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jdn06

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Registered: 2010-02-01

Posts: 67

Trick for Achlinux guest with Virtualbox after xorg-server upgrade

You might have problems with Virtualbox 4.0.4 and a guest using xorg-server 1.10: to make it short, no more X at reboot.
To solve this before next Virtualbox update, just use this pre-version to rebuild the guest additions:

http://www.virtualbox.org/download/test … r70636.iso

It worked perfectly for me.

rogthedodge99

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Registered: 2011-04-12

Posts: 1

Re: Trick for Achlinux guest with Virtualbox after xorg-server upgrade

Yes this worked for me eventually. The rebuild shows up as 'guest additions v4.0.5'
I noticed that others using 'bleeding edge' distro's were having the same problem.

Regards

Roger F

nathris

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Registered: 2010-05-26

Posts: 4

Re: Trick for Achlinux guest with Virtualbox after xorg-server upgrade

Still doesn't fix 3d acceleration though, so compositing window managers like KWin or Emerald will not work.

Not sure why it was migrated from [testing], when there is still so little compatibility.

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: Trick for Achlinux guest with Virtualbox after xorg-server upgrade

Thanks for the heads up !

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mitch_feaster

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From: San Diego, CA

Registered: 2011-02-27

Posts: 55

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Re: Trick for Achlinux guest with Virtualbox after xorg-server upgrade

I'm running into this issue as well (this guy?) but that pre-version didn't solve it for me...

Maybe I misunderstood your post, but all I did was download that image and follow the instructions on the wiki, but I still get the same errors. I also tried a `pacman -Sc; pacman -Suy virtualbox-guest-modules;` and even `/etc/rc.d/rc.vboxadd setup` for good measure, but to no avail...

I'm not on [testing], pacman -Qi on virtualbox-guest-moduels and xorg-server show versions 4.0.4-4 and 1.10.0.902-1, respectively.

Is this a different issue or did I do something wrong?
-Mitch

Inxsible

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Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: Trick for Achlinux guest with Virtualbox after xorg-server upgrade

You might want to follow the GPL version now and add rc.vboxadd in your DAEMONS. Restarting the VM after that worked for me.

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mitch_feaster

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From: San Diego, CA

Registered: 2011-02-27

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Re: Trick for Achlinux guest with Virtualbox after xorg-server upgrade

You might want to follow the GPL version now and add rc.vboxadd in your DAEMONS. Restarting the VM after that worked for me.

Awesome, that did it.
thanks!

oraerk

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Registered: 2010-10-20

Posts: 18

Re: Trick for Achlinux guest with Virtualbox after xorg-server upgrade

The link does not work anymore, here is the one working: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb … org110.iso