Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 15:44:21 +0000 From: Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com> To: Trond =?utf-8?Q?Endrest=C3=B8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD VBox Guest does not run X11 at 1440x900 Message-ID: <86bmyxwkh6.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1610061558050.39603@mail.fig.ol.no> ("Trond =?utf-8?Q?Endrest=C3=B8l=22's?= message of "Thu, 6 Oct 2016 16:03:17 %2B0200 (CEST)") References: <86fuo9wqc3.fsf@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1610061558050.39603@mail.fig.ol.no>
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Trond Endrest=C3=B8l <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> writes: > On Thu, 6 Oct 2016 13:37-0000, Malcolm Matalka wrote: > >> Hello, >>=20 >> I am running FreeBSD as a virtualbox guest on a OS X. My Mac is set to >> resolution 1440x900 and my X11 config in the VM is set to this as well. >> After running freebsd-update fetch and install and upgrading all my >> packages I cannot seem to run X in VBox at that resolution. If I bring >> my Mac to 1680x1050, I can run that (but it's not super enjoyable due to >> some poor redraw latency). And I can run at 1080x1024. I tried >> 1400x1050, which did not work as well. >>=20 >> What happens when I try to run at 1440x900 is that the screen is only >> roughly the size of the console window. It is running X, I can do all >> my stuff but the screen is small. xrandr claims it is running at >> 1440x900. >>=20 >> Has anyone seen this? I feel like the resolution might be a red herring >> but I have no way to determine this. > > Have you enabled EFI firmware for your VBox guest? > If you have, you're out of luck as there is currently no KMS driver=20 > for VBox. I haven't changed the image since this was last working, I just upgraded FreeBSD, so I'm not sure if that would change it in the way you're preferring to. > > If you're running the guest with BIOS firmware, you might need to=20 > craft your own /etc/x11/xorg.conf file. > > Here's my xorg.conf file for use on a 1280x1024 display, with mouse=20 > support and Norwegian keyboard layout: > > http://ximalas.info/~trond/create-zfs/canmount/xorg.conf > > You'll need to add 1440x900 to the graphics resolution lists, and=20 > edit, or remove, or deactivate the InputClass and InputDevice for=20 > keyboards. I can run 1280x1024 right now without issue, and I can run 1680x1050 without issue, it's 1440x900, and 1400x1050 that do not work properly.
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