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joe@jschaf.com

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Registered: 2010-10-18

Posts: 2

X11 crashes when switching TTYs in VirtualBox

Hey all,

I just installed Arch (64bit) and have it working under VirtualBox 3.2.10 in Windows 7 (64 bit).  I can startx and it works until I switch to a different TTY.  X then crashes with the following error:

FATAL: Module vboxvideo not found.
(EE) [drm] drmOpen failed.
(EE) VBoxVideo(0): DRIScreenInit failed, disabling DRI.
(EE) VirtualBox USB Tablet: failed to initialize for relative axes.

I haven't modified xorg.conf at all.  The generated file is below:

# VirtualBox generated configuration file
# based on /etc/X11/xorg.conf.


Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "VirtualBox Virtual Output"
  VendorName   "Oracle Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  BoardName    "VirtualBox Graphics"
  Driver       "vboxvideo"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  VendorName   "Oracle Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Versions:
X - 1.9.0
Arch - Linux 2.6.34-ARCH x86_64
Windows 7 (64 bit)
VirtualBox - 3.2.10

Thanks,
Joe

ekenbrand

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From: Argentina

Registered: 2010-06-21

Posts: 28

Re: X11 crashes when switching TTYs in VirtualBox

Have you installed Guest additions? Seems to me that vboxvideo module ships inside of it.

You should check this: Running Arch Linux as a guest -- ArchWiki

joe@jschaf.com

Member

Registered: 2010-10-18

Posts: 2

Re: X11 crashes when switching TTYs in VirtualBox

I have the Guest Additions installed.  I went through the Virtualbox guide.  The problem still exists.

Cody

Member

Registered: 2010-11-08

Posts: 42

Re: X11 crashes when switching TTYs in VirtualBox

Has anyone found a solution? I am having a similar problem, when I run startx I get:
(EE) [drm] drmOpen failed.
(EE) VBoxVideo(0): DRIScreenInit failed, disabling DRI.
(EE) VirtualBox USB Tablet: failed to initialize for relative axes.