Re: Virtualbox Lenny Guest - Screen resize and Seamless mode

[Chris <list.hurschler@gmx.de>]

On Monday 03 August 2009, Paul Richards wrote:
> 2009/8/3 Chris <list.hurschler@gmx.de>:
> > On Monday 03 August 2009, goran@dobosevic.com wrote:
> >> Chris wrote:
> >> > I am trying to get Screen resize and Seamless mode working on Lenny
> >> > guest systems to no avail.
> >> >
> >> > I have tried insalling the guest-utils packages, as well as the
> >> > guest-additions the manual way with m-a.  They install fine, but
> >> > sreen-resize and seamless mode don't work.
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone have this working at all?  I've tried various xorg.conf
> >> > files with the video driver and no screen resolutions.
> >> >
> >> > I am running virtualbox-ose 2.1.4 from lenny-backports on the host.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Chris
> >>
> >> I also have same problem.
> >> I have Debian Sid LXDE, Debian Sid XFCE and Debian Sid KDE as a guest.
> >> They were first Lenny and screen size was to big so I was edit xorg.conf
> >> and it was fine. After upgrade to Sid all of them have to small screen
> >> with black frame around (800x600 on 15" laptop, native resolution is
> >> 1024x768). Editing xorg.conf doesn't help any more.
> >> Bye,
> >> Goran Dobosevic
> >> Hrvatski: www.dobosevic.com
> >>   English: www.dobosevic.com/en/
> >
> > Lets see if anyone has it working!  I have some SIDUX guests (09-01,
> > 09-02) that work...
>
> It works for me with Virtual Box 3.0.2 and Debian squeeze.  It took me
> a little while to get it working properly though, I can take a look
> later when I get access to the machine to see what my final
> configuration was.
>
> I remember experimenting with different versions of the guest
> additions.  I tried installing the debian packages, I tried installing
> the guest additions from the Virtual Box menu, and I tried just
> nothing (xorg already has some built-in support).  Unfortunately I
> can't remember which I settled on.
>
> --
> Paul Richards

I also got it to work on 3.0.2 hosts, both windows and sidux.  On the sidux 
host switching back from seamless does not work though.

I guess I will have to wait (hope) that the version 3 makes it into the 
lenny-backports.  I want to run my VMs from Lenny.

Chris 

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C. Hurschler