Bug #10077
Tails 1.5 has resolution 720x366 in VirtualBox
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Description
I’m using VirtualBox 5.0.2 r102096 in Windows 7 x64. When I ran the Tails 1.5 ISO the display had a small window. My monitor is 1920x1080. I thought Tails would be at least 800x600 as it was in the past.
Tails-Version: 1.5 - 20150810
8c2aff03649f393615e5c968be86de17839f824f
live-build: 3.0.5+really+is+2.0.12-0.tails2
live-boot: 3.0.1-1
live-config: 3.0.23-1+deb7u1
Attached is the debugging info that I copied from WhisperBack. I don’t see anything in the info but I did notice “gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir `/usr/share/tails-iuk/trusted_gnupg_homedir’”. I don’t think it’s related but still noteworthy.
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Rejected | 2014-08-02 | |
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Rejected | 2016-05-21 |
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#1 Updated by intrigeri 2015-08-25 00:12:45
- Assignee set to soulplane11
- QA Check set to Info Needed
Thanks for attaching the debugging info.
First of all, you’re not giving that VM enough memory: 1 GB of RAM is not supported.
Now, this looks like a VirtualBox configuration problem to me:
- Did you enable VirtualBox option to resize the guest’s display according to the window size?
- Can you try different VirtualBox options wrt. the virtual graphics adapter provided to the VM? E.g. try giving it more graphics memory, turning on/off various options.
#2 Updated by sajolida 2015-08-25 09:44:38
We recommend 2GB of RAM, see https://tails.boum.org/doc/about/requirements/.
#3 Updated by sajolida 2015-08-25 09:45:41
- related to
Bug #7728: Suboptimal display resolution in VirtualBox added
#4 Updated by soulplane11 2015-08-26 22:43:29
- File test.png added
I’ve tried several different configurations and a bunch of weird things have happened. Mostly freezes and hangs. Failsafe makes no difference. I also tried downgrading VirtualBox to 5.0.0 and upgrading to the prerelease VirtualBox-5.0.3-102322-Win.exe. If I choose Debian 64bit I get 1600x1200. If I choose Debian 32bit I get 800x600.
Sometimes it doesn’t even load. Here’s a weird error that happened one time:
Unsupported version 16 of data unit ‘vga’ (instance #0, pass 0xffffffff) (VERR_SSM_UNSUPPORTED_DATA_UNIT_VERSION).
Result Code:
E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component:
ConsoleWrap
Interface:
IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}
I also tried changing the amount of memory to the graphics card but it makes no difference. This reminds me of a problem I had about a year ago with VMWare. Bug Bug #7595.
What is supposed to be the default size of the Tails display? 1024x768?
I just downgraded to VirtualBox 4.28 and I get the right resolution now I think (1024x768).
Does anyone use VirtualBox 5.0 to run Tails as a guest? Can someone try it just to see if they have the same problems as me? I’m using it in a Windows 7 x64 host.
#5 Updated by BitingBird 2016-07-01 12:38:25
Is this still the case with more recent versions ?
#6 Updated by soulplane11 2016-07-09 22:48:14
BitingBird wrote:
> Is this still the case with more recent versions ?
I just installed VirtualBox 5.0.24 r108355 with guest extensions of the same version and I ran Tails ISO 2.4 as a guest (2GB of mem) a few times. It looks like what happens now is VirtualBox remembers the last window size from when it was last ran. For example if I choose Virtual Screen resize to 1024x768 and shut down, the next time I start Tails that is the size that will be used.
So it is less of a problem. But if the screen size I’m using isn’t standard then I get weird Tor Browser sizes. For example I sized my VirtualBox Tails Window at 1039x727 and when I restarted Tor Browser it sized at 1000x521. There was a brief maximized warning but it wasn’t maximized. I tried with a bunch of custom sizes like that and I had the same problem with all of them. When I maximize the VirtualBox window I get 1000x700.
VirtualBox also has standard resolutions in a list in the View Virtual Screen menu that can be used to resize. Here are the results of that:
res 1024x768 - tor browser starts maximized at 1024x597
res 1152x864 - tor browser starts at 1000x600
res 1280x720 - tor browser starts at 1000x500
res 1280x800 - tor browser starts at 1000x600
res 1366x768 - tor browser starts at 1000x600 (window seems slightly cut off at the bottom)
res 1440x900 - tor browser starts at 1000x700
res 1600x900 - tor browser starts at 1000x700
res 1680x1050 - tor browser starts at 1000x800
res 1920x1080 - tor browser starts at 1000x900
res 1920x1200 - tor browser starts at 1000x1000
I think since 1366x768 is a common resolution and gives 1000x600 I will try to use a resolution that gives 1000x600, and make sure I don’t accidentally resize the VirtualBox window so I don’t end up with a unique resolution. Those unique resolutions seem like a bug though because for example 1024x768 should support a Tor browser resolution of 1000x500 at least.
Also, I tried VMWare 12 and it’s still stuck at 800x600 even if I specify the resolution, so I will update that ticket.
#7 Updated by intrigeri 2016-07-16 05:59:25
- Status changed from New to Resolved
Thanks, so if I got it right one can easily get usable resolutions nowadays, so I’m marking this as resolved. Let’s track any remaining issue on other, more specific tickets, if any.
#8 Updated by Anonymous 2018-01-19 16:49:19
- related to
Bug #11456: Tails in VirtualBox 4.3.x is 800x600 added