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I have just installed Fedora 12 into a virtualbox image to use..... but im stuck in 800x600 mode. I installed the kmod-nvidia drivers thinking itd help but it hasnt Anyone ...
  1. 01-24-2010 #1
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    Fedora 12 + VirtualBox

    I have just installed Fedora 12 into a virtualbox image to use.....

    but im stuck in 800x600 mode.

    I installed the kmod-nvidia drivers thinking itd help but it hasnt

    Anyone got any ideas? Maybe I am stuck in 800x600??

    thanks!
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  2. 01-25-2010 #2
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    You probably need to install the virtualbox guest additions before you'll be able to get the screen resolution you want.
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    As glennzo said, you need to install the vbox guest additions to get full use of your display resolution. Without it, the default is only 800x600 (svga). As soon as you install guest additions, you should be able to get whatever your host system allows. On my system, that is 1920x1200.
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    Hmm I did that, still stuck with 800x600. :-/

    what now!
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    Did you try adjusting the display configuration via the GUI in the Fedora VM, and then restart the X server - logout, and back in?
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    of course

    I fiddled around for about an hour before I got tired of it.

    oh, and the only options I get still at this point are 640x480 and 800x600

    it says monitor undetected as well.

    is there a way to tell which display drivers i am using? maybe its still using that nouveau one.

    edit edit:

    Whoaa uhoh.

    I ran nvidia-xconfig as root, and rebooted. and.... now it sits with a little gray _ and doesnt go to the login prompt or anything.

    crap.
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    I've had that happen to me also - had to restore the old xorg.conf file by booting to runlevel 3 (non-gui login) and logging in to the console as root. Hopefully you backed up your xorg.conf file first?
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    Uh, I think it did that for me. How exactly do I go about fixing this?

    I do great at linux until I jack up my video settings, every time!

    I ctrl alt f3'd to run level 3, and logged in as root... but I am not sure where to go from here !

    doh. I dont think there is a backup . Crap.

    What should the "default" xorg.conf file look like?

    triple edit!:

    I had a surge of awesome after drinking some of this D&D soda I bought. I remembered how to fix it.

    now to try getting it to not be 800x600 again....
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    Well, I might have to try installing FC12 in a VM myself to see what's what. BTW, are you using the open souce version of VBox, or the commercial/proprietary version? And which version of vbox are you running?
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    im using whatever the free-download one was.

    I am going to try reinstalling kmod-nvidia

    or it is possible that I shouldnt be using kmod-nvidia since this is a virtual machine?

    something else I should be trying instead?
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