Arch Linux

Vepth

Member

Registered: 2019-08-01

Posts: 14

[SOLVED] Issue when trying to install AMD Catalyst on Virtual Box

Hello,

I am pretty new to Arch Linux, and I recently re-installed Arch Linux on my Oracle Virtual Box. Everything was good until I tried to change resolution. I tried to change resolution to more than 1024x768x32, but it only resets to default ( 800x600 ).
I though it is because of graphics driver that I didn't install, so I found out AMD Catalyst by V10L0. I was following instructions on Arch Linux Wiki, and got up to point where I need to put Server of AMD Catalyst to

/etc/pacman.conf

I did it all alright and added sign keys.

Problem is, when I after all that, try to do ( as said in Arch WIki )

pacman -Syuu

it says

error: Failed retrieving file 'catalyst.db' from 168.86.114.169 : OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to 167.86.114.169:443
error: failed to update catalyst (download library error)

I hope somebody can help.
If you know any better way to install AMD Catalyst, or if I can change resolution on some different way to be more than mentioned.

Last edited by Vepth (2019-09-20 14:11:55)

Slithery

Administrator

From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: [SOLVED] Issue when trying to install AMD Catalyst on Virtual Box

Installing that driver won't help as your VM doesn't have an AMD card. You should follow...
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … nux_guests

---

No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
Closing -- for deletion; Banning -- for muppetry. - jasonwryan

aur - dotfiles

Vepth

Member

Registered: 2019-08-01

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Issue when trying to install AMD Catalyst on Virtual Box

Installing that driver won't help as your VM doesn't have an AMD card. You should follow...
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … nux_guests

Thank you, I will try it. I'll tell if it goes good.

Vepth

Member

Registered: 2019-08-01

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Issue when trying to install AMD Catalyst on Virtual Box

Installing that driver won't help as your VM doesn't have an AMD card. You should follow...
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … nux_guests

I just tried everything that is said on that link, but still, when I do everything and change grub file, did

video=1366x768 # Resolution working on my graphics driver 

, did

VBoxManage setextradata...

on my host machine ( Windows 7 ). Also did enable and load services. After all of that it is still default resolution.

Also tried two more resolutions and none worked.

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,731

Re: [SOLVED] Issue when trying to install AMD Catalyst on Virtual Box

Are VT-D and such enabled in your BIOS/UEFI so that you can make use of certain acceleration features? Did you configure 3D in your virtualbox settings? Post a

sudo journalctl -b

and a xorg.log from the virtual machine

d_fajardo

Member

Registered: 2017-07-28

Posts: 1,568

Re: [SOLVED] Issue when trying to install AMD Catalyst on Virtual Box

Have you installed the VirtualBox Guest Additions?

Vepth

Member

Registered: 2019-08-01

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Issue when trying to install AMD Catalyst on Virtual Box

Are VT-D and such enabled in your BIOS/UEFI so that you can make use of certain acceleration features? Did you configure 3D in your virtualbox settings? Post a

sudo journalctl -b

and a xorg.log from the virtual machine

I tried to enable 3D acceleration in virtualbox settings under Display tab, it didn't work. Can you explain in which bios and how I see if "VT-D and such" are enabled?
Also, my Graphics Contoller is VMSVGA, maybe it's because of it?

Here are pictures of my virtualbox settings:

https://i.imgur.com/YkaMZ9w.png
https://i.imgur.com/92gh3XR.png
https://i.imgur.com/2imozUC.png

Output when i do

sudo journalctl -b

https://throwbin.io/Ih4xVFs

link of /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

https://throwbin.io/ZtdukxB

Do I need to provide anything more? Is enabling 3D acceleration all for configuring 3D?

Have you installed the VirtualBox Guest Additions?

Yes, I did. It is in arch linux's virtualbox wikipage.

Last edited by Vepth (2019-09-19 18:17:14)

loqs

Member

Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,372

Re: [SOLVED] Issue when trying to install AMD Catalyst on Virtual Box

Please do not post oversized images of text.  You can use `journalctl -b --no-hostname` to remove the entries being prefixed by the hostname
then redact the other mentions of hostname plus other information you do not wish to share making it as redacted as you did in Xorg.0.log.

Last edited by loqs (2019-09-18 18:00:44)

Slithery

Administrator

From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: [SOLVED] Issue when trying to install AMD Catalyst on Virtual Box

Please read the Code of Conduct before posting again, especially the sections regarding posting images and code.

---

No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
Closing -- for deletion; Banning -- for muppetry. - jasonwryan

aur - dotfiles

Vepth

Member

Registered: 2019-08-01

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Issue when trying to install AMD Catalyst on Virtual Box

Sorry for bad post form. I tried to add some more lower and higher resolutions that are provided by my adapter, but none work. I also tried changing graphics controller and enabled 3D acceleration

Lone_Wolf

Member

From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,920

Re: [SOLVED] Issue when trying to install AMD Catalyst on Virtual Box

Are the virtualbox versions on host & guest the same ?

---

Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

(A works at time B)  && (time C > time B ) ≠  (A works at time C)

Vepth

Member

Registered: 2019-08-01

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Issue when trying to install AMD Catalyst on Virtual Box

Are the virtualbox versions on host & guest the same ?

Virtualbox on my host machine wasn't updated, but I updated it now. Still not working.

Vepth

Member

Registered: 2019-08-01

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Issue when trying to install AMD Catalyst on Virtual Box

I found the solution!

So, I was looking at command:

video=1360x768

and it seemed like it is problem up to that, it didn't work. So I googled up for it and found solution:
Fistly go to /etc/default/grub as root and change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT = "quiet video= [resolution]" , GRUB_GFXMODE = [resolution]. After that save it and type:

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

When it does it's job, type:

xrandr

it outputs this for me https://throwbin.io/6Lmy9XH/
As you can see, Virtual1 is connected and under it are available resolutions. Choose one of those and type:

xrandr --addmode Virtual1 1370x768 # Or your prefered resoultion

After that, type:

xrandr --output Virtual1 --primary --mode 1360x768 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal

Reboot your machine.

Articles:
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=87519
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=180904

Last edited by Vepth (2019-09-20 14:11:34)