Edubuntu thin-client and VirtualBox Guest Additions

[David Trask]

Thank you!  This was exactly what I needed!  :-)  Works great!

Matt Johnson <johnsonmlw at yahoo.com> writes:
>>________________________________
>> From: David Trask <dtrask at vcsvikings.org>
>>To: edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com 
>>Sent: Thursday, 30 August 2012, 17:30
>>Subject: Edubuntu thin-client and VirtualBox Guest Additions
>> 
>>I have a Macbook Pro that I use as my "teaching machine".  It is wired
>and hooked to my SmartBoard.  I have a session in VirtualBox that boots
>to the network via PXE and thus acts as a thin-client.  Since the
>thin-client is "also" on the Mac...my SmartBoard software running on the
>Mac will also control the thin-client in VirtualBox....again....life is
>good.  HOWEVER...since the thin-client is running in a VM I can only get
>1024x768 resolution unless I do something like install VirtualBox Guest
>Additions.  My question is....is there anyway I can force the resolutiuon
>for the thin-client running in Virtualbox either via lts.conf...or is
>there a way to install the VirtualBox Guest additions so I can get a more
>acceptable resolution like 1440x900?  Any ideas welcome. 
>>
>>David Trask
>
>
>Hi David,
>
>I use a MacBook for exactly this purpose at our school - in fact I've set
>up all teacher MacBooks this way.
>
>I was getting 800x600 on VirtualBox and I spent ages trying to sort it
>with Guest Addon tools. 
>
>*I didn't need those tools in the end, all I had to do was...*
>
>I set the following in my lts.conf:
>
>[macbook]
>X_MODE_0 = 1024x768
>X_HORZSYNC = 30-95
>X_VERTREFRESH = 55-65
>
>[08:00:27:04:3C:1A]
>LIKE=macbook
>
>Obviously, the hardware address above is the virtual hardware address set
>by VirtualBox.
>
>I haven't tried setting above that resolution, so I'd be interested to
>hear your results.
>
>-- 
>Matt
>
>



David Trask
Technology Director/Teacher
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcsvikings.org
(207) 923-4305

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