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I just started using i3wm on Virtualbox and noticed that I am unable to resize the window while using i3. When resizing the window it doesn't fill out the space and remains at the default size which is too small to be usable.
I normally run with LXDE with guest additions and the resizing works fine and I launch i3 in the LXDM while logging in.
Is this a known issue or do I need to install guest additons again?
Last edited by kansas city shuffle (2015-08-12 03:15:40)
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Possibly the hotkey is being overridden by Virtual Box, or the hot-key is just not being sent to the virtual machine at all.
I can't think of any other way this problem would occur other than that.
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Possibly the hotkey is being overridden by Virtual Box, or the hot-key is just not being sent to the virtual machine at all.
I can't think of any other way this problem would occur other than that.
Which hotkey are you referring to? The full screen hotkey?
Just trying to resize the window does nothing in i3wm.
To be clear this is the same VM I am using with LXDE. I just installed i3 while in LXDE terminal and reboot and selected i3 in LXDM loader. And no resizing is happening just the default sized window which is unusable with i3 unless I can get more screen real estate.
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Solved - Added exec VBoxClient-all to the config file and it resizes!
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