How to dynamically resize virtualbox console (Arch within Arch setup)

windowbreaker · 2008-11-21 22:11:30

My host is Arch, and my guest is Arch. The guest running console without X. I got 1024x728 resolution by adding vga=772 in guest's menu.1st file. Is there a way to dynamically resize the guest's console dimensions by dragging virtualbox's window corner, as you can with a windows guest OS?

windowbreaker · 2008-11-23 20:12:57

Is it safe to assume, from the lack of a single response, that this is not "doable" at the moment?

creslin · 2008-11-23 20:16:42

Do you have guest additions installed on the guest? Dynamic resizing works fine for me.

Last edited by creslin (2008-11-23 20:23:21)

windowbreaker · 2008-11-24 07:11:21

I do have them installed and running. Is your arch guest running X, or just in non-graphical mode (ie: console)?

neoraptor · 2008-12-04 21:16:16

Try to run VBoxControl from the virtualbox client (you must have the guest additions installed).

It works for me.

SiC · 2008-12-05 14:38:04

Dynamic resizing only works from within X, it doesn't work when in console mode, as it requires the Guest Additions installed. It might of course work in the future if Virtualbox includes a framebuffer driver with guest additions, but somehow I very much doubt they will

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How to dynamically resize virtualbox console (Arch within Arch setup)

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