Opened 6 years ago
Last modified 6 years ago
#18323 new defect
Video Memory Expanding to 256 MB Fail
| Reported by: | andrewf | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 6.0.2 |
| Keywords: | video memory 256MB | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Can no longer extend video memory to 256MB using the command line:
VBoxManange modifyvm "vm name" --vram 256
This creates an error upon boot up and stops boot.
Legacy machines created in VirtualBox 5.2 seem to work fine with this mod when installed on VB 6.0.
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You couldn't have a Linux VM with 256 MB of VRAM since I can remember VirtualBox (around 3.x), in the GUI at least, can't remember from the CLI. The max for a Linux VM was 128 MB. Only Win VMs with 2D/3D acceleration can go up to 256 MB. And that's for WinVista and greater only.
Sounds to me like they fixed/improved the runtime limit checking.