Opened 9 years ago
Closed 9 years ago
#15589 closed defect (invalid)
xorg occasionally fails for virtualbox > 5.0.12 -> configuration issue
| Reported by: | Bas van Dijk | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | guest additions/x11/graphics | Version: | VirtualBox 5.0.24 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description
After upgrading virtualbox (including the guest additions) on my guest from 5.0.12 to any higher version it occasionally happens that xorg can't find a screen. The details (including log messages) are reported in this NixOS issue:
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/16641
An intertesting message in /var/log/X.0.log is the following:
(II) vboxvideo: kernel driver found, not loading.
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 9 years ago
comment:2 by , 9 years ago
Hi Michael, thanks for you response. My OS actually removed the explicit installation of the modesetting driver with the explanation that it's now part of xserver by default. Note that I'm running X.Org X Server 1.17.4. I'm going to find out if the modesetting driver really is part of 1.17.4.
comment:3 by , 9 years ago
Michael, after enabling the modesetting driver the problem appears to have been solved. Thanks very much for your help. This ticket can be closed now.
comment:4 by , 9 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
| Summary: | xorg occasionally fails for virtualbox > 5.0.12 → xorg occasionally fails for virtualbox > 5.0.12 -> configuration issue |
Thank you for the feedback, closing.
It looks to me like you don't have the modesetting X.Org driver installed. This should be a standard component of X.Org 1.17 and is needed to use the vboxvideo kernel driver. As the message you quoted says, the vboxvideo X.Org driver and the vboxvideo kernel driver cannot be used at the same time. Please check and let me know.