Arch Linux

Goose722

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From: New Jersey

Registered: 2009-01-01

Posts: 4

VirtualBox Arch install - making X work.

So, I've installed a base Arch Linux install using the 2009.02 core release, and the initial installation process went flawlessly. 

Then, I attempted to install X.

I had read around that installing the VBox Guest Additions was a good idea, seeing as it enabled core support for both the mouse and video drivers, so I did that by mounting the disc using the VBox application on the host machine, and mounting and installing the guest additions in the Arch guest system.

After that, I rebooted the machine, expecting to have a nice xorg.conf file, created by the install, waiting for me(I hadn't initiated any sort of X install yet)

Instead, I was forced to install hwdetect and create an xorg.conf file this way:

hwdetect -xa

This left me with an xorg config file that looked like this(I hope the images work):

..and this(next page)

From what I've read, it seems that the video driver should be set to 'vboxvideo', and the mouse driver should be set to 'vboxmouse'
However, when I replace the current entries for those, I get the ever-so-popular error "cannot find blah driver"

Now, with the xorg.conf file in its current state(using vesa and default mouse drivers), I can start up X and run OpenBox or Awesome, but am limited to a resolution of 800x600, and mouse capturing remains in effect.  What do I need to do to get those drivers up and running, and to enable larger resolutions on this virtual machine?  (the ideal resolution for me would be 1920x1080)

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DevoidOfWindows

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Registered: 2009-05-24

Posts: 133

Re: VirtualBox Arch install - making X work.

Make sure $(VBoxClient) is running.  It should get started automatically if you use GDM, but you will have to start it manually, otherwise.

Goose722

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From: New Jersey

Registered: 2009-01-01

Posts: 4

Re: VirtualBox Arch install - making X work.

In the guest system?

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DevoidOfWindows

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Registered: 2009-05-24

Posts: 133

Re: VirtualBox Arch install - making X work.

Yes.

rasat

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From: Finland, working in Romania

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Re: VirtualBox Arch install - making X work.

I had the same problem and solved it with the help of wiki and woks fine:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vir … _Additions

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