Hello Mihai, On 08.12.2014 13:02, Mihai Hanor wrote: > Using the previous guest additions (such as 4.3.21-97052 and older), my > Ubuntu 14.04 VMs retained the resolution even at login screen (though no > resizing was possible), which was a nice thing. This doesn't happen with > the test guest additions. The VM starts with a fixed resolution > (1024x768 in my case), which is less pretty on a maximized VM window.
That was an implementation choice, as there was no clean way (the way we were doing it before was not clean) to make this work. I am working on a better way which I hope will land before the next release. Regards and thanks, Michael > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Michael Thayer <[email protected]> > *To:* vbox-dev <[email protected]>; Community mailing list of > VirtualBox users <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, December 4, 2014 10:02 PM > *Subject:* [vbox-dev] Call for testing, second try (Linux and Solaris > Guest Additions) > > Second try<1>, hopefully with the first regression fixed. I have > already found one new one myself: I started a terminal, switched to > seamless mode, switched to a virtual terminal and back and cancelled the > switch back to seamless. Result: the second guest screen was set to a > 0x0 resolution (checked with xrandr) and blacked out. > > All additional testing is welcome, I will fix my regression tomorrow and > any others (if there are any, which is quite likely) as fast as I can as > they are reported! > > Thanks! > > Regards, > > Michael > > <1> https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds > > On 03.12.2014 22:43, Michael Thayer wrote: > > A number of changes and fixes were made to the graphics components of > > the Linux and Solaris Guest Additions recently, particularly related to > > disappearing guest screens and switches to virtual terminals. I would > > really appreciate any testing by anyone who uses these guests to make > > sure that I haven't introduced any regressions with the fixes. If you > > would like to help please download a Guest Additions test build<1> (the > > changes may not all be in the other builds yet), install it, use it and > > let me know if any new problems have appeared. I hope they will not, > > but I would rather know about it. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Michael > > > > <1> https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds > > > > > -- > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Michael Thayer > Werkstrasse 24 VirtualBox engineering > 71384 Weinstadt, Germany mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München > Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 > Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz > > Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. > Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande > Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 > Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-dev mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev > > -- ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Michael Thayer Werkstrasse 24 VirtualBox engineering 71384 Weinstadt, Germany mailto:[email protected] Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
