Solaris guest additions too old to use in openindiana/hipster

[rliegh]

I tried to install Openindiana "hipster" October 2017 release as a Solaris guest on a windows 10 (amd64, home) host.

When I try to install the guest additions, the process fails because the xorg driver version included with the additions seem to be too old.

Here is the output I get when i try to pkgadd from the root prompt;

/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/VBoxService <linked pathname> /opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/vboxmslnk <linked pathname> [ verifying class <manifest> ] ## Executing postinstall script. Uncompressing files... Configuring VirtualBox guest kernel module... VirtualBox guest kernel module loaded. VirtualBox pointer integration module loaded. Creating links... * opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_119.so or opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_119.so not found! * X.org 1.19.5 not supported by this package! * Failed to install the VirtualBox X.org drivers. Configuring client... Installing 64-bit shared folders module... Installing 32-bit shared folders module... Configuring services (this might take a while)... Enabling services... Updating boot archive... Done. pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully

Installation of <SUNWvboxguest> partially failed. root@virtiana:/media/VBOXADDITIONS_5.2.1_118430#

[rliegh]

Output from GA installation attempt. Win 10 host, Solaris guest

[rliegh]

Replying to rliegh:

I tried to install Openindiana "hipster" October 2017 release as a Solaris guest on a windows 10 (amd64, home) host.

When I try to install the guest additions, the process fails because the xorg driver version included with the additions seem to be too old.

Here is the output I get when i try to pkgadd from the root prompt;

The output lost it's formatting when I pasted it. The steps are pretty easy to reproduce (a clean install and a guest addtions reinstall both produce the same results). I did a pkgrm, followed by a reboot (of the vm) and a reinstallation, saving the output to a file which I have attached.

Thank you for your time.

[rliegh]

Replying to rliegh:

I am still getting this error and I still cannot fully install the guest additions.

However, as a work-around; I ran an update which gave me the xorg virtualbox drivers, and I moved /etc/X11/xorg.conf out of the way. As a result I can get a higher resolution by using the Virtual Box GUI (view, virtual screen 1, select screen resolution) and the GUI in Hipster/Mate (preferences -> hardware -> displays). Dynamic resizing doesn't work, but it hasn't in quite some time anyway.

Thanks! :)