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Can't change screen resolution - 10.04 on Virtual Box

Asked by agerfe

I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 on a 13" macbook using Virtual Box but screen resolution too small. Monitor preferences shows only two options: 640x480 and 800x600. However, the resolution of my macbook is 1280x800.

Xorg.conf does not exist. I tried to create one, based on some scripts I found and managed to come up with some better results (though not the one I needed) but after some attempts I couldn't boot Ubuntu anymore so I had to make a fresh install.

I want a resolution that can fill the entire screen or something that comes very close to it.

Does someone have a solution for this?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=777759

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agerfe (agervasoni) said : 		#2

Thank you so much! I've been looking for a solution for hours (wonder why I hadn't find that one)
Gonna try it and will inform the result here.

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agerfe (agervasoni) said : 		#3

I just tried the solution but it didn't work.

At boot a message informed me that there was an error and Ubuntu was going to run in low graphic mode. Then another message showed up with something like "module vboxvideo doesn't exist". I ended up removing the xorg.conf file and found also a file recently created by the system named xorg.conf.failsafe

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#4

Did you install "Guest addition", which allow resizing screen, release of mouse and copy/paste ?

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