Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

2014-05-02 Thread David Christensen
On 05/02/2014 09:16 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: Can you use the mouse in the Guest, i.e. menus, start apps, etc? If so, it appears that Additions are installed and working. Yes. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

2014-05-02 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Thu, 01 May 2014, David Christensen wrote: > On 05/01/2014 10:27 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > What happens when you left click the mouse when it's in a VM window? > > If a notice appears asking if you want to capture the cursor, then > > Guest Additions aren't installed in that Guest. > > The

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

2014-05-01 Thread David Christensen
On 05/01/2014 10:27 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: What happens when you left click the mouse when it's in a VM window? If a notice appears asking if you want to capture the cursor, then Guest Additions aren't installed in that Guest. The window becomes active. No notice appears. You really shou

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

2014-05-01 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 02 May 2014, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 15:46 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > I'm assuming you installed Virtualbox from the "official" Debian > > Repo, and not from Oracle's Virtualbox Debian repo. > > What ever way, for what ever distro I chose, I always build VBox > m

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

2014-05-01 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Thu, 01 May 2014, David Christensen wrote: > On 05/01/2014 03:46 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > [snip] > > > Here's a simple way to check if Guest Additions are installed and > > working on a Guest. With the Guest running, move the mouse cursor > > over the Guest Window. Is the cursor automat

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

2014-05-01 Thread David Christensen
On 05/01/2014 09:43 PM, David Christensen wrote: Opening the CD in Pluma ^ Correction: Caja David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.de

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

2014-05-01 Thread David Christensen
On 05/01/2014 03:46 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: I'm assuming you installed Virtualbox from the "official" Debian Repo, and not from Oracle's Virtualbox Debian repo. Yes. Usually, when you install Virtualbox from the Debian Repo, Guest Additions get installed and configured to run in each Guest

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

2014-05-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 15:46 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > I'm assuming you installed Virtualbox from the "official" Debian Repo, > and not from Oracle's Virtualbox Debian repo. What ever way, for what ever distro I chose, I always build VBox modules using DKMS. Assumed you set up on provided pac

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

2014-05-01 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Wed, 30 Apr 2014, David Christensen wrote: > On 04/30/2014 06:05 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Did Virtualbox's Guest Additions get installed? > > I previously STFW for Guest Additions but found conflicting posts. I'm assuming you installed Virtualbox from the "official" Debian Repo, and not

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

2014-04-30 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I solved it by fumbling around with fullscreen/ non-fullscreen and maximizing/ restoring the Window. Eventually, I was able to get to fullscreen 1920x1080. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

2014-04-30 Thread David Christensen
On 04/30/2014 06:05 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: Did Virtualbox's Guest Additions get installed? I previously STFW for Guest Additions but found conflicting posts. Searching Apt on the host, I see: 2014-04-30 19:17:08 dpchrist@i72600s ~ $ apt-cache search virtualbox | grep guest virtualbox-gues

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

2014-04-30 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Wed, 30 Apr 2014, David Christensen wrote: > debian-user: > > I have Wheezy 7.5 amd64 machine running MATE 1.6.0-3+7.wheezy. X > automagically detects my 1920x1080 LCD monitor and the desktop > displays at that resolution. > > > The machine also runs VirtualBox 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u3. I hav