Thank you! This was exactly what I needed! :-) Works great! Matt Johnson <johnson...@yahoo.com> writes: >>________________________________ >> From: David Trask <dtr...@vcsvikings.org> >>To: edubuntu-users@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 dtr...@vcsvikings.org (207) 923-4305
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