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 <scrooya...@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, scrooya...@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... >>> >>> > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm > an/listinfo/lubuntu-users >
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