[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to manipulate screen resolution in vbox

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

I don't know much about Solaris, but in general, you should add the VBox
guest additions. Have you done that ?

On 04/14/2014 02:12 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> I'm running 2 vms of solaris (openindiana 151_9)
> 
> Both were installed from same source and updated to the next version. 
> 
> Both run the same version of gnome.
> 
> They both have the same Vbox settings for 'display'.
> 
> Right Click on empty spot of desktop, select 'resolution'.
> 
> guest OS-1 shows choices listed like so:
> 
>    1440 x 1050
>    1280 x 960
>    1024 x 768
>     800 x 600
>     640 x 480
> 
> guest OS-2 shows choices listed like so:
> 
>    1280 x 1024
>    1152 x 864
>    1024 x 768
>     800 x 600
>     640 x 480
> 
> And as an PS to above, prior to updating from 151_a8 to 151_9, guest OS-1
> showed the top listing as 
> 
>   15XX x ????
> 
> I've forgotten the second size completely and only remember for sure
> that it began with 15??.
> 
> After the update mentioned ... disp shows as above list indicates.
> So, guest OS-1 lost about 100 x of resolution on update.
> 
> guest OS-2 has never had above 1280 x 1024
> 
> Can anyone explain how I might get a higher resolution on both vms?
> 
> -------       -------       ---=---       -------       -------
> Details
> My actual video hardware is one of those where mobo memory is shared.
> mobo is a clevo W870CU    and 'video' is listed as:
>  
>  Video Adapter     ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series (1024 MB)
>  3D Accelerator    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 (Broadway)
>  Monitor           AU Optronics B173HW01 V0 [17.3" LCD]
> 
> That monitor listing is referencing the screen on the laptop.
> An AIDA64 Report on that machine shows this for display:
> 
>  Display:
>      Video Adapter  ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series (1024 MB)
>      Video Adapter  ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series (1024 MB)
>      3D Accelerator ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 (Broadway)
>      Monitor        Asus VW266H [26" LCD] (A8LMTF018746)
>      Monitor        AU Optronics B173HW01 V0 [17.3" LCD]
> 
> 
> The Asus mentioned there has a native res of 1920 x 1280 (I may have
> some digits wrong on the second number..but very close)
> 
> 
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