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Wmog

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Registered: 2017-09-13

Posts: 25

Full screen in VBox not working for ArchLinux guest in a Win 10 host

Hi,

I installed Arch Linux as guest in VBox under Windows 10, I followed all the instructions in Arch Linux's wiki to set the right resolution but I still do not have my Arch Linux as guest in full screen.

According to: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Virtua … resolution

I installed `virtualbox-guest-utils` under Arch Linux, I enabled `vboxservice.service`, I set the resolution for my Arch Linux VM to 1920x1080 under Windows 10 with VBoxManage:

VBoxManage setextradata "Arch Linux" "CustomVideoMode1" "1920x1080x32" 

and I added the video kernel parameter with my resolution to GRUB:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="loglevel=3 quiet video=1920x1080"

in the `/etc/default/grub` file, as detailed in: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel_parameters#GRUB .

I'm stuck, could you please help to make the full screen mode work please?

Thank you in advance.

d.ALT

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Registered: 2019-05-10

Posts: 959

Re: Full screen in VBox not working for ArchLinux guest in a Win 10 host

What virtualGPU are you using?
Are you trying this on a guest's X11 session?

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Wmog

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Registered: 2017-09-13

Posts: 25

Re: Full screen in VBox not working for ArchLinux guest in a Win 10 host

What is a virtualGPU?

No I try this directly in the terminal. No X session at all.

d.ALT

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Registered: 2019-05-10

Posts: 959

Re: Full screen in VBox not working for ArchLinux guest in a Win 10 host

What is a virtualGPU?

The Video Adapter you can select inside Virtualbox's Settings.

No I try this directly in the terminal. No X session at all.

Mmm... maybe some modesetting quirks...

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<50,17,III,I>    misericordia e giustizia li sdegna:
<51,17,III,I>    non ragioniam di lor, ma guarda e passa.