg.conf file as described in the VirtualBox manual to no affect . . have also taken the relevant part of my xorg from Sidux to no affect. The mouse works just fine, easily changing from inside to out, but the resolution problem is maddening.

[sleekmason]

Here is my xorg.conf (/etc/x11/xorg.conf) that took care of the problem for 1440x900 resolution . . . the other resolutions should work as well. you may need to reinstall the guest additions afterwords. Hope this helps:)

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by failsafeDexconf, using
# values from the debconf database and some overrides to use vesa mode.
#
# You should use dexconf or another such tool for creating a "real" xorg.conf
# For example:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "vboxmouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Boardname "vesa"
Busid "PCI:0:2:0"
Driver "vboxvideo"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display"
Modelname "LCD Panel 1440x900"
Horizsync 31.5-56.0
Vertrefresh 56.0 - 65.0
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x768@60" 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x720@60" 74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x800@60" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1440x900@60" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -hsync +vsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1440 900
Modes "1440x900@60" "1280x800@60" "1280x720@60" "1280x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "GLcore"
Load "v4l"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

[farmerlee]

Hey thanks for sharing your xorg.conf details! I've copied your settings and my display in ubuntu 8.04 is working perfectly now. Thanks again!

[Typhon44]

I'm a new user of Ubuntu, and I had only 800x600 and 640x400 available. I succeeded in unlocking 1280x1024 resolution. But my screen is 1920x1200 and I want to use Ubuntu in fullscrren mode.
I've tried your xorg.conf file, and it unlocks the 1440x900 resolution. I've tried to add a 1920x1200 modeline, but it has been unsuccessful, Ubuntu is falling back to 800x600. I'm a beginner, so i may have done some mistakes.

How could I enable the 1920x1200 resolution ?

Thank you for your help, and sorry for my english ;)

[EDIT] I have successfully added the 1680x1050 resolution, but the 1920x1200 is not working at all.

[Typhon44]

yeah it works ^^

I give you my xorg.conf file, which supports the following resolutions :

1920x1200
1680x1050
1440x900
1280x800
1280x720
1280x768
800x600

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by failsafeDexconf, using
# values from the debconf database and some overrides to use vesa mode.
#
# You should use dexconf or another such tool for creating a "real" xorg.conf
# For example:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "vboxmouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Boardname "vesa"
Busid "PCI:0:2:0"
Driver "vboxvideo"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display"
Modelname "LCD Panel 1920x1200"
Horizsync 31.5-83
Vertrefresh 60-60
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x768@60" 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x720@60" 74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x800@60" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1440x900@60" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1680x1050@60" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1920x1200@60" 193.16 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1204 1242 -hsync +vsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Defaultdepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1440 900
Modes "1920x1200@60.00" "1680x1050@60.00" "1440x900@60" "1280x800@60" "1280x720@60" "1280x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "GLcore"
Load "v4l"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

[MikeBee]

Thanks for this. It works well.

Warning for non french users. Change the keyboard layout to match your keyboard before using this xorg.conf file.

Mine is gb layout, so using fr had me over!

[MyR]

Hi all-
I am running an Ubuntu guest on a WinXP host with virtualbox, and I can't get fullscreen mode to work - when i hit Host+f, it just places a small window in the center of a black screen. My monitor is a 24" widescreen. XP host is running at 1920x1200 resolution. I have an ATI video card (somehow, I feel herein lies the problem...)

I've installed guest additions.


I had a similar problem (winxp guest on ubuntu) so this may or may not help... Just increase the Video memory to at least 10MB in the general VB settings. The guest should resize automatically upon entering and leaving fullscreen.

peace

[NOLU]

Also try this for full screen mode.

http://lifehacker.com/367714/run-windows-apps-seamlessly-inside-linux

[ericw]

Try running /usr/bin/VBoxClient in ubuntu, if you've got the guest additions installed but still can't access high resolutions.. fixed it for me. (Now fullscreen mode works - Running ubuntu 8.04 at 1920x1200 in a mac os X host with VBox 1.6.4)

[philetus]

I had a similar problem (winxp guest on ubuntu) so this may or may not help... Just increase the Video memory to at least 10MB in the general VB settings. The guest should resize automatically upon entering and leaving fullscreen.

peace

I increased my video memory to 128 MB and still no full screen.

[philetus]

Also try this for full screen mode.

http://lifehacker.com/367714/run-windows-apps-seamlessly-inside-linux

I disabled the CD,created a virtual CD, installed the guest additions, and THEN it installed the VB virtual video card.Now it works great.

[Thelasko]

yeah it works ^^

I give you my xorg.conf file, which supports the following resolutions :

1920x1200
1680x1050
1440x900
1280x800
1280x720
1280x768
800x600


Thank you very much, that fixed it for me. For some reason I'm not seeing a thank you star next to your comment.