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Set screen resolution on Virtualbox (host machine)
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host_vbox_custom_resolution.sh
#!/bin/sh
if [ -z "$1" ] || [ -z "$2" ]; then
echo "Pass VBox machine name and screen resolution"
echo "Example: 'OpenBSD New' '1920x1080x32'"
exit 1
fi
VBoxManage setextradata "$1" CustomVideoMode1 "$2"
result=`VBoxManage getextradata "$1" CustomVideoMode1`
case "$result" in
*$2*) VBoxManage getextradata "$1" CustomVideoMode1 && echo success;;
* ) echo failure ;;
esac
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