From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Sep 21 12:23:27 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C69B9BE3F76 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2016 12:23:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de [130.133.4.66]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8CB28758 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2016 12:23:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.4.69]) by outpost.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.85) for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org with esmtps (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (envelope-from ) id <1bmgYZ-0033j5-3j>; Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:23:19 +0200 Received: from p578a69f9.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([87.138.105.249] helo=freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de) by inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.85) for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (envelope-from ) id <1bmgYY-000Ico-Pf>; Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:23:19 +0200 Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:23:12 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" To: freebsd-questions Subject: FreeBSD as VBox guest: vboxvideo allows only resolution of 800x600 Message-ID: <20160921142312.3ff43b67@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> Organization: FU Berlin X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.0 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: 87.138.105.249 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 12:23:27 -0000 Hello. First, please CC me, I do not subscribe this list. I run VirtualBox (lastes 5.1.X as of ports) on FreeBSD CURRENT and within this host, I try to run a FreeBSD/NanoBSD appliance. So far, so good. The guest works well so far, it has port emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions installed and has vboxguest_enable="YES" vboxservice_enable="YES" enabled in rc.conf.local. X11 is also up and running and its SCREEN definition is as follows: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card-vboxvideo" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 #Depth 24 Depth 16 #Modes "1024x768 1366x768 1440x900 1600x900 1920x1200" Modes "1440x900" EndSubSection EndSection The Guest OS has always a screensize size of 800x600 pixel. The UEFI initial console shows efifb with 1024x768 pixel, but whenever the graphics starts, it is reduced to 800x600. The driver is configured as Section "Device" Identifier "Card-vboxvideo" Driver "vboxvideo" EndSection In the lower menu bar, I could, theoretically, switch resolution with menu item "Virtual screen 1" to a bunch of settings - but only 800x600 is checked and is selected - nothing else works. I can't select any other resolution! What is missing here? Something within the driver definition? I have other guests in the very same VBox, like Windows 7 and I can change their resolution up to 1920x1080 (I have a screen that is cabapble of 1920x1200). Thank you very much in advance, Oliver