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Re: Shell resolution?

Reply #15 –
Quote from: sephiroth – on
The solution was to set the VM to allow any resolution. That enabled widescreen. I then set GRUB2 to 1280x720x32 and all is good. GRUB2 and the OS itself now run in 720p60. I could not use xrandr because this is a shell only install as stated before. I was not interested in fbset because I am not using a plain framebuffer console.

The command to enable any resolution instead of square ones (1600x1200 is a square one, BTW) is:
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VBoxManage setextradata Global GUI/MaxGuestResolution any
To have the VM report support for your preferred resolution you can do this:
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VBoxManage setextradata "Your VM Name" CustomVideoMode1 "1280x720x32"
It's as simple as that. It was never an Arch issue, it was VBox!
Ok good, now that your issue seems fixed, can you mark the post as solved and add a "[SOLVED]" to the beginning of the title of the post?
 

Re: Shell resolution?

Reply #16 –
Sure can! Thanks for the help that was provided!
-The Great Sephiroth