Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 11:03:58 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD VBox Guest does not run X11 at 1440x900 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1610061102310.13418@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <86fuo9wqc3.fsf@gmail.com> References: <86fuo9wqc3.fsf@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 6 Oct 2016, Malcolm Matalka wrote: > Hello, > > 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. > > 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. > > Has anyone seen this? I feel like the resolution might be a red herring > but I have no way to determine this. Install the VirtualBox Guest Additions (emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions) inside the VM. Then use what it provides as an X driver, which should be automatic.
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