[lubuntu-users] 16.04.1 32 Live VBOX

[Andre Campos Rodovalho]

You need Guest Additions to get full resolution on VBox. It is like
installing video drivers...

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36500_01/E36502/html/qs-guest-additions.html



2016-08-10 8:28 GMT-03:00 <scrooyahoo at riseup.net>:

> So this could eventually be a VBOX issue and not be caused by Lubuntu?
> (to make things more complicated?)
>
> Now going to ask the duck about Matromu.. never heard of it before
>
> Im guessing VBOX's 640x480 mode is flawed. what about using 800x600 as
> default? Still that would then rule out any 640x480 displays for now... but
> is that really a problem?  I mean do 640x480 displays still exist?
>
> For older hardware it sure would be nice to have that resolution, though i
> doubt that anyone actually will connect a screen like that in a world thats
> flooded with phased-out 17" and 19" office displays.
>
> i dont have a real 640x480 display, but it would be nice to give this a
> try and see if that actually would work.
>
> BTW why does VBOX pick 640x480 in LIVECD but 800x600 in the installer? Or
> is this dictated by the LIVECD?
>
>
>
>
> On 2016-08-10 12:19, Narcis Garcia wrote:
>
>> I use Qemu and Matromu for machines virtualisation, and both Lubuntu
>> 16.04 and 16.04.1 Live ISOs run perfectly with any graphic option:
>> -vga qxl
>> -vga std
>> -vga cirrus
>>
>>
>> El 10/08/16 a les 11:10, scrooyahoo at riseup.net ha escrit:
>>
>>> Vbox appears to force 640x480 when loading the GUI
>>>
>>> Though i cant find an option to change this in VBOX
>>>
>>> The Live environment uses a wrong resolution, but the installer appears
>>> to work fine, (installing 16.04.1 32 in a VBOX right now)
>>>
>>> The installer runs in 800x600 resolution on VBOX
>>>
>>>
>>> I also has something similair when trying Debian live CD in VBOX the
>>> other day.  Not sure how much bugs there are in VBOX...
>>>
>>>
>
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