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Post by wimc on Feb 18, 2023 12:52:08 GMT
I've always had problems with increasing the viewable area.
Its a tiny window. And the very reason stop using virtualbox awhile ago.
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Post by Hippytaff on Feb 18, 2023 13:02:24 GMT
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Post by wimc on Feb 18, 2023 13:15:17 GMT
Sure did, along with ext-pack. Both Scaled Mode and Adjust Window Size do nothing, except makes it worse.
EDIT: really think I always going about this all wrong, beyond me.
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Post by Hippytaff on Feb 18, 2023 13:41:51 GMT
It's not just you, I sometimes have troubles with virtualbox. Can't currently get full-screen without it scaling all weird...so I don't bother currently until it's higher up on my priority list to sort out. not much help I know, but you're not alone.
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Post by wimc on Feb 18, 2023 14:13:38 GMT
I have no idea what I am doing. Unable to insert the virtual optical disk /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso into the machine bl7at.
Could not mount the media/drive '/usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso' (VERR_PDM_MEDIA_LOCKED).
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}
Callee: IMachine {85632c68-b5bb-4316-a900-5eb28d3413df}
EDIT: anxiety is kicking in, will get back to this another day.
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Post by wimc on Feb 18, 2023 20:21:23 GMT
Slept for abit and back at it.
The only OS that would fill the viewable area was Windows 10.
Just cannot grasp what's going on with any Linux I tried. Now just playing with and testing Bodhi Linux 7, its just unusable.
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Post by enigma9o7 on Feb 19, 2023 2:46:48 GMT
Hmmm I dunno what I do differently but I don't have issues with that, although I rarely use full screen. I've noticed the default resultion is 800x600 with bios mode, and 1024x768 if you enable efi instead, and I typically set VMs as 1360x768 (on my 1920x1080 screen). If I haven't installed guest additions, the first thing I do is drop to terminal and "xrandr -s 1360x768" to set it. (if xrandr isnt installed I install it). If guest additions are installed, from the virtual box menu (Right_Ctrl+Home if you've hidden all the menu bars like me) under View there is "Virtual Screen 1" and I selct 1366x768 from there.
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Post by wimc on Feb 19, 2023 9:58:14 GMT
Thanks enigma9o7 Installed Windows XP and with the first post screenshot, both Windows XP and 10 filled white area only, below menu and above icons lower right, no full screen. I cannot get guest additions to do anything with Linux, get this error. I can live with this... wimcsh.com/temp/ovmvbw2.jpg |
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Post by thewaiter on Feb 19, 2023 10:49:58 GMT
Wait I have missed this thread. The solution ís very easy. It is related to Enigma's solution but I used to use arandr GUI we have by default. I always change the screen resolution and press the last button in toolbox "Save to Moksha staurtup". It saves xrandr setup to Moksha startupcommand and loads after each boot. Stefan i.imgur.com/Qmotypy.png |
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Post by wimc on Feb 19, 2023 11:56:49 GMT
Stefan, route I went and works. Did the check and save to.
So nice being able to have something useful to work with.
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