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#1 2009-02-20 17:33:30

med1972
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From: Kingston, ON
Registered: 2009-02-19
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Configuring X for Arch Running in VirtualBox

I have Arch 2009.02 running VirtualBox 2.1.4 on Windows XP. I've installed the guest additions:

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The VirtualBox Additions are currently running.
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Xorg is installed, as is fluxbox. I used hwd to generate xorg.conf. I can run startx and get my fluxbox desktop no problem, but I am limited to small resolutions (1024x768 max it looks like) with the vesa driver. I am ASSuming I need a different driver if I want to get higher resolutions, but when I run hwd, it just uses the vesa driver.

Any tips?

Thanks,
Mark

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#2 2009-02-20 17:38:12

ataraxia
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From: Pittsburgh
Registered: 2007-05-06
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Re: Configuring X for Arch Running in VirtualBox

Use "vboxvideo" for your video driver and "vboxmouse" for the mouse driver.

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#3 2009-02-20 18:16:40

med1972
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From: Kingston, ON
Registered: 2009-02-19
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Re: Configuring X for Arch Running in VirtualBox

Thanks ataraxia. That's got me part way there. I can use higher resolutions if I manually add them to my "Screen" definition.

Anyone know what I need to do to have the screen resolution update automagically when I click-drag-resize the window? My OpenSolaris install does this seamlessly. Grab the edge of the window, resize, and the resolution changes along with it. Go fullscreen or seamless mode etc, all handled seamlessly. I guess I could fire that vm up and have a look at its xorg.conf, but I haven't used it in a while. If anyone has input, I would appreciate it.

Thanks again,
Mark

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#4 2009-03-13 16:07:33

dmartins
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Re: Configuring X for Arch Running in VirtualBox

I am wondering about the auto-resize feature as well. Did you find a solution?

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#5 2009-03-16 04:00:37

Wintervenom
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Registered: 2008-08-20
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Re: Configuring X for Arch Running in VirtualBox

Did you guys remember to have start VBoxClient at login?

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#6 2009-05-10 17:25:49

idkfa
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From: Siberia
Registered: 2009-05-10
Posts: 3

Re: Configuring X for Arch Running in VirtualBox

ModeLine entries in your xorg.conf file may prevent autosizing from work. In fact, it is good for xorg 1.6 to have only single "Device" entry in config in most cases, like this:

Section "Device"
    Identifier "vboxvideo"
    Driver     "vboxvideo"
EndSection

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#7 2009-05-14 23:45:51

insanum
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Re: Configuring X for Arch Running in VirtualBox

You need to run VBoxClient.  Put the following in your .xinitrc to get mouse copy/paste and desktop resize working:

  /usr/bin/VBoxClient --clipboard
  /usr/bin/VBoxClient --autoresize

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