Am Friday 24 April 2009 01:33:40 schrieben Sie: > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 18:36, Michael Eschweiler > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am Wednesday 22 April 2009 12:04:22 schrieben Sie: > >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 17:21, Michael Eschweiler > >> > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hallo, > >> > I installed VirtualBox on my desktop computer with opensuse 11.1 > >> > (VirtualBox-2.2.0_45846_openSUSE111-1.i586.rpm) > >> > and on this I installed a WinXP. All work fine with this. > >> > Now as a try I installed VirtualBox on a netbook (Samsung NC 10) with > >> > opensuse 11.1, too. In order to make it easier I copied the directory > >> > .VirtualBox and the directories HardDisks and Machines to the same > >> > places on the netbook. I can start WinXP but the strange thing is that > >> > WinXP only starts with a fixed resolution and colour depth (800x600, 4 > >> > Bit) with vertical and horizontal scroll bars. When I try to change to > >> > 'full screen' there is no greater change: the resolution keeps 800x400 > >> > with black bars on the left and right. Is there a way to be able to > >> > adjust the resolution and colour depth. Thanks in advance. > >> > Michael > >> > >> Did you try recreating the VM from scratch to see if this problem is > >> still there? > >> Maybe when you copied the folders something got messed up. > > > > Yes, after your mail I deleted the existing VM and recreated it > > installing Win XP from an iso-image - the netbook doesn't have a dvd/cd > > lector. The resolution is still fixed at 800x600 but now with 32 bit > > colour depth. There is still no way to change the resolution. > > Additionally I found that I am not able to install the GuestAdditions. > > The iso-image of the guestAdditions is there. Selecting 'Devices - mount > > CD/DVD-ROM - Manager for virtual media' the image is in the list of the > > mounted isos. But when I click on the option to install them, there is no > > reaction... > > Any hint? > > In theory you should be able to change the guest resolution the usual > way: right click on desktop and going in the properties menu. No way!
> But if this is not working I'd suggest that you install the guest > additions, maybe that will add some more options. > Now, about the additions, you are saying that no screen appears right? > Did you try going in windows explorer and seeing if the cd is mounted? Yes, it's mounted > If is so than you might try running the installer manually. I did it and it works! On the 'cd' I found two different installers, one for 64 bit systems and one for x86. As the atom processor of the NC 10 identifies itself as a unit with two processors I suppose the autoinstaller tries to install the 64 bit version. Selecting the x86 version the installation worked fine and the guest additions work now. Thank you very much! Michael _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
