VirtualBox VM With xfce4 Desktop Not Able to Use Full Screen Resolution
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- 6 months 4 weeks ago
- 2017-08-30
I have an installation of alpine linux running in a virtualbox vm with slim + xfce4 for the desktop engine.
Kernel Version: I have tried with both the latest (3.6.2) Standard and Virtual Kernel from https://alpinelinux.org/downloads/
I have not been able to get the guest to utilize the entire screen resolution, instead it is only able to go up to 1024x768. I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what I'm missing/doing wrong. Below are the steps I've taken:
I followed the steps in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_bsycXrFcI
Standard Alpine Linux install:
#Using all repositories: apk update && apk upgrade setup-xorg-base apk add alpine-desktop apk add xfce4 apk add thunar-volman apk add faenza-icon-theme apk add slim rc-service dbus start rc-update add dbus rc-service udev start rc-service add udev rc-update add slim reboot
Virtualbox Specific Packages:
Standard Kernel:
apk add virtualbox-guest-modules-grsec virtualbox-additions-grsec virtualbox-guest-additions-5.1.26-r0
Virtual Kernel:
apk add virtualbox-guest-additions-5.1.26-r0
apk add virtualbox-guest-modules-grsec
"apk add virtualbox-guest-modules-grsec" give the following warning message:
depmod could not open /lib/modules/4.9.44-0-hardened/modules.order
I did NOT do the following:
apk add virtualbox-additions-grsec
Because that breaks my installation, only allows me to boot into the command prompt and spams the following error:
tty port_close_start: tty->count = 1 port count = 2
Virtualbox Settings:
Version: 5.1.26 r117224 (Qt5.6.2)
VirtualBox > Preferences > Display > Maximum Guest Screen Size: None
View > Auto-resize Guest Display checked (It's greyed out, can't select it)
VM Settings > Display > Screen: Video Memory 128MB, 1 Monitor, 100% scale factor, Enable 3D Acceleration turned on