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#1 2012-10-13 20:24:33
- dvh
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xorg upgrade breaks virtualbox video
just did 'pacman -Syu" and LOTS of xorg and xf86 packages were updated. this arch machine is a vbox guest. after the upgrade, vboxvideo refuses to load and run, so X11 crashes. rebuilt the guest additions against this new xorg set, but still have the same problem.
I don't want to spend all day trying to guess which xorg or xf86 packages need to be downgraded...is there a simple way to back this upgrade out? am I simply screwed until vbox catches up?
-dvh
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#2 2012-10-13 20:31:26
- karol
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Re: xorg upgrade breaks virtualbox video
Seems you may need to do more downgrading https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1174410
If virtualbox packages are out of date, please mark them as such.
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#3 2012-10-13 20:38:15
- dvh
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Re: xorg upgrade breaks virtualbox video
my problem is a little different in that I am not using [testing]. kernel is 3.5.6-1. i do not use the guest-additions from any repository. I am running VirtualBox on a MAC and i download new VBox releases when the VBox app tells me there is a new version. at the same time, I download the new guest-additions iso and install that in my arch guest. maybe there is a better way from the arch perspective? should I be installing the guest-additions from the arch package?
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#4 2012-10-13 20:43:25
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#5 2012-10-13 20:48:15
- dvh
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Re: xorg upgrade breaks virtualbox video
thanks, but I don't think it is an xorg.conf problem. the Xorg.0.log file indicates an error trying to load vboxvideo, which it should be loading. vboxvideo is built from the guest additions. i think that the xorg upgrade is running ahead of and in conflict with the vbox guest additions. believe I either need to back out the xorg upgrade or WAIT until vbox catches up. I must be using an incorrect procedure in order to end up with this conflict.
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#6 2012-10-13 21:09:09
- Scimmia
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Re: xorg upgrade breaks virtualbox video
The virtualbox video module doesn't support xorg-server 1.13. They said they were going to add it a month ago, but nothing yet.
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#7 2012-10-13 21:14:35
- dvh
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Re: xorg upgrade breaks virtualbox video
thank you for the info. as i suspected. so my only choices are:
1) back out the multiple package upgrade, or
2) wait.
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#8 2012-10-15 09:57:02
- PierreR
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Re: xorg upgrade breaks virtualbox video
This fix (downgrading 3 packages) has solved the problem for me:
pacman -U xorg-server-common-1.12.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
pacman -U xf86-input-evdev-2.7.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
pacman -U xorg-server-1.12.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
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#9 2012-10-16 03:25:10
- then4116
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Re: xorg upgrade breaks virtualbox video
fixed, it seems, by the latest virtualbox-guest-utils update. I am honestly impressed by the timing!
rebuilt the modules for my custom kernel with >dkms install vboxguest/4.2.0
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#10 2012-10-16 10:29:03
- Dave B
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Re: xorg upgrade breaks virtualbox video
Fix confirmed - new vbox guest versions are:
virtualbox-guest-modules 4.2.0-6
virtualbox-guest-utils 4.2.0-4
Just did a general update, unignored xorg in pacman.conf, held my breath and... it worked.
Yep, that was fast!
Last edited by Dave B (2012-10-16 10:29:31)
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