Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 15:10:10 +0200 (CEST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD as VBox guest: vboxvideo allows only resolution of 800x600 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1609211508360.1040@mail.fig.ol.no> In-Reply-To: <20160921142312.3ff43b67@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> References: <20160921142312.3ff43b67@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de>
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On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:23+0200, O. Hartmann wrote: > 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 Have a look at my config file: http://ximalas.info/~trond/create-zfs/canmount/xorg.conf -- +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Vennlig hilsen, | Best regards, | | Trond Endrestøl, | Trond Endrestøl, | | IT-ansvarlig, | System administrator, | | Fagskolen Innlandet, | Gjøvik Technical College, Norway, | | tlf. mob. 952 62 567, | Cellular...: +47 952 62 567, | | sentralbord 61 14 54 00. | Switchboard: +47 61 14 54 00. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Sep 21 13:54:12 2016 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> 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 92765BE2D0D for <freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org>; Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:54:12 +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 55C6D6AE for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:54:12 +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) with esmtps (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (envelope-from <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>) id <1bmhyU-003egr-4t>; Wed, 21 Sep 2016 15:54:10 +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) with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (envelope-from <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>) id <1bmhyT-000Qwv-RG>; Wed, 21 Sep 2016 15:54:10 +0200 Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 15:54:09 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: Trond =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Endrest=F8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD as VBox guest: vboxvideo allows only resolution of 800x600 Message-ID: <20160921155409.6fa03e04@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1609211508360.1040@mail.fig.ol.no> References: <20160921142312.3ff43b67@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1609211508360.1040@mail.fig.ol.no> 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=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:54:12 -0000 On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 15:10:10 +0200 (CEST) Trond Endrest=F8l <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:23+0200, O. Hartmann wrote: >=20 > > Hello. > >=20 > > First, please CC me, I do not subscribe this list. > >=20 > > I run VirtualBox (lastes 5.1.X as of ports) on FreeBSD CURRENT and with= in > > this host, I try to run a FreeBSD/NanoBSD appliance. So far, so good. T= he > > guest works well so far, it has port emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions > > installed and has=20 > >=20 > > vboxguest_enable=3D"YES" > > vboxservice_enable=3D"YES" > >=20 > > enabled in rc.conf.local. > >=20 > > X11 is also up and running and its SCREEN definition is as follows: > >=20 > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Card-vboxvideo" > > Monitor "Monitor0" > >=20 > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > #Depth 24 > > Depth 16 > > #Modes "1024x768 1366x768 1440x900 1600x900 > > 1920x1200" Modes "1440x900" > > EndSubSection > >=20 > > EndSection > >=20 > > The Guest OS has always a screensize size of 800x600 pixel. The UEFI in= itial > > console shows efifb with 1024x768 pixel, but whenever the graphics star= ts, > > it is reduced to 800x600. > >=20 > > The driver is configured as > >=20 > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Card-vboxvideo" > > Driver "vboxvideo" > > EndSection > >=20 > > In the lower menu bar, I could, theoretically, switch resolution with m= enu > > 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! > >=20 > > What is missing here? Something within the driver definition? > >=20 > > I have other guests in the very same VBox, like Windows 7 and I can cha= nge > > their resolution up to 1920x1080 (I have a screen that is cabapble of > > 1920x1200). > >=20 > > Thank you very much in advance, > >=20 > > Oliver =20 >=20 > Have a look at my config file: >=20 > http://ximalas.info/~trond/create-zfs/canmount/xorg.conf >=20 Tried, but it doesn't work. The FreeBSD guest window is always stuck with 800x600 pixels :-(
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