From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Oct 6 15:44:25 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 E20E5BD3772 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2016 15:44:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmatalka@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x231.google.com (mail-wm0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75758D8F for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2016 15:44:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmatalka@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x231.google.com with SMTP id i130so12246597wmg.1 for ; Thu, 06 Oct 2016 08:44:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tPiWRwD2SJ9QMUbSlNAebV+5NegvDZi1mN9+MDWybVw=; b=eimdQ2jnXncw8HNQxmRTLNIAIVgm7KxZmTtx2PmcYUXetsBOiuFa57oXy3kOUy9T/3 HlHgbUfIeCWiA1pKhIhM5kUZ8gHoSVkYXXLNTkjpKrTGuZRoM0BTAyjE2UCCQxvdbOWw 6haVf6z4hVvUqNpl93q8maJ5Z9OyX0BR0IumZJvMfx7JLLl39a6C5QAdIODQF+HgyKsv QPIdsnBbEXWMWsoADxzHeZ8xuhq734AqpopBFeQwtsUhzZvMd7oj6mXUEzcztgbuYW6W T+2SCgDhfwu+OeIzTzw1AK5j2m3HO5JbVSDgjGzwEqzP6xZMqTWV9Jo2YbzifFC2CVbY iNug== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tPiWRwD2SJ9QMUbSlNAebV+5NegvDZi1mN9+MDWybVw=; b=DVscICeiHr5uOL7LtBH8LXT/c5EoAZywG/LsaseVSAwVZxdvCn3ZawYJILTO+eTFvt TtOLWwaF40XO/cfYByxZc+ChfDSgfGKfI1Mt89/QdDJ7sLdtUaqZasnbCXq4Ktb6Hy/s OytAZhnmE97g6aZBmqEYyz9zHhuMeKRHc/BdS/RG+wyfanmC1gwq+6iCReEFTGRPdCOx WMOtirGq0Bv61hK3xNWeebEKYaV7trfx0sLmefKWawbGlQEt2omRoeLS6mqnceQdRx/b ctemqIafPWMAhqOagClrnStCecvochgbb48/TJVdCt5jEJJDaJaqS49z48ouIzAcGkU7 eYkQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9Rmbg8VdAArcqmmkH00dsVXhrQ4sug74KzJbnVeyNg0mVhgVGUJcmLtEKGybbka3ww== X-Received: by 10.194.115.38 with SMTP id jl6mr12961352wjb.28.1475768663267; Thu, 06 Oct 2016 08:44:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([37.153.108.22]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w129sm15635213wmd.9.2016.10.06.08.44.22 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 06 Oct 2016 08:44:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Malcolm Matalka To: Trond =?utf-8?Q?Endrest=C3=B8l?= Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD VBox Guest does not run X11 at 1440x900 References: <86fuo9wqc3.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 15:44:21 +0000 In-Reply-To: ("Trond =?utf-8?Q?Endrest=C3=B8l=22's?= message of "Thu, 6 Oct 2016 16:03:17 +0200 (CEST)") Message-ID: <86bmyxwkh6.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 15:44:26 -0000 Trond Endrest=C3=B8l 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.