What if you use xrandr in the host to force the video resolution? Something like this:
xrandr --output LVDS --auto --output VGA-0 --mode 1920x1200 --right-of LVDS Tom On Monday, October 16, 2017 12:36:16 PM EDT Jonathan Pratschke wrote: > Dear Christoph, > > thanks for your help - I'm afraid using the <Host> - F and other options > has no impact. I connected an external monitor, and it wouldn't > recognise the appropriate resolution of that either (1920x1200), so I am > starting to think that this may have to do with the combination of > KUbuntu 17.04 and VirtualBox 5.1.22. But I don't want to go back to > previous distributions/versions just to make VB work - if there is a > bug, presumably it will have to be resolved. If there is a solution, it > would be nice to work out what it is! I have Virtualbox 5.0.26 on > KUbuntu 16.04, on a different PC, which works perfectly. > > Thanks, > Jonathan > > Il 16/10/2017 09:18, Christoph Schmees ha scritto: > > Am 16.10.2017 um 06:34 schrieb Patrice Oliver: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have the dame problem with my dell xps13 which provides a bigger > >> resolution than virtualbox capabilities. > >> > >> No way for me too. > >> > >> Either virtualbox is abble to, either we have to search another > >> emulator. > >> > >> Regards. > >> Patrice. > > > > to both of you: What happens on <Host Key>-F (Fullscreen)? Wait a > > moment until the picture is adjusted! > > ((<Host Key> defaults to the Crtl-Key on the right side.)) > > In some cases I finally reached my goal by cycling thru the "view" > > options (<Host Key>-F, -C, -L). Each of them is a toggle. > > > > hth. > > Christoph > > > >> Le dim. 15 oct. 2017 à 21:47, Jonathan Pratschke > >> > >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit : > >> Dear all, > >> > >> I am using VirtualBox 5.1.22 on a Lenovo X1 Carbon 5th > >> generation, which > >> is running KUbuntu 17.04. The screen resolution is 2560x1440. > >> > >> I have created two virtual machines, one with Win7 and the other > >> with > >> Win10, but neither will adapt to the resolution of the laptop > >> (neither > >> in terms of proportions, nor size), despite having successfully > >> installed the guest additions. > >> > >> All attempts to condition the VMs have failed. At the end of the > >> installation, the desktop of the VMs appears small and > >> surrounded by a > >> black margin to the right and below. I have tried the > >> File-Environment-Display settings, auto resize guest, using > >> VBoxManage > >> setextradata, etc. but none of these works. > >> > >> It is possible to increase the resolution a little, but this setting > >> does not persist, and is never in line with the actual > >> resolution. In > >> the Win10 machine, the cursor is also widely misaligned, making it > >> difficult to even change screen definitions etc. > >> > >> Any thoughts? > >> > >> -- > >> __________________________________ > >> > >> Dr. Jonathan Pratschke > >> Research Fellow > >> Department of Economics and Statistics (DISES) > >> > >> University of Salerno > >> via Giovanni Paolo II, 132 > >> Fisciano (SA) 84084, Italy > >> > >> email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> > >> Tel. 089 962284 > >> Cell. 320 4640577 > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ---------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the > >> world's most > >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > >> _______________________________________________ > >> VBox-users-community mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]> > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Unsubscribe: > >> mailto:[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>?subject= > >> unsubscribe>> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ----- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> VBox-users-community mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Unsubscribe: > >> mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubs > >> cribe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
