Virtualbox | Host&Guest: Ubuntu | How to set guest resolution higher than 800*600

[bash]

I have Ubuntu Hardy running in a virtualbox. Guest additions are installed. My only problem is that I can't manage to get the resolution hight than 800*600.

Anyone knows how to do this?

[zorkerz]

same problem here (ubuntu and kubuntu 8.04) I have a 1024x768 monitor. In kubuntu I was able to get 1024x786 to work by switching from 'plug n play' to generic "LCD Panel 1024x768' but this stopped working as soon as I installed the guest additions.

[njohn858]

Check out this thread. It worked for me.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4804403

[zorkerz]

If your referring to manually editing xorg.conf I have tried this a few times now and have not gotten it to work yet. Thanks though

[zorkerz]

Ok I got mine to work with guest additions installed for the first time but unfortunately im not sure what i did. I have reconfigured xorg a few times using sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh And then added in 'vboxvideo' as the driver for the 'configured video device' section. It deffinately did not work for me at first when I installed the guest additions and only before when I changed the configured monitor to to LCD Panel 1024x768.

sorry I don't know more good luck

[seamuso]

Here's my xorg.conf


# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# 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"
Driver "vboxvideo"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection


This is assuming you have the virtualbox additions installed (mouse and video drivers)