BT4 VirtualBox and Mac OS

[brif8]

I have installed BT4 on Mac OS X using VirtualBox

1) When I try and install the guest additions X refuses to start??

2) Screen resolution will only be multiples of 800x600 (or 1600x1200)
How can I get 1100x740?
I tried editing xorg.conf but no joy it jumps to either 800x600 or 1600x1200

I would like to get 1100x740 to more match my Mac OS X Screen Resolution.

Thanks

[jpkirk]

Have you read section 9.4.1 of the VirtualBox User Manual. It talks about setting custom VESA resolutions. Not sure if that will help, but you never know.

[darlord]

So like jpkirk said, if you follow 9.4.1 in the guide you can get the VM to run in a higher resolution.

On the Mac type this;

VboxManage setextradata "Backtrack4" "CustomVideoMode1" "1100x740x16"

but change Backtack4 to be what your VM is called in the Virtualbox app
Start the VM and edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst where is says (don't uncomment the lines)

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=0x317 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=vga=0x317

to

 vga = 0x200 | 0x160

enter

update-grub

reboot - during boot it will say Press Enter to list video mode (or something to that effect) then look for the video mode you added. Note the number and enter it to make sure the video resolution is working.

Edit the menu.lst file again but this time change the

# defoptions=vga=0x317

to 0x??? what ever your video number was.

run

update-grub

again and it should boot into the resolution you selected.

This will change the resolution for your whole VM, so if start on the command line the CLI will also be at full screen, if you go straight into X then you won't notice that.

[brif8]

Thanks All

another Question in setting Up

I have The Airport Card

Airport Extreme (0x168C, 0x86) Firmware 1.4.16.2

USB Wireless Adapter
I also have a DLink DWL - G122 and
Ashton Digital wrub 2011i

Which is the best to use for airmon, airodump, etc...?

and what modules should be installed (? modprobe ?)
I understand the Dlink is an rt73 type chipset and the Ashton is a prism2

Thanks again

[xX_Spiidey_Xx]

You need to forget that you have an Airport Extreme. It's not going to work with VirtualBox.

So long as either of your USB adapters support monitor mode and injection (or a combination thereof: one card monitors, one card injects) you could use either, or both.

Just remember to pass them through to your VM.

As for your modules question, do some research on your own. The drivers you may need, might already be up and running.

[eschaton]

Hey there.

Google around and find out how to install virtualbox guest additions. It'll make the resolution free-flow with the OS X window among a bunch of other nice things like fixing the mouse up and stuff.

(First post. Hello, backtrack community.)