Sort of O.T. Kubuntu screen size inside VBox

[Albert Wagner]

On 03/21/2011 07:43 PM, Arnaud G wrote:
> If you are using VBox 4, did you install VBox extension pack?
>
> http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.4/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.4-70112.vbox-extpack
>
> for older build I think it was called Guest addition?

Yes, I did.
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> *From:* Albert Wagner <albertwagner at cox.net>
> *To:* Ubuntu <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> *Sent:* Mon, March 21, 2011 7:52:24 PM
> *Subject:* Sort of O.T. Kubuntu screen size inside VBox
>
> I just installed Oracle Virtual Box on Ubuntu 10.10.  My first virtual 
> installation was Kubuntu 10.10.  It is working, sort of.  I cannot 
> change the screen size of the virtual machine to anything other than 
> 800x600.  I have tried the terminal commands:
>
> VBoxManage setextradata "Kubuntu 10.10" "CustomVideoMode1" "1400x900x16"
>
> and
>
> VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/MaxGuestResolution any
>
> and
>
> VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/MaxGuestResolution 1600,900
>
> Resizing the VBox window just distorts the already fuzzy contents.
>
> Any advice greatly appreciated.
> HP G72t laptop 17"
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