Hyper-V Connect Zoom in Full Screen

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Hyper-V Connect Zoom in Full Screen

Martin Brown 31

I've a text only Ubuntu Server Hyper-V VM set up on my Windows 11 machine. I'm having trouble because the screen resolution is quite small compared to my laptop's 4K screen. I don't really want to install xwindows and get RDP working on it. I can use it quite well though by setting the zoom to Automatic or 200%, but when I switch to full screen mode it seems to lose the zoom setting and go back to 100%. Is there a way to set the zoom in full screen mode?

Eric Siron 1,586 Reputation points MVP

2023-02-08T17:50:47.6366667+00:00

Any reason not to use Windows Subsystem for Linux or something like PuTTY?
Martin Brown 31 Reputation points

2023-02-08T20:26:53.8666667+00:00

I've used open SSH, but I'm trying to teach myself networking and keep getting into states where it won't connect. I'm not sure if I can set up virtual switches with wsl, is that possible?
Eric Siron 1,586 Reputation points MVP

2023-02-09T16:56:43.04+00:00

I'm probably under-explaining this, but WSL is basically a translation layer between the Linux kernel and the Windows kernel. It runs more like an app than a virtual machine. So, no virtual switch. For your use case, virtual machines are a better solution than WSL.

I would say that you're on the right track with what you're doing. You'll have to deal with the unpleasant console while you're tinkering with the network. But, as it seems you've already discovered, use your SSH client as much as possible.

That said, since you're learning and not trying to deploy some high performance/security Linux server, I would consider installing an RDP compatible GUI. It doesn't change anything that you can do in Ubuntu. You can then use Enhanced Session and open a terminal inside the VM and get the rich console experience regardless of the state of the network.

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Eric Siron 1,586 Reputation points MVP

2023-02-08T17:50:47.6366667+00:00

Any reason not to use Windows Subsystem for Linux or something like PuTTY?
Martin Brown 31 Reputation points

2023-02-08T20:26:53.8666667+00:00

I've used open SSH, but I'm trying to teach myself networking and keep getting into states where it won't connect. I'm not sure if I can set up virtual switches with wsl, is that possible?
Eric Siron 1,586 Reputation points MVP

2023-02-09T16:56:43.04+00:00

I'm probably under-explaining this, but WSL is basically a translation layer between the Linux kernel and the Windows kernel. It runs more like an app than a virtual machine. So, no virtual switch. For your use case, virtual machines are a better solution than WSL.

I would say that you're on the right track with what you're doing. You'll have to deal with the unpleasant console while you're tinkering with the network. But, as it seems you've already discovered, use your SSH client as much as possible.

That said, since you're learning and not trying to deploy some high performance/security Linux server, I would consider installing an RDP compatible GUI. It doesn't change anything that you can do in Ubuntu. You can then use Enhanced Session and open a terminal inside the VM and get the rich console experience regardless of the state of the network.

Answer 1

Limitless Technology 44,751

Hello,

Unfortunately the Full Screen mode, means exactly that, fill the screen with the whole desktop. You can try to change the resolution natively from Ubuntu OS.

Below worked for me. Tested on Ubuntu 20.04 | Host Windows 11.

1.Open grub file.

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

then

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash video=hyperv_fb:3840x2160"

*Note: Change value of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT with below. Replace 3840x2160 with your highest resolution.

Run below commands

sudo update-grub

sudo apt install linux-image-extra-virtual

Shutdown the VM and open PowerShell as administrator on host machine and run below. Replace "ubuntu" with your vm name. Change "3840" and "2160" with your highest resolution.

set-vmvideo -vmname ubuntu -horizontalresolution:3840 -verticalresolution:2160 -resolutiontype single

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Martin Brown 31 Reputation points

2023-01-12T22:13:29.4666667+00:00

That's had rather an interesting affect, and definitely a better effect than anything else I tried. It is using way more of the screen than it was in full screen mode, but it is still not using all the screen. Also the font, ubuntu is using is way to small to read.

I wasn't aware of the set-vmvideo command, I'll have to read up on what it does.
Aleksei Levykh 0 Reputation points

2023-02-08T07:39:37.9+00:00

Good answer!

Answer 2

Matthew Bechtol 491

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/341631/how-to-adjust-virtual-machine-display-resolution-t.html

Martin Brown 31 Reputation points

2023-01-11T08:25:30.1733333+00:00

That post is for a guest that is using xwindows, which I'm not. This seems to be an eternal issue in Linux land. There are posts everywhere about changing grub scripts, in various different ways, but none seems to work well. As a result I gave up. This is why I'm specifically asking about setting the zoom level.

Answer 3

Martin Brown 31

I found How change the font size in Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS on Ask Ubuntu which allows me to change the font size. Still not ideal but gets me to a point where it is usable.

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