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VirtualBox Problem -- Cannot Get Linux Guest to Scale Display

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I hope this is a simple issue. I have CentOS 6.5 x86_64 running inside a VirtualBox 4.3.12 host. The host PC is Windows 7 Enterprise here at work.

I have installed the Guest Additions (no problems -- everything compiled just fine) but I cannot get the display to scale. I'm stuck at 1024x768. I made sure that the vbox-x11 service is running in the guest, but no help. I've shutdown the VM, rebooted, it, re-installed the Guest Additions -- nothing has helped.

What am I doing wrong?!?

my .VBOX file is below.

Code: 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE.
** If you make changes to this file while any VirtualBox related application
** is running, your changes will be overwritten later, without taking effect.
** Use VBoxManage or the VirtualBox Manager GUI to make changes.
-->
<VirtualBox xmlns="http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings" version="1.14-windows">
  <Machine uuid="{110f56f8-87fe-4d35-abe3-0b0bc4b7d2e3}" name="CentOS 6 (x86_64)" OSType="RedHat_64" snapshotFolder="Snapshots" lastStateChange="2014-07-02T17:13:52Z">
    <MediaRegistry>
      <HardDisks>
        <HardDisk uuid="{cda6649c-a294-4bb1-a463-c8d078684607}" location="CentOS 6 (x86_64).vdi" format="VDI" type="Normal"/>
      </HardDisks>
      <DVDImages>
        <Image uuid="{03c3c159-5fff-4e96-af2f-b0e6727d992a}" location="C:/Users/tmcdowe/Downloads/CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso"/>
        <Image uuid="{fae2f258-5e51-49b0-86a5-50e6575fefd0}" location="c:/Program Files/Oracle/VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso"/>
      </DVDImages>
      <FloppyImages/>
    </MediaRegistry>
    <ExtraData>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastGuestSizeHint" value="1024,768"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastNormalWindowPosition" value="260,228,1024,810"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastScaleWindowPosition" value="640,345,640,480,max"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/MiniToolBarAlignment" value="bottom"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SaveMountedAtRuntime" value="yes"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/ShowMiniToolBar" value="yes"/>
    </ExtraData>
    <Hardware version="2">
      <CPU count="1" hotplug="false">
        <HardwareVirtEx enabled="true"/>
        <HardwareVirtExNestedPaging enabled="true"/>
        <HardwareVirtExVPID enabled="true"/>
        <HardwareVirtExUX enabled="true"/>
        <PAE enabled="true"/>
        <LongMode enabled="true"/>
        <HardwareVirtExLargePages enabled="true"/>
        <HardwareVirtForce enabled="false"/>
      </CPU>
      <Memory RAMSize="8192" PageFusion="false"/>
      <HID Pointing="PS2Mouse" Keyboard="PS2Keyboard"/>
      <HPET enabled="false"/>
      <Chipset type="PIIX3"/>
      <Boot>
        <Order position="1" device="DVD"/>
        <Order position="2" device="HardDisk"/>
        <Order position="3" device="None"/>
        <Order position="4" device="None"/>
      </Boot>
      <Display VRAMSize="32" monitorCount="1" accelerate3D="true" accelerate2DVideo="false"/>
      <VideoCapture enabled="false" screens="18446744073709551615" horzRes="1024" vertRes="768" rate="512" fps="25"/>
      <RemoteDisplay enabled="false" authType="Null" authTimeout="5000">
        <VRDEProperties>
          <Property name="TCP/Ports" value="3389"/>
        </VRDEProperties>
      </RemoteDisplay>
      <BIOS>
        <ACPI enabled="true"/>
        <IOAPIC enabled="true"/>
        <Logo fadeIn="true" fadeOut="true" displayTime="0"/>
        <BootMenu mode="MessageAndMenu"/>
        <TimeOffset value="0"/>
        <PXEDebug enabled="false"/>
      </BIOS>
      <USB>
        <Controllers>
          <Controller name="OHCI" type="OHCI"/>
          <Controller name="EHCI" type="EHCI"/>
        </Controllers>
        <DeviceFilters>
          <DeviceFilter name="Generic Ultra Fast Media Reader [0182]" active="true" vendorId="0424" productId="4060" revision="0182" manufacturer="Generic" product="Ultra Fast Media Reader" serialNumber="000000264001" remote="0"/>
          <DeviceFilter name="XILINX" active="true" vendorId="03fd" productId="0008" revision="0000" manufacturer="XILINX " product="XILINX    " remote="0"/>
          <DeviceFilter name="Silicon Labs CP2103 USB to UART Bridge Controller [0100]" active="true" vendorId="10c4" productId="ea60" revision="0100" manufacturer="Silicon Labs" product="CP2103 USB to UART Bridge Controller" serialNumber="0001" remote="0"/>
        </DeviceFilters>
      </USB>
      <Network>
        <Adapter slot="0" enabled="true" MACAddress="080027D30870" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
          <DisabledModes>
            <NAT>
              <DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
              <Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
            </NAT>
            <InternalNetwork name="intnet"/>
            <NATNetwork name="NatNetwork"/>
          </DisabledModes>
          <BridgedInterface name="Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller"/>
        </Adapter>
        <Adapter slot="1" enabled="true" MACAddress="080027D4D022" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
          <DisabledModes>
            <NAT>
              <DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
              <Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
            </NAT>
            <InternalNetwork name="intnet"/>
            <NATNetwork name="NatNetwork"/>
          </DisabledModes>
          <BridgedInterface name="Intel(R) PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter"/>
        </Adapter>
        <Adapter slot="2" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027782096" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
          <DisabledModes>
            <NAT>
              <DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
              <Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
            </NAT>
          </DisabledModes>
        </Adapter>
        <Adapter slot="3" enabled="false" MACAddress="0800279A680F" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
          <DisabledModes>
            <NAT>
              <DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
              <Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
            </NAT>
          </DisabledModes>
        </Adapter>
        <Adapter slot="4" enabled="false" MACAddress="0800271724F4" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
          <DisabledModes>
            <NAT>
              <DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
              <Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
            </NAT>
          </DisabledModes>
        </Adapter>
        <Adapter slot="5" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027E99EE0" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
          <DisabledModes>
            <NAT>
              <DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
              <Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
            </NAT>
          </DisabledModes>
        </Adapter>
        <Adapter slot="6" enabled="false" MACAddress="08002702E9E7" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
          <DisabledModes>
            <NAT>
              <DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
              <Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
            </NAT>
          </DisabledModes>
        </Adapter>
        <Adapter slot="7" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027990A34" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
          <DisabledModes>
            <NAT>
              <DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
              <Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
            </NAT>
          </DisabledModes>
        </Adapter>
      </Network>
      <UART>
        <Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected"/>
        <Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x2f8" IRQ="3" hostMode="Disconnected"/>
      </UART>
      <LPT>
        <Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="7"/>
        <Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="7"/>
      </LPT>
      <AudioAdapter controller="AC97" driver="DirectSound" enabled="true"/>
      <RTC localOrUTC="UTC"/>
      <SharedFolders>
        <SharedFolder name="Downloads" hostPath="C:\Users\tmcdowe\Downloads" writable="true" autoMount="true"/>
      </SharedFolders>
      <Clipboard mode="Bidirectional"/>
      <DragAndDrop mode="Bidirectional"/>
      <IO>
        <IoCache enabled="true" size="5"/>
        <BandwidthGroups/>
      </IO>
      <HostPci>
        <Devices/>
      </HostPci>
      <EmulatedUSB>
        <CardReader enabled="false"/>
      </EmulatedUSB>
      <Guest memoryBalloonSize="0"/>
      <GuestProperties>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/HostVerLastChecked" value="4.3.12" timestamp="1404323825565033800" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Revision" value="93733" timestamp="1404323379164771600" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Version" value="4.3.12" timestamp="1404323379164271500" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VersionExt" value="4.3.12" timestamp="1404323379164271501" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/MAC" value="080027D30870" timestamp="1404323379404319502" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/Status" value="Up" timestamp="1404323379404819600" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/Broadcast" value="172.20.7.255" timestamp="1404323379404319500" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP" value="172.20.4.105" timestamp="1404323379403819401" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/Netmask" value="255.255.252.0" timestamp="1404323379404319501" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/1/MAC" value="080027D4D022" timestamp="1404323379405319701" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/1/Status" value="Up" timestamp="1404323379405319702" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/1/V4/Broadcast" value="192.168.1.255" timestamp="1404323379404819602" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/1/V4/IP" value="192.168.1.24" timestamp="1404323379404819601" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/1/V4/Netmask" value="255.255.255.0" timestamp="1404323379405319700" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/Count" value="2" timestamp="1404324029660844800" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/LoggedInUsers" value="1" timestamp="1404323799503822600" flags="TRANSIENT, TRANSRESET"/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/LoggedInUsersList" value="tony" timestamp="1404323799503322500" flags="TRANSIENT, TRANSRESET"/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/NoLoggedInUsers" value="false" timestamp="1404323799504322700" flags="TRANSIENT, TRANSRESET"/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Product" value="Linux" timestamp="1404323379162271100" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Release" value="2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64" timestamp="1404323379162771200" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Version" value="#1 SMP Thu Jun 19 21:14:45 UTC 2014" timestamp="1404323379163271300" flags=""/>
        <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID" value="en_US" timestamp="1404323995061926400" flags=""/>
      </GuestProperties>
    </Hardware>
    <StorageControllers>
      <StorageController name="IDE" type="PIIX4" PortCount="2" useHostIOCache="true" Bootable="true">
        <AttachedDevice passthrough="false" type="DVD" port="1" device="0"/>
      </StorageController>
      <StorageController name="SATA" type="AHCI" PortCount="1" useHostIOCache="false" Bootable="true" IDE0MasterEmulationPort="0" IDE0SlaveEmulationPort="1" IDE1MasterEmulationPort="2" IDE1SlaveEmulationPort="3">
        <AttachedDevice type="HardDisk" port="0" device="0">
          <Image uuid="{cda6649c-a294-4bb1-a463-c8d078684607}"/>
        </AttachedDevice>
      </StorageController>
    </StorageControllers>
  </Machine>
</VirtualBox>
 
I got it figured out. Despite throwing no errors, it did not update the Xorg.conf. The driver was still "vesa" but it needs to be "vboxvideo"
 
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