18 апреля 2014 г. 17:28:46 CEST, Harry Putnam <[email protected]> пишет: >Dmitry Kozhinov <[email protected]> writes: > >> I have exactly the same question. >> OI allows me to select maximum resolution of 1024x768 only. >> LCD monitor has slightly better resolution (1152x1024?). The monitor >> has a VGA connector, and videocard has a DVI. I believe that my >> videocard is capable of supporting much higher resolutions than >> 1024x768 (some nVidia, cannot remember exact model, I am now away >from >> my server). Monitor is plugged via DVI-VGA adapter, and likely this >is >> why OI cannot recognize monitor model (recognizes as generic >> monitor). nVidia card is recognized. How can I convince OI to set >> higher resolution? >> >>> Can anyone offer any ideas about how to get higher screen res. > >I have no technical knowledge of how the vm interplay's with the host >OS or hardware. > >But, I can tell you that since I posted my question, I did discover >that one of the vms I spoke of had not had the guest additions >installed. My faulty memory told me it had, but on installing the >latest additions I found the vm (vm2) that had the lower res now went >up to the higher res available on vm1. > >So not sure what makes that happen but guessing a newer more robust >video driver in the additions. > >So cutting to the chase; you might make sure the vm of yours with low >res, has had the latest guest additions installed. > >If you have an older version installed you can remove it with > > `pkgrm SUNWvboxguest' > >before installing the current version. > >A small note on version: It is a total pain in the neck to discover >what version of guest additions is running. I never did get it >figured out. I found nifty commands on linux that will show it >(lsmod) but that command is unknown on my OpenIndiana vm. > >None of the things I dreamed up worked and after pounding away at >google for a good half hour I decided it wasn't worth the time and >effort. > >I suggest just to uninstall the current package with cmd mentioned >above and then install the pkg from vbox-4.3.10 r93012. Far as I know >that is the most recent release and will have the most recent >additions. > >You probably have all this covered but for completeness: > >Install additions: > >on vbox vm GUI interface: `Devices/Install guest additions cd image' > >Force unmount if necessary in dialog resulting from above menu item. > >cd as root (if you go there as user and try to use sudo it will fail. >I never bothered with pfexec so not sure if that would work either): > cd /media/VBOX* > > pkgadd -d ./VBoxSolarisAdditions.pkg > > Follow the prompts from there. > >Let us know if any of this helped. > > >_______________________________________________ >OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >[email protected] >http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
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