Windows 10 text garbled in VirtualBox 6.0 as guest OS
Why is Windows 10 text garbled / distorted / jumbled when running as a guest OS under VirtualBox 6.0.0 on macOS Mojave?
The text issue seems isolated to Windows dialogs. The more I interact with the dialogs the worse the text issue becomes. It appears as though multiple layers of text in different languages are being piled on top of each other.
Things I have tried:
- Installing extension pack on mac.
- Installing guest extensions in safe mode in guest OS
- Turning off 3D acceleration (Has the negative side effect of freezing the refresh of the guest OS until it loses and regains focus)
- Setting the paravirtualization interface to Hyper-V
- Using VBoxVGA and VBoxSVGA
- Setting the zoom factor to 125% within the guest OS
- Setting scale factor to 200% from VirtualBox machine settings
- Setting hinted screen size from VirtualBox settings
I had this working on my old MacBook Pro, but I think it was only because I reverted to the version 5 of VirtualBox.
Any additional ideas are appreciated.
windows-10 virtualbox display-settings
asked Jan 7 at 19:48
jedatujedatu
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Why is Windows 10 text garbled / distorted / jumbled when running as a guest OS under VirtualBox 6.0.0 on macOS Mojave?
The text issue seems isolated to Windows dialogs. The more I interact with the dialogs the worse the text issue becomes. It appears as though multiple layers of text in different languages are being piled on top of each other.
Things I have tried:
- Installing extension pack on mac.
- Installing guest extensions in safe mode in guest OS
- Turning off 3D acceleration (Has the negative side effect of freezing the refresh of the guest OS until it loses and regains focus)
- Setting the paravirtualization interface to Hyper-V
- Using VBoxVGA and VBoxSVGA
- Setting the zoom factor to 125% within the guest OS
- Setting scale factor to 200% from VirtualBox machine settings
- Setting hinted screen size from VirtualBox settings
I had this working on my old MacBook Pro, but I think it was only because I reverted to the version 5 of VirtualBox.
Any additional ideas are appreciated.
windows-10 virtualbox display-settings
asked Jan 7 at 19:48
jedatujedatu
1655
1
Try 3D off and VBoxVGA. That works for me on a Windows host.
– Daniel B
Jan 7 at 19:57
Whelp. Turns out that is a combination I had not tried, and--what do you know--it resolves my issue. Thanks!
– jedatu
Jan 7 at 20:10
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Why is Windows 10 text garbled / distorted / jumbled when running as a guest OS under VirtualBox 6.0.0 on macOS Mojave?
The text issue seems isolated to Windows dialogs. The more I interact with the dialogs the worse the text issue becomes. It appears as though multiple layers of text in different languages are being piled on top of each other.
Things I have tried:
- Installing extension pack on mac.
- Installing guest extensions in safe mode in guest OS
- Turning off 3D acceleration (Has the negative side effect of freezing the refresh of the guest OS until it loses and regains focus)
- Setting the paravirtualization interface to Hyper-V
- Using VBoxVGA and VBoxSVGA
- Setting the zoom factor to 125% within the guest OS
- Setting scale factor to 200% from VirtualBox machine settings
- Setting hinted screen size from VirtualBox settings
I had this working on my old MacBook Pro, but I think it was only because I reverted to the version 5 of VirtualBox.
Any additional ideas are appreciated.
windows-10 virtualbox display-settings
asked Jan 7 at 19:48
jedatujedatu
1655
Why is Windows 10 text garbled / distorted / jumbled when running as a guest OS under VirtualBox 6.0.0 on macOS Mojave?
The text issue seems isolated to Windows dialogs. The more I interact with the dialogs the worse the text issue becomes. It appears as though multiple layers of text in different languages are being piled on top of each other.
Things I have tried:
- Installing extension pack on mac.
- Installing guest extensions in safe mode in guest OS
- Turning off 3D acceleration (Has the negative side effect of freezing the refresh of the guest OS until it loses and regains focus)
- Setting the paravirtualization interface to Hyper-V
- Using VBoxVGA and VBoxSVGA
- Setting the zoom factor to 125% within the guest OS
- Setting scale factor to 200% from VirtualBox machine settings
- Setting hinted screen size from VirtualBox settings
I had this working on my old MacBook Pro, but I think it was only because I reverted to the version 5 of VirtualBox.
Any additional ideas are appreciated.
windows-10 virtualbox display-settings
windows-10 virtualbox display-settings
asked Jan 7 at 19:48
jedatujedatu
1655
asked Jan 7 at 19:48
jedatujedatu
1655
asked Jan 7 at 19:48
jedatujedatu
1655
asked Jan 7 at 19:48
jedatujedatu
1655
asked Jan 7 at 19:48
jedatujedatu
1655
1655
1
Try 3D off and VBoxVGA. That works for me on a Windows host.
– Daniel B
Jan 7 at 19:57
Whelp. Turns out that is a combination I had not tried, and--what do you know--it resolves my issue. Thanks!
– jedatu
Jan 7 at 20:10
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1
Try 3D off and VBoxVGA. That works for me on a Windows host.
– Daniel B
Jan 7 at 19:57
Whelp. Turns out that is a combination I had not tried, and--what do you know--it resolves my issue. Thanks!
– jedatu
Jan 7 at 20:10
1
1
Try 3D off and VBoxVGA. That works for me on a Windows host.
– Daniel B
Jan 7 at 19:57
Try 3D off and VBoxVGA. That works for me on a Windows host.
– Daniel B
Jan 7 at 19:57
Whelp. Turns out that is a combination I had not tried, and--what do you know--it resolves my issue. Thanks!
– jedatu
Jan 7 at 20:10
Whelp. Turns out that is a combination I had not tried, and--what do you know--it resolves my issue. Thanks!
– jedatu
Jan 7 at 20:10
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I recommend using VBoxVGA without any 3D/2D acceleration.
VBoxSVGA is very new and there are apparently some issues to be fixed before it becomes usable. Why they included it in this state, who knows. VBoxVGA is what was used before. Years of service have made it reliable.
3D acceleration is experimental anyway with VirtualBox and should IMHO only be used when absolutely required.
On a Windows host, I encountered the secondary issue you mention: The screen would not refresh at all except when I performed specific actions.
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I recommend using VBoxVGA without any 3D/2D acceleration.
VBoxSVGA is very new and there are apparently some issues to be fixed before it becomes usable. Why they included it in this state, who knows. VBoxVGA is what was used before. Years of service have made it reliable.
3D acceleration is experimental anyway with VirtualBox and should IMHO only be used when absolutely required.
On a Windows host, I encountered the secondary issue you mention: The screen would not refresh at all except when I performed specific actions.
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I recommend using VBoxVGA without any 3D/2D acceleration.
VBoxSVGA is very new and there are apparently some issues to be fixed before it becomes usable. Why they included it in this state, who knows. VBoxVGA is what was used before. Years of service have made it reliable.
3D acceleration is experimental anyway with VirtualBox and should IMHO only be used when absolutely required.
On a Windows host, I encountered the secondary issue you mention: The screen would not refresh at all except when I performed specific actions.
answered Jan 7 at 21:11
Daniel BDaniel B
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I recommend using VBoxVGA without any 3D/2D acceleration.
VBoxSVGA is very new and there are apparently some issues to be fixed before it becomes usable. Why they included it in this state, who knows. VBoxVGA is what was used before. Years of service have made it reliable.
3D acceleration is experimental anyway with VirtualBox and should IMHO only be used when absolutely required.
On a Windows host, I encountered the secondary issue you mention: The screen would not refresh at all except when I performed specific actions.
answered Jan 7 at 21:11
Daniel BDaniel B
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I recommend using VBoxVGA without any 3D/2D acceleration.
VBoxSVGA is very new and there are apparently some issues to be fixed before it becomes usable. Why they included it in this state, who knows. VBoxVGA is what was used before. Years of service have made it reliable.
3D acceleration is experimental anyway with VirtualBox and should IMHO only be used when absolutely required.
On a Windows host, I encountered the secondary issue you mention: The screen would not refresh at all except when I performed specific actions.
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Try 3D off and VBoxVGA. That works for me on a Windows host.
– Daniel B
Jan 7 at 19:57
Whelp. Turns out that is a combination I had not tried, and--what do you know--it resolves my issue. Thanks!
– jedatu
Jan 7 at 20:10