Who wants to make money - Help settings the screen resolution in Linux HVM

[qn00r3]

I will pay an agreed amount of money for you to write instructions on how to set the screen resolution (2560X1600) in Linux HVM.

My unsuccessful attempts to settings the screen resolution in Linux HVM are described in this thread:

Debian HVM - small screen resolution

Hello. I installed OS Debian HVM, the maximum resolution I can set inside the virtual machine is 1920X1080. I installed different OS Debian: Debian 11/12 XFCE Debian 11/12 KDE But it’s not possible to change the screen resolution above 1920X1080 (it simply doesn’t exist). I’m using Qubes OS 4.2.0 Command output on OS Debian HVM virtual machine: $ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192 Virtual-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted rig…

[qn00r3]

Solution:

Debian HVM - small screen resolution

Ok, I was able to fix the issue with resolution by increasing the qube’s video ram in Xen config. You can test whatever this will fix it for you as well by running these commands in dom0: sudo mkdir -p /etc/qubes/templates/libvirt/xen/by-name/ cat << 'EOF' | sudo tee /etc/qubes/templates/libvirt/xen/by-name/YourQubeName.xml <!-- import default template--> {% extends 'libvirt/xen.xml' %} <!-- we wanna alter the devices block --> {% block devices %} <!-- import default device block --> {…