No Dynamic Screen Resolution

[terrapin]

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

 

[dpickett]

Have you tried editing your xorg.conf file?

 

[terrapin]

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

 

[dpickett]

# 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

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

Modes      "1920x1080"