[SOLVED] Virtualbox and screen resolutions...

I'm not sure if any of the following updates could have done it but the auto change resolution feature in a Virtualbox Windows guest has suddenly stopped working... I tried reinstalling virtualbox and extensions and reinstalling the virtualbox drivers in windows but it doesn't work for some reason. Any one else experience this lately?
Thanks!
[2011-10-23 16:24] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2011-10-23 16:24] synchronizing package lists
[2011-10-23 16:25] starting full system upgrade
[2011-10-23 16:25] upgraded gnote (0.8.0-1 -> 0.8.1-1)
[2011-10-23 16:25] upgraded transmission-cli (2.41-2 -> 2.42-1)
[2011-10-23 16:25] upgraded transmission-gtk (2.41-2 -> 2.42-1)
[2011-10-23 16:25] upgraded unrar (4.0.7-1 -> 4.1.2-1)
[2011-10-23 16:25] upgraded whois (5.0.11-1 -> 5.0.12-1)
[2011-10-23 16:26] Running 'pacman -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-rick/PKGDEST.PcN/gnome-shell-extension-weather-git-20111023-2-any.pkg.tar.xz'
[2011-10-23 16:26]
[2011-10-23 16:26] First, get your WOEID from Yahoo.
[2011-10-23 16:26] For configuration, see https://github.com/simon04/gnome-shell-extension-weather
[2011-10-23 16:26] and consider the following commands:
[2011-10-23 16:26] $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.weather woeid your_woeid
[2011-10-23 16:26] $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.weather unit celsius
[2011-10-23 16:26] $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.weather unit fahrenheit
[2011-10-23 16:26] $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.weather translate-condition true
[2011-10-23 16:26] $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.weather translate-condition false
[2011-10-23 16:26] $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.weather use-symbolic-icons false
[2011-10-23 16:26] $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.weather use-symbolic-icons true
[2011-10-23 16:26] Alternatively, use dconf-editor for configuration.
[2011-10-23 16:26] Don't forget to restart GNOME Shell ([Alt]+[F2], r).
[2011-10-23 16:26] upgraded gnome-shell-extension-weather-git (20111002-1 -> 20111023-2)
[2011-10-23 16:26] Running 'pacman -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-rick/PKGDEST.6Sl/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet-git-20111023-1-any.pkg.tar.xz'
[2011-10-23 16:26] upgraded gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet-git (20111005-1 -> 20111023-1)
[2011-10-23 16:26] Running 'pacman -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-rick/PKGDEST.T9J/zukitwo-themes-20111023-1-any.pkg.tar.xz'
[2011-10-23 16:26] upgraded zukitwo-themes (20111022-1 -> 20111023-1)
[2011-10-23 22:40] Running 'pacman -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-rick/PKGDEST.DJl/gnome-shell-frippery-0.3.0-1-any.pkg.tar.xz'
[2011-10-23 22:40] installed gnome-shell-frippery (0.3.0-1)
[2011-10-24 09:03] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2011-10-24 09:03] synchronizing package lists
[2011-10-24 09:03] starting full system upgrade
[2011-10-24 09:03] upgraded kbd (1.15.3-1 -> 1.15.3-2)
[2011-10-25 09:10] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2011-10-25 09:10] synchronizing package lists
[2011-10-25 09:10] starting full system upgrade
[2011-10-25 09:11] upgraded empathy (3.2.1-1 -> 3.2.1.1-1)
[2011-10-25 09:11] upgraded pcre (8.13-2 -> 8.20-1)
[2011-10-25 09:11] upgraded git (1.7.7-1 -> 1.7.7.1-1)
[2011-10-25 09:11] upgraded libgweather (3.2.0-1 -> 3.2.1-1)
[2011-10-25 09:11] upgraded mkinitcpio-busybox (1.18.5-1 -> 1.19.2-1)
[2011-10-25 09:11] ATTENTION UDEV:
[2011-10-25 09:11] ----------
[2011-10-25 09:11] We now use upstream rules for assigning devices to the 'disk', 'optical',
[2011-10-25 09:11] 'scanner' and 'video' groups. Beware of any changes.
[2011-10-25 09:11] --
[2011-10-25 09:11] We no longer create symlinks from /dev/<dev> to /dev/<dev>0.
[2011-10-25 09:11] --
[2011-10-25 09:11] For security reasons, we no longer add devices to the 'storage' group. Use
[2011-10-25 09:11] udisks and friends, or add custom rules to /etc/udev.d/rules/, if you want
[2011-10-25 09:11] this functionality back.
[2011-10-25 09:11] --
[2011-10-25 09:11] We no longer create the static nodes on install needed for an initrd-less and
[2011-10-25 09:11] devtmpfs-less boot, this only affects fresh installs.
[2011-10-25 09:11] ---------------
[2011-10-25 09:11] upgraded udev (173-3 -> 174-1)
[2011-10-25 09:11] upgraded mkinitcpio (0.7.4-1 -> 0.7.5-1)
[2011-10-25 09:11] upgraded soprano (2.7.0-1 -> 2.7.2-1)
[2011-10-25 09:11] upgraded sudo (1.8.2-1 -> 1.8.3-1)
[2011-10-25 09:11] upgraded xorg-server-common (1.11.1-2 -> 1.11.1.901-1)
[2011-10-25 09:11] upgraded xorg-server (1.11.1-2 -> 1.11.1.901-1)
[2011-10-25 09:11] upgraded xorg-sessreg (1.0.6-2 -> 1.0.7-1)
[2011-10-25 09:11] upgraded xorg-xdpyinfo (1.2.0-2 -> 1.3.0-1)
[2011-10-25 09:12] Running 'pacman -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-rick/PKGDEST.bsV/alacarte-0.13.2-6-any.pkg.tar.xz'
[2011-10-25 09:12] upgraded alacarte (0.13.2-5 -> 0.13.2-6)
[2011-10-25 09:19] Running 'pacman -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-rick/PKGDEST.nLC/virtualbox-bin-4.1.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2011-10-25 09:19] :: Unloading VirtualBox kernel modules [BUSY] [DONE]
[2011-10-25 09:19] :: Stopping VirtualBox Web Service [BUSY] [DONE]
[2011-10-25 09:19] :: Removing VirtualBox kernel modules with DKMS [BUSY] [DONE]
[2011-10-25 09:19] :: Adding VirtualBox kernel modules in DKMS [BUSY] [DONE]
[2011-10-25 09:19] :: Bulding VirtualBox kernel modules with DKMS [BUSY] [DONE]
[2011-10-25 09:19] :: Installing VirtualBox kernel modules with DKMS [BUSY] [DONE]
[2011-10-25 09:19]
[2011-10-25 09:19] ==> Remember to add allowed users to the vboxusers group:
[2011-10-25 09:19] ==> # gpasswd -a USERNAME vboxusers
[2011-10-25 09:19] ==>
[2011-10-25 09:19] ==> To load virtualbox modules automatically you can add vboxdrv in your DAEMONS
[2011-10-25 09:19] ==> To start virtualbox web service automatically you can add vboxweb in your DAEMONS
[2011-10-25 09:19] ==>
[2011-10-25 09:19] ==> To fix missing usb devices, you can call rc.d fixusb vboxdrv or reboot your computer
[2011-10-25 09:19] upgraded virtualbox-bin (4.1.4-1 -> 4.1.4-1)
[2011-10-25 09:20] Running 'pacman -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-rick/PKGDEST.TG2/virtualbox-ext-oracle-4.1.4-1-any.pkg.tar.xz'
[2011-10-25 09:20] 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
[2011-10-25 09:20] 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
[2011-10-25 09:20] upgraded virtualbox-ext-oracle (4.1.4-1 -> 4.1.4-1)
Last edited by fowler (2011-11-13 05:04:32)

No dice... I did all that and still doesn't work. Do you think gnome3.2 has something to do with it?
Mektub wrote:
fowler,
I don't have problems with auto change resolution and my system is up to date, particularly xorg (not gnome, i don't use it).
However I don't use virtualbox-bin (I did, in the past), I don't think its needed anymore.
I have installed:
virtualbox 4.1.4-2
virtualbox-additions 4.1.4-1
virtualbox-ext-oracle 4.1.4-1 (from aur)
and then installed the guest additions, which should be enough.
Mektub

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