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So I'm trying out Arch through VirtualBox. Everything has been great so far and I've installed dwm and even customized it a bit already. The problem is that I'm stuck in 1024x768... which is brutal on a 16:9 monitor. Ive installed the virtualbox guest additions through pacman and setup the modules in /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf and now when I reboot into x it fails and im stuck in the normal tty console.
Heres my xorg.conf.d config which is pretty basic
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
DisplaySize 409 251
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "1440x900_75.00"
EndSubSection
EndSection
My Xorg.log spits out this when I try to run X no screens found?
Thanks for any help!
Last edited by mihok (2012-11-15 13:38:29)
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I'm not sure, but I'm guessing that you'll need to specify a different driver instead of vesa.
Driver "vboxvideo"
But, I don't use virtualbox, so I can't bee sure. Also, you should place the desired resolution first, or even better omit "1024x768" entirely.
Then again, it should 'work' using vesa or not, so I really don't know..
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I have Arch running in a Virtual Box VM (on a Mac Pro).
I don't have an xorg.conf (or an xorg.conf.d/20-[driver-name].conf).
Everything works just fine here -- the display is at 1680x1050
Edit -- this is a 16/10 Benq 20" monitor. It's a few years old now
$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 64 x 64, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 32000 x 32000
VBOX0 connected 1680x1050+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1680x1050 60.0*+
1600x1200 60.0
1440x1050 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.0
640x480 60.0
My /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf is just this:
vboxguest
vboxsf
vboxvideo
Try booting without your xorg.conf. Don't install the Vbox Guest Additons except through pacman. You have done "switch to fullscreen" from the host, right?
Last edited by Antoine (2012-11-14 15:50:02)
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I have Arch running in a Virtual Box VM (on a Mac Pro).
I don't have an xorg.conf (or an xorg.conf.d/20-[driver-name].conf).
Everything works just fine here -- the display is at 1680x1050
Edit -- this is a 16/10 Benq 20" monitor. It's a few years old now$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 64 x 64, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 32000 x 32000 VBOX0 connected 1680x1050+0+0 0mm x 0mm 1680x1050 60.0*+ 1600x1200 60.0 1440x1050 60.0 1280x960 60.0 1024x768 60.0 800x600 60.0 640x480 60.0
My /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf is just this:
vboxguest vboxsf vboxvideo
Try booting without your xorg.conf. Don't install the Vbox Guest Additons except through pacman. You have done "switch to fullscreen" from the host, right?
Thanks! This seemed to do the trick!
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