16.04 Live CD screen resolution problem?

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I'm not sure if its me, but I have some problems with the 16.04 live CDs. See for yourself (using VirtualBox):

VirtualBox settings: Base Memory: 3000MB Processors: 1 Video Memory: 128MB No 3D Acceleration enabled.

The strange thing is that I tried Kubuntu 16.04 live CD on a HP Touchsmart 14 laptop and the same thing happened. It didn't happen with Xubuntu 16.04 (same laptop). What can be the problem?

Related: http://askubuntu.com/questions/541006/ubuntu-14-10-does-not-install-in-virtualbox — lepe, May 09 '16 at 07:39
Related: http://askubuntu.com/questions/295222/trouble-with-ubuntu-installation-in-virtualbox — lepe, May 09 '16 at 07:40

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered May 09 '16 at 03:58

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To fix this press right ctrl+f2 to go into TTY then you can switch back with right ctrl+f1, this sorts the resolution problem.

answered May 09 '16 at 03:58

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Yes, you were right... That fixes it! Is there any bug report about that? – lepe May 09 '16 at 06:10
@lepe yes this is a known problem, just don't ask me where I buried the link in my bookmarks :) – Videonauth May 09 '16 at 06:13
thanks. You gave me an idea and I found some links I will add to my original question. – lepe May 09 '16 at 07:38

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

Mac Keyboard User

I had the same issue trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 on virtual machine in VirtualBox 5.0.22 installed on my macbook pro 13 mid 2013.

I was not able to emulate the right ctrl with my keyboard therefore I opted for Luis Alvarado and Whaaaat's solution: in the VM Settings (under the System tab), activate the Enable EFI checkbox having care of selecting PIIX3 chipset as a option.

When the installation process was completed, I disabled the EFI option and It worked like a charm.

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