Opened 10 years ago
Closed 6 years ago
#13471 closed defect (fixed)
VB Video driver should support Wayland -> fixed
| Reported by: | Rainmaker | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | guest additions/x11/graphics | Version: | VirtualBox 4.3.16 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | all |
Description
Some major distributions will be switching to Wayland in the near future. Currently, the video driver included with the guest tooling does not support Wayland. Running a virtual machine results in a black screen after boot (with the correct resolution).
Tested with Fedora 21 Alpha.
The full VBox.log from a machine starting Wayland is attached.
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Change History (10)
by , 10 years ago
comment:1 by , 10 years ago
comment:4 by , 9 years ago
With GNOME and KDE the two big Linux desktops are moving to Wayland and it has already not been possible to test the GNOME desktop in a VB machine for months now. Please, could somebody care?
comment:5 by , 9 years ago
I agree, I honestly don't see why there seems to be so little interest in developing Wayland support for VirtualBox.
comment:7 by , 9 years ago
Anyone interested in contributing who has a bit of experience of how 3D works is welcome to contact us on the vbox-dev mailing list.
comment:8 by , 9 years ago
| Component: | guest additions → guest additions/x11/graphics |
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Created a wiki page relating to user contributions for 3D.
comment:9 by , 6 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
| Summary: | VB Video driver should support Wayland → VB Video driver should support Wayland -> fixed |
2D support has been working with Wayland for years now. With 6.0 you can get 3D support using VMSVGA.
We are aware of this and working on it, but there is currently no estimate for when it will be done as we have many other things to work on too.