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Alpine Linux VirtualBox VM With xfce4 Desktop Not Able to Use Full Screen Resolution

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I have an installation of alpine linux running in a virtualbox vm with slim + xfce4 for the desktop engine. Kernel Version: I have tried with both the latest (3.6.2) Standard and Virtual Kernel from https://alpinelinux.org/downloads/ I have not been able to get the guest to utilize the entire screen resolution, instead it is only able to go up to 1024x768. I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what I'm missing/doing wrong. Below are the steps I've taken: I followed the steps in this video exactly **Standard Alpine Linux install** - Using all repositories: apk update && apk upgrade - setup-xorg-base - apk add alpine-desktop - apk add xfce4 - apk add thunar-volman - apk add faenza-icon-theme - apk add slim - rc-service dbus start - rc-update add dbus - rc-service udev start - rc-service add udev - rc-update add slim - reboot **Virtualbox Specific Packages:** *Standard Kernel:* apk add virtualbox-guest-modules-grsec virtualbox-additions-grsec virtualbox-guest-additions-5.1.26-r0 *Virtual Kernel:* apk add virtualbox-guest-additions-5.1.26-r0 apk add virtualbox-guest-modules-grsec "apk add virtualbox-guest-modules-grsec" give the following warning message: depmod could not open /lib/modules/4.9.44-0-hardened/modules.order I did NOT do the following: apk add virtualbox-additions-grsec Because that breaks my installation, only allows me to boot into the command prompt and spams the following error: tty port_close_start: tty->count = 1 port count = 2 **Virtualbox Settings:** - Version: 5.1.26 r117224 (Qt5.6.2) - VirtualBox > Preferences > Display > Maximum Guest Screen Size: None - View > Auto-resize Guest Display checked (It's greyed out, can't select it) - VM Settings > Display > Screen: Video Memory 128MB, 1 Monitor, 100% scale factor, Enable 3D Acceleration turned on
Asked by Maverick (111 rep)
Aug 28, 2017, 09:29 PM
Last activity: Mar 25, 2022, 07:06 PM