How to change the screen resolution in kali linux in Hyper V

[hirushaadi]

I was unable to install kali Linux in virtual box (it gives me a weird "please select for a kernel appropriate for your cpu" error)

if the installation was successful in virtual box, i could have changed the screen resolution to easily

 

as i have installed it in Hyper V, when i go to settings, i can't change the resolution

what can i do, here are some screen shots..

[Electronics Wizardy]

Did you install the guest tools in the vm?

[hirushaadi]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Did you install the guest tools in the vm?

no, does Hyper V have them? idk.. i'm not good at virtual machines.. if there is, how i can i install it?

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, hirusha.adikari said:

no, does Hyper V have them? idk.. i'm not good at virtual machines.. if there is, how i can i install it?

 

Here they are from microsoft https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55106

[hirushaadi]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Here they are from microsoft https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55106

what should i do with that .iso file? should i create a new vm and install it? please guide me

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, hirusha.adikari said:

what should i do with that .iso file? should i create a new vm and install it? please guide me

Add it to the vm, and install the drivers from there.

[hirushaadi]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Add it to the vm,

how do i do it? i cant copy files from vm to host or host to vm, not even the clipboard.. how do i set it up?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, hirusha.adikari said:

how do i do it? i cant copy files from vm to host or host to vm, not even the clipboard.. how do i set it up?

Add the iso like you would add a bootable iso. Then the vm can see the files and install the drivers.

[hirushaadi]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Add the iso like you would add a bootable iso

ok thnx, 

 

can i also know how to share the clipboard??

[hirushaadi]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Add the iso like you would add a bootable iso.

it says, unsupportable linux distributions

 

[jojito]

Have you tried using 

xsetroot -s

although resolution seems to be the smallest of your problems. 

[hirushaadi]

On 3/2/2021 at 12:05 PM, jojito said:

smallest

what do you mean by that?

 

[jojito]

9 hours ago, hirusha.adikari said:

what do you mean by that?

 

Well the fact that you can't install it or that scripts aren't running because they don't support the distro. Your resolution being messed up isn't a major concern imo.

[10leej]

use xrandr

 

open temrinal commands listed here

"xrandr"

 

will give a print out of every detected display and what resolutions are supported

 

"xrandr -s ###x###"

 

targets a screen resolution and tells xorg (the default display server on Kali) to output the display appropriately. By running xrandr -s it will only affect a single display which is targetted as your primary.

 

If you need a gui tool, Arandr also works

 

(I know the yellow sucks, currently hacking on my dwm config right now)