window is not resized when the X is restarted

[Stéphane Charette]

When a Debian Etch 4 64-bit guest is taken from text-mode into X, the VirtualBox window is not resized correctly. It stays the same size as the 80x25 text-mode console. The X desktop is then incorrectly drawn within this too-small window. (See attached.)

Repro steps:

1) start Debian Etch 4 64-bit guest 2) start a terminal window 3) at the prompt, type "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop" 4) the VB window will be resized, and you should now be in a text-mode console window 5) login 6) type "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start" 7) X will now start, but the VB window will remain the same size as it was for the text-mode console; the desktop will look "scrambled" as shown in the attached image

Note how the VB window wont correctly resize any bigger. It seems fixed at this size. (See attached image #2.)

To fix this problem: 1) press: <HOST>+CTRL+F1 2) one you are at the guest's text console, press ALT+F7 to return to X

The VB window will resize itself to accommodate the full desktop, and no redraw problem remains.

[Stéphane Charette]

scrambled desktop when a large desktop is forced to display in a small VB window

[Stéphane Charette]

scrambled desktop is not fixed/redrawn even when the VB window is enlarged