From 3b54373fcba693d26fa1f14096859c865e2f1234 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Kausch Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2019 17:06:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md - change resolution vbox >= 5.2 Hi :) The proposed way of changing the resolution didn't work for me. After a bit of googling I found out that in VirtualBox >= 5.2.0 they changed the way to define the resolution. Thanks to this thread: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=85097#p404438 --- README.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c97d8a6..4f7764e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ Replace `VM_NAME` with the name of your Virtual Machine. Replace `N` with one of The video mode can only be changed when the VM is powered off and remains persistent until changed. See more details in [this forum discussion](https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=54030). +### Different procedure since VirtualBox 5.2.0 + + 1. Shutdown your VM + 2. Run the following VBoxManage command: + + VBoxManage setextradata VM_NAME VBoxInternal2/EfiGraphicsResolution 1440x900 + +You can change the resolution value for other valid variations. + ## Notes - The code for this example originally came from VirtualBox forums and especially [this article](http://sqar.blogspot.de/2014/10/installing-yosemite-in-virtualbox.html).