VirtualBox Kubuntu Screen Size & Resolution

[Seattle Chaz]

Virtualbox OSE or the other version?  Did you install the Guest
Additions for Kubuntu?

On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 18:41 +0000, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
wrote:
> > *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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