Re: Lost high res desktop settings on vbox upgrade to 4.3.14
On 23/07/14 22:04, 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.
>>>
>>
>> An ISO with guest additions is linked in the final post here:
>>
>> https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=62629
>>
>> That solved the problem(s) for me.
>
> Thanks for the clear input.
>
> Downloaded and mounted and installed from that iso.
>
> However, after a restart I still have no res choices other than
> 1024x768.
>
> Maybe this is the reason:
>
> When I do the install, I get a warning that the header files for my
> running kernel were not found.
>
> ASIDE showing installed kernel and installed header pkgs:
> NOTE: uname -r
> 3.14-1-486
>
> aptitude search headers |grep ^i
>
> i linux-headers-3.14-1-486 - Header files for Linux 3.14-1-486
> i A linux-headers-3.14-1-686-pae - Header files for Linux 3.14-1-686-pae
> i linux-headers-3.14-1-all-i386 - All header files for Linux 3.14 (meta-pack
> i A linux-headers-3.14-1-amd64 - Header files for Linux 3.14-1-amd64
> i A linux-headers-3.14-1-common - Common header files for Linux 3.14-1
> i A linux-headers-3.14-1-common-rt - Common header files for Linux 3.14-1-rt
> i A linux-headers-3.14-1-rt-686-pae - Header files for Linux 3.14-1-rt-686-pae
>
> (surely one of those installed pkgs has to be the right headers..You'd
> think the very first one is it....so why are they not found...)
>
> The next steps are building the modules.... and near as I can tell it
> succeeds:
>
> here is the action:
>
> ------- ------- ---=--- ------- -------
> NOTE:
> Since I have already installed the iso you'll notice it remove that
> pkg and then re-installs it.
>
> There is some commentary about xorg driver not being installed that
> might also be why I'm not getting the result you did.
>
> There seems to be nothing mentioned to indicate any modules failed
> to build so perhaps the bit about the X.org drivers not being
> installed is the main culprit?
> ------- ------- ---=--- ------- -------
>
> (I've marked out the pertinent parts with asterisks).
>
> root # sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
>
> Verifying archive integrity... All good.
> Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.15 Guest Additions for Linux............
> VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
> Removing installed version 4.3.15 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
> Copying additional installer modules ...
> Installing additional modules ...
> Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
> Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules
>
> *********************************************************
> The headers for the current running kernel were not found. If the
> following module compilation fails then this could be the reason.
> *********************************************************
>
> Building the main Guest Additions module ...done.
> Building the shared folder support module ...done.
> Building the OpenGL support module ...done.
> Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
>
> You should restart your guest to make sure the new modules are
> actually used
>
> Installing the Window System drivers
>
> ***************************************************************
> Warning: unsupported pre-release version of X.Org Server installed. Not
> installing the X.Org drivers.
> ...done.
> ***************************************************************
>
> Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components ...done.
>
>
Could it be that you don't have dkms installed on the virtual machine?
What response do you get for:
$ apt-cache policy dkms
--
Klaus
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