The oversized screen problem is probably still present, I will fix it sometime in the coming days. It is due to the fact that SUSE uses 16bpp by default, so that more resolution can be got with the same virtual VRAM.
Regards, Michael Frank Mehnert wrote: > Alexey, > > On Wednesday 07 March 2007, Alexey Eremenko wrote: >> I have just updated my article (part of LfL, SUSE documentation) - >> that explains step-by-step about configuring VirtualBox on openSUSE >> system. >> >> HTTP link: >> http://download.yousendit.com/62543C517313426E >> >> The new, updated article also includes information about 2 Hot Topics: >> Host Networking and USB. (thanks Pablo!), plus it has extended >> database for troubleshooting & tips and a lot of useful external >> links. >> >> What do you think of this article? > > Good work, however: It is not true that uninstalling the Linux guest additions > is not possible. Perhaps not that easy as installing like running a shell > script but it _is_ possible: > > o to deinstall the special X drivers just rename /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak > to /etc/X11/xorg.conf > o then do > > /etc/init.d/vboxadd-timesync stop > /etc/init.d/vboxvfs stop > /etc/init.d/vboxadd stop > > (in that order). This should remove the kernel modules. Then simply remove > these scripts and they won't be executed at the next time you are booting > your guest. > > And I'm still sure that your "oversized" guest screen problem ist solved. If > there is no video mode specified in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf then 1024x768 is > used. This was introduced in 1.3.6. If you still see this problem you could > try to manually overwrite the vboxvideo_drv.so and vboxmouse_drv.so in /usr/ > lib/xorg/modules/{drivers,input} to make sure nothing went wrong during your > last update. If you still have this problem then I would be interested in your > Xorg.0.log. > > Thanks in advance + kind regards, > > Frank _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
