[vbox-dev] Call for testing, second try (Linux and Solaris Guest Additions)

[Michael Thayer]

Hello Louis,

Hint handling was actually one of the things which should be fixed. 
Remembering saved modes is not compatible between old and new Additions 
(I could have fixed that, but normally it will only be needed once, when 
you upgrade, so I preferred to keep the code simple and hopefully 
reliable), as the new mechanism works for all guest screens and not just 
the first one, and saves more information.  Expect that to change again 
once in the near future though I'm afraid.

Does remembering modes work when you shut down and start up again with 
new Additions?

Thanks and regards,

Michael

On 04.12.2014 21:55, Louis King Jr wrote:
> Apparently the "Hint" preference was fixed because now if I set the
> Display Hint in VirtualBox to 1920x1080 it actually opens to that size.
> Hint never worked before.
>
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Louis King Jr <inlieuoflou at gmail.com
> <mailto:inlieuoflou at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Michael.
>
>     The problem I had yesterday is fixed. I didn't try to recreate the
>     new one. I haven't noticed any thing different except, I actually
>     installed the test build for OSX instead of just the GAs. Something
>     that has changed is, the guests no longer remember what size they
>     were when shutdown. Normally I have all guests set to 1920x1080 and
>     when I start them they opened to that size. Now they don 't.
>
>     On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Michael Thayer
>     <michael.thayer at oracle.com <mailto:michael.thayer at oracle.com>> wrote:
>
>         Second try<1>, hopefully with the first regression fixed.  I have
>         already found one new one myself: I started a terminal, switched to
>         seamless mode, switched to a virtual terminal and back and
>         cancelled the
>         switch back to seamless.  Result: the second guest screen was
>         set to a
>         0x0 resolution (checked with xrandr) and blacked out.
>
>         All additional testing is welcome, I will fix my regression
>         tomorrow and
>         any others (if there are any, which is quite likely) as fast as
>         I can as
>         they are reported!
>
>         Thanks!
>
>         Regards,
>
>         Michael
>
>         <1> https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds
>
>         On 03.12.2014 22:43, Michael Thayer wrote:
>          > A number of changes and fixes were made to the graphics
>         components of
>          > the Linux and Solaris Guest Additions recently, particularly
>         related to
>          > disappearing guest screens and switches to virtual
>         terminals.  I would
>          > really appreciate any testing by anyone who uses these guests
>         to make
>          > sure that I haven't introduced any regressions with the
>         fixes.  If you
>          > would like to help please download a Guest Additions test
>         build<1> (the
>          > changes may not all be in the other builds yet), install it,
>         use it and
>          > let me know if any new problems have appeared.  I hope they
>         will not,
>          > but I would rather know about it.
>          >
>          > Thanks!
>          >
>          > Michael
>          >
>          > <1> https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds
>          >
>
>
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Werkstrasse 24                     VirtualBox engineering
71384 Weinstadt, Germany           mailto:michael.thayer at oracle.com

Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München
Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603
Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz

Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V.
Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande
Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697
Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher