Problems after upgrading Whonix - cannot full size Whonix-Workstation screen

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I am also unable to use fullscreen anymore but more importantly after my first run of the workstation it upgraded my browser which I am now unable to launch. Anyone else?

Edit: Fixed by running update-torbrowser in cli and selecting version.

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  • What is your host operating system and version?
  • What is your VirtualBox host software version?
  • What is your VirtualBox inside VM guest additions software version?

See also (written just now):
General VirtualBox Troubleshooting Steps

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Thank you for your workaround. With it, I was able to display my workstation in 1920x1080 now. Full screen and Scaled Mode work as expected now. However, I am still unable to run the “Display” app within Whonix workstation. When I click on it, it just flashes very quickly and disappears (crashes)? Because I am able to display the desired resolution already, I don’t have a need to run the “Display” app anymore. But in the future, I am sure I will need it. Anyone knows the cause of the crash of the “Display” app? Thanks. The versions of my software are listed below.

Virtual Box Version 6.1.12 r139181 (Qt5.6.2) running on Windows 10 Version 10.0.19041.388.
Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster), XFCE 4.12 (all came preinstalled with the whonix distribution I downloaded from whonix website today 8/2/2020).

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Please refer to this post: Problems after upgrading Whonix - cannot full size Whonix-Workstation screen - #10 by Patrick

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Below is the error:

user@host:~$ xfce4-display-settings
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I can’t run xrandr either. When I type in the Start menu, I get “Run xrandr” . I click on it and nothing happens. However, lxrandr works.

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Same answer applies:
Problems after upgrading Whonix - cannot full size Whonix-Workstation screen - #12 by Patrick

Please report to upstream and post link here for reference.

That’s expected. That’s not how you can start an terminal application.

Simplified: You need to open a terminal emulator. See:
Software Recommendations

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Hello guys;
The Virtualbox issue comes up around here from time to time. I have had exactly the same issues at one time or another with the screen size. Through some experimentation and a deep dive into Virtualbox, these are some common ways to mitigate the screen issues:

  1. have a recent kernel. Whonix takes care of this so just make sure to have a fully updated Whonix system.
  2. Don’t fiddle with the guest additions. It comes already installed in Whonix. If you have a guest additions iso on your host, do not use it.
  3. Graphics. Always try to use VMSVGA. This is the ‘recommended’ choice from virtualbox. The others are really there for systems that cannot accomodate vmsvga.
  4. Ram. Have enough allocated to your workstation. 2gb or more works well.
  5. On your host, please make sure that the version of Virtualbox running is not too far away from the version of the Whonix guest additions. In other words, if guest additions are 6.1.x, do not have your host use 6.0.x.
  6. Keep your host’s Virtualbox up to date. Sometimes small changes are pushed and if you do not update, it will cause a conflict.

For reference, here is what i am running:
Debian Buster Host. kernel 4.19.0-10
Virtualbox version 6.1.12 (from oracle website)
Host graphics are intel. Virtualbox graphics is VMSVGA.
(Sometimes, when the screen would not size correctly in past versions, I would restart the virtual machine and re-size to fullscreen early before it finishes booting. This seemed to fix the issue)
With the current Virtualbox listed above and all the specs and also with a full updated Whonix, I have no problems with screen. (1920x1080 by the way)

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