Strange Problem With CentOS 7 And Guest Additions In VirtualBox
Hi,
I’m having a very weird problem with CentOS as a VirtualBox guest. Let me explain it step by step.
tl;dr: I can install VirtualBox Guest Additions and configure a fullscreen 1280×1024 graphical resolution on a full install, but not on a reduced install with a lightweight window manager.
Here’s what I did.
1. Install vanilla CentOS 7 with KDE.
2. Boot to reduced 1024×768 resolution.
3. Install gcc, make and kernel-devel.
4. Build VirtualBox Guest Additions.
5. Reboot to full 1280×1024 resolution. ==> perfect
On a vanilla desktop installation, this works perfectly. Now here’s my second attempt.
1. Install minimal CentOS 7.
2. Install X11: yum groupinstall “X Window System”
3. Install WindowMaker from Nux repo.
4. Launch WindowMaker (startx) to reduced 1024×768 resolution.
5. Install gcc, make and kernel-devel.
6. Build VirtualBox Guest Additions.
7. Reboot and still have a reduced 1024×768 resolution. ==> meh
I made another attempt with Xfce instead of WindowMaker (yum autoremove WindowMaker && yum groupinstall Xfce), but with the same result.
Any idea what’s going on here?
Cheers,
Niki
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One thought on - Strange Problem With CentOS 7 And Guest Additions In VirtualBox
When you open the Xfce display settings[1], is a resolution higher than
1024×768 available?
1: http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/display