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Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help

From "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.ubuntu, comp.sys.laptops, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Subject Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help
Date 2011-06-05 18:16 -0700
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"Patok" <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Adam wrote:
> > "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message
news:isgr41$cve$1@dont-email.me...
> >> "Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> >>>>
> >>> See the bottom posting here.
> >>>
> >>> http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8319&start=0
> >>>
> >>
> >> Thanks, here's the post referred to here ...
> >> =====================================================================
> >> Re: More video memory?
> >> by Perryg ยป 8. Jun 2010, 17:15
> >>
> >> The original post was old. VBox has increased the top to 256MB. You should
be
> >> able to change it in the GUI or by CLI.
> >> VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> [--vram <vramsize in MB>] Up to 256MB not
> > more.
> >> It is restricted to no more then 256 MB
> >> =====================================================================
> >>
> >> My VBox GUI (v4.0.8 r71778) only goes up to 128 MB max for video memory.
> >> Can't increase it further via the GUI, which I would like to be able to do.
> >> How do I make my GUI version allow more than 128 MB video memory?
> >> Don't I already have the latest GUI version?
> >>
> >
> > Seems like monitor count would have to be higher in order to
> > increase video memory above 128 MB.
>
> It works, no matter how many monitors. Did you run
>
>    VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> --vram 256
>
> You'll have to replace <uuid|name> by the actual name or ID of your
> machine. You can get either (if you can't figure it out) by running
>
>    VBoxManage list vms
>
> (VBoxManage is a command-line program in the Vbox program set.)
>
> --
> You'd be crazy to e-mail me with the crazy. But leave the div alone.
> *
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Many thanks, your post led me to more info ...
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-control-virtual-machines-virtualbox-using-vboxm
anage.html
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html
Anyone know all those commands and when to use each?    :-)

After closing VBox and VMs, running the following ...

VBoxManage modifyvm WinXPPro --vram 256

did the trick.  And, the GUI now shows 256 MB for video memory.

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how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-04 13:06 -0700
  Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2011-06-04 21:37 -0400
    Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-04 22:25 -0700
  Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> - 2011-06-05 03:45 +0200
    Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-04 21:49 -0700
      Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> - 2011-06-05 07:00 +0200
        Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-04 22:30 -0700
          Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2011-06-05 06:27 -0400
            Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-05 14:04 -0700
              Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-05 14:23 -0700
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> - 2011-06-05 18:00 -0400
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-05 18:16 -0700
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help HoneyMonster <someone@someplace.invalid> - 2011-06-05 22:21 +0000
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-05 17:36 -0700
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help HoneyMonster <someone@someplace.invalid> - 2011-06-06 00:44 +0000

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