Hi,
I’m using SUSE 11.1 in Sun xVM VirtualBox on a notebook and I want to change the resolution to 1280x800. So I opened Sax2. But there I can’t find my resolution.
I opened /etc/X11/xorg.conf and changed every 1024x768 to 1280x800 but it didn’t help. Changing the resolution with Sax works. But I can just use the resolutions which are predefined in Sax.
I hope someone can tell me the fault I did.
Thanks
by installing beta OS lol!
try picking your monitor model or picking the vesa model with the refresh rate of your monitor since i don’t use 11.1 not exactly sure but hope that might help
Let’s check and see if that reso is possible under the installed X:
$ xrandr
What to do if the reso isn’t possible? I used SUSE 10.3 in the same virtual system and I didn’t have a problem.
Modifiing xorg.conf don’t take effect. I have tried 800x600 in xorg.conf and the resolution didn’t change but when I changed in Sax2 after a reboot I had 800x600.
My fault, I installed SUSE 10.0. It’s not beta.
xrandr says:
Screen 0: minimum 1024 x 768, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1024 x 768 76.0*
So, I changed the resolution in Sax2 to 1280x1024 and after reboot xrandr says:
Screen 0: minimum 1280 x 1024, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1280 x 1024 77.0*
As monitor model I picked → LCD 1280X800@75HZ
You need to look in the VBox manual. The vbox additions include its own video driver, with a wide range of possible resolutions. The manual explains everything. You are not using the same device driver as you would if you install openSUSE natively.
Again my fault. It’s definetly SUSE 11.0.
Is there a difference between SUSE 10.3 and 11.0? I didn’t have any problems with SUSE 10.3 and the VBOX.
I’ll look in the manual.
Thanks
After installing the guest addition I can’t change the resolution even in Sax. Now many resolutions are listed in Sax but changing the resolution doesn’t take effect.
I think the only way is to downgrade to SUSE 10.3 until SUSE 11 gets better collaboration with VirtualBox.
Nethertheless I’ll try if someone posts a good idea.
It’s not about openSUSE compatibility with VBox - it’s about how VBox wants its driver/resolution to be configured.
From the manual (!!!):
In Linux guests, VirtualBox video acceleration is available through the X Window System.
Typically, in today’s Linux distributions, this will be the X.Org server. During the
installation process, X will be set up to use the VirtualBox video driver, using whatever
graphics modes were set up before the installation. If these modes do not suit your
requirements, you can change your setup by editing the configuration file of the X
server, usually found in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
VirtualBox can use any default X graphics mode which fits into the virtual video
memory allocated to the virtual machine, as described in chapter 3.7.1, General settings,
page 41. You can also add your own modes to the X server configuration file. You
simply need to add them to the “Modes” list in the “Display” subsection of the “Screen”
section. For example, the section shown here has a custom 2048x800 resolution mode
added:
Section “Screen”
Identifier “Default Screen”
Device “VirtualBox graphics card”
Monitor “Generic Monitor”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “2048x800” “800x600” “640x480”
EndSubSection
EndSection
Edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file like above except use your desired resolution. Additionally, in the Advanced Topics chapter (yep, in the manual) it shows you how to create your own additional custom resolutions.
Sorry I thought installing guest addtion is enough.
So I tried changing the xorg.conf like described and X didn’t start.
I had to change the entry to:
Section “Screen”
#Identifier "Default Screen"
Device “VirtualBox graphics card”
Monitor “Generic Monitor”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1280x800” “800x600” “640x480”
EndSubSection
EndSection
Now I have the resolution. That’s great. Thanks
The problem disappeared after the following steps: