[Discuss] Setting Monitor Resolution in Gnome Box

[epp at mcom.com (epp at mcom.com)]

On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 19:32:16 -0500
<epp at mcom.com> wrote:

> I've installed other distros in separate Gnome Boxes to try them out.
> Once the desktop manager for the Fedora installation comes up, the
> screen resolution is 1024x768. 
> 
> The full-screen resolution which the virtual monitor supports, is
> 1920x1002 and almost full-screen is 1920x1080. In trying to get the
> desktop to come up in this resolution, I have tried an xorg.conf file,
> as well as in the distro's session settings, to add (under Autostart):
> 
> xrandr --output Virtual-0 --mode 1920x1002 (and)
> xrandr --output Virtual-0 --mode 1920x1002 --rate 59.9609
> 
> I've also added vga=xxx to the boot parameter with the hex code that
> is closest to this resolution and also tried a different code for
> 1920x1080. 
> 
> None of the above will bring up the desktop/desktop manager in the
> desired resolution.
> 
> FWIW, I also have two other distros in separate Gnome Boxes: PCLinuxOS
> (which is based on OpenMandriva) and Lubuntu. With both of these, I
> get full screen, or almost full-screen, certainly better than
> 1024x768.
> 
> I don't understand why the other two distros will honor monitor
> settings, while Fedora doesn't. I have to keep changing it to
> 1920x1002 after the desktop appears each time.
> 
> Would there be anything else I could try? 
> 
> Thanks in advance.

Upon a re-install of the image, the virtual monitor resolution is now
persistent between reboots.