[CoLoCo] vbox resolution help

[Jim Hutchinson]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Kevin Fries <kfries at cctus.com> wrote:

> Jim,
>
> I would place a sizable bet the problem is 64-bit vs 32-bit.
>
> I run VBox all the time in a Ubuntu-32 host.  I run Windows XP guests and
> start them from command-line via an icon on my AWN bar ("VBoxManage startvm
> WinXP").  It works great both in windowed mode as well as seamless mode and
> full screen mode... neither of which work without guest additions working.
>  When in windowed mode I often run at 800x600 because it fits on my 1440x900
> host screen the best, but have kicked the resolution up on occasion for
> certain programs.  All this on a 32-bit host, running the same Latitude D620
> I think you are running.


Actually, it's on my desktop which I built and has a dual core Athlon.
However, since I haven't seen any success stories with running Linux on
Linux with scalable resolution I am inclined to think that is the issue
rather than 32bit vs 64bit. Everyone who has this working is running windows
as either guest or host. However, thanks for the tip. I'll try on a 32bit
host OS and see if it works.

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