On 19/03/10 17:22, JD wrote: > > > On 03/19/2010 10:01 AM, Stephen Liu wrote: >> > After installing guest addition in the guest, I rebooted. >> > Then I wanted to see if I could set the display resolution >> > to 1280X800. Well, I could not as none of the resolutions >> > provided by the VBox driver were 1280X800. >> > So, I decided to set the resolution to 1024X768 since that >> > lets me see all the edges of the guest display. >> > After some windows updates, I had to reboot. >> > Upon reboot, I took a second look to see if I was missing >> > the 1280X800 resolution. Lo and behold, the highest resolution >> > being provided was now 1024X716 (not 768)!!! >> > I checked the advanced -> Adapter -> List All Modes >> > and sure enough, the highest resolution is 1024X716. >> >> > What's going on here?? >> >> I don't know whether my finding works for you. I have similar problem >> on VM. I can't set higher resolution on Gnome. Later I found the >> resolution will be set automatically by increasing the window size of >> VM dragged with the mouse pointer. The bigger the size of the VM >> window the higher the resolution of the display. >> >> B.R. >> SL >> >> Sorry, that does not help. > > I rebooted a couple of times, and now, when I select "Full Screen" > from the "Machine" tab, I get what I was looking for without having > to use RightClick on the guest root screen -> Properties -> Settings > ....etc. > > Nevertheless, I think that the Graphics emulator and it's associated > VBox driver > in the guest additions should include 1280x800 resolution. > > Cheers, > > JD >
I think you'll find that is impossible, because actually the graphics adapter (with Guest Additions installed) is capable of *any* resolution! A list would have to include 1023x767 and 1435x1117 (for example) and any other possible pairs of numbers - that's not going to happen... -- Peter Ford, Developer phone: 01580 893333 fax: 01580 893399 Justcroft International Ltd. www.justcroft.com Justcroft House, High Street, Staplehurst, Kent TN12 0AH United Kingdom Registered in England and Wales: 2297906 Registered office: Stag Gates House, 63/64 The Avenue, Southampton SO17 1XS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
