No Dynamic Screen Resolution

Discussion in 'Linux Virtual Machine' started by terrapin, Apr 6, 2012.

  1. terrapin

    terrapin Bit poster

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    Hi all,

    I'm running PD 7.0 on a late 2009 13" MBP. I installed Ubuntu 11.04 by choosing Ubuntu from the new VM dialog in Parallels, then upgraded to 11.1 after install.

    I then installed Parallels Tools, no problems were reported and Parallels reports that the Tools are up to date. However, I cannot seem to enable dynamic screen resolution. It seems to be stuck in a small size, maybe 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768. When I expand the guest window or enter full screen, the resolution doesn't change, text and icons become large and fuzzy.

    I dug around and found that the video driver being used is VESA: Parallels video adapter. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks
     
  2. dpickett

    dpickett Member

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    Have you tried editing your xorg.conf file?
     
  3. terrapin

    terrapin Bit poster

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    Thanks dpickett, what should I edit in the xorg.conf?

    # X.Org server configuration file generated by Parallels Guest Tools.
    #
    # Parallels Video section
    Section "Device"
    Identifier "Parallels Video"
    Driver "prlvideo"
    EndSection

    # Parallels Monitor section
    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Parallels Monitor"
    VendorName "Parallels Inc."
    ModelName "Parallels Monitor"
    EndSection

    # Parallels Screen section
    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Parallels Screen"
    Device "Parallels Video"
    Monitor "Parallels Monitor"
    Option "NoMTRR"
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 24
    Modes "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection

    # DefaultFlags section
    Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AllowEmptyInput" "yes"
    Option "AutoAddDevices" "yes"
    EndSection

    # DefaultLayout section
    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "DefaultLayout"
    Screen "Parallels Screen"
    EndSection
     
  4. dpickett

    dpickett Member

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    Try changing the setting in modes to the resolution you want. I run my VM at full screen, so my Modes line is:
    Code:
    Modes      "1920x1080"
     

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