Re: Lost high res desktop settings on vbox upgrade to 4.3.14
John Bleichert <syborg@earthlink.net> writes:
> On 07/23/2014 05:32 PM, hdv@gmail wrote:
>> On 2014-07-23 23:04, Harry Putnam wrote:
>>> Andreas Rönnquist <mailinglists@gusnan.se> writes:
>>>
>>>>> I upgraded vbox from 4.3.10 to 4.3 14. Now the best screen res I can
>>>>> get in 1024 x 768. When it was something like 1500 x ????. Not sure
>>>>> of exact setting but desktop was much larger when I logged in before
>>>>> this upgrade.
>>>>>
>>
>> Sorry, I am a bit late in the thread. So, maybe this has been suggested
>> already. If so, please ignore my message.
>>
>> Did you notice that currently in Jessie there is a dependency problem
>> with VirtualBox? It needs a newer version of xorg-video-abi than is
>> currently available. It could be your problem is related to this.
>>
>> Grx HdV
>>
>>
>>
>
> Running VB 4.3.14 on Jessie here and I can get any resolution I want
> up to my LCD's full screen 1920x1080. Depending on your resize
> settings the res's available in a "window" will be limited. Do these
> client limits still apply in full screen?
>
> PS: I just noticed I haven't updated the client's tools yet.
I'm pretty sure I mentioned this somewhere along this thread but it
may have been lost sight of by now.
I'm running vbox in win7 not in debian.
My troubles are getting a higher res inside a vbox guest that is
running jessie, but jessie is guest on a windows 7 host.
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