From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 14 04:02:59 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5615106566B for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:02:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnorwick@centurytel.net) Received: from mail941c35.nsolutionszone.com (mail941c35.nsolutionszone.com [209.235.152.131]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 753DA8FC12 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:02:58 +0000 (UTC) X-Authenticated-User: mnorwick.centurytel.net Received: from bucksnort.norwickhouse.net (174-124-9-3.dyn.centurytel.net [174.124.9.3]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail941c35.nsolutionszone.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p8E2mgEj027322 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:48:44 GMT Message-ID: <4E701609.7010203@centurytel.net> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:48:41 -0500 From: "Michael D. Norwick" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:6.0) Gecko/20110829 Thunderbird/6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org References: <4E5AF7FC.30200@centurytel.net> <1314594624.5517.4.camel@Nokia-N900-42-11> <4E6B98CB.4040503@centurytel.net> In-Reply-To: <4E6B98CB.4040503@centurytel.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=1.1 cv=NcoHE5DaVL9GfFGiyPHSQE0Yfj1Tns2zweE9wUucXs4= c=1 sm=1 a=_tW4y8GFV1YA:10 a=3WPTVEtZbjMA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=sN1ymm187tx0Nq4bb7dXQQ==:17 a=jJSEoD67AAAA:8 a=dynt39AsAAAA:8 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=qpwmqWNjNLPne2w3WdAA:9 a=BKdaD-c6rsw7Kmved_wA:7 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=Jw29t_AgHPoA:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=sN1ymm187tx0Nq4bb7dXQQ==:117 Subject: Re: VirtualBox 4.1.2 r73507 X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:02:59 -0000 On 09/10/11 12:05, Michael D. Norwick wrote: > On 08/29/2011 12:10 AM, Bernhard Fröhlich wrote: > > You only need this if you really need one of the 4.1 guest additions features. They are compatible with newer guests. > > The latest guest additions for 4.1.2 are availabe as cft too. But you also need to update devel/kBuild from the cft first. > > http://home.bluelife.at/ports/virtualbox-cft-20110825.tar.gz > > > < snip> >> On Mo., 29. Aug. 2011 04:22:52 CEST, Michael D. Norwick wrote: >> > < snip> > > Dell Latitude D630 laptop > Kubuntu 'natty' host > Virtualbox 4.1.2 downloaded from Oracle's site. > Guest Additions from virtualbox-cft-20110825.tar.gz > FreeBSD 9.0 amd64 dvd.iso downloaded 08/24/2011 installed as the only guest. > hald and dbus enabled in rc.conf > the correct /etc/hal/fdi/policy/90vbox*.fdi per the FreeBSD wiki > moused both enabled and disabled in rc.conf makes no difference in X > behaviour > I am using a USB keyboard and mouse but X doesn't start correctly with > them unplugged either. > > I've been frustrated getting Xorg to start properly. I used the > suggestions provided in the previous response and I can get X to start > but the mouse is frozen. I am using; > > exec /usr/local/bin/gnome-session > > in the ~/.xinitrc > > Enabling gdm in rc.conf starts a graphical login but again the mouse is > frozen along with the keyboard and I cannot select the user or type. I > have commented out the statement in rc.conf after testing so $>xinit and > $>startx still exhibit the - no mouse - behaviour. > > I rebuilt hald and dbus from ports. They installed without error but > the locked-up mouse issue remains. > > Sorry to not post the contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log but, the silly > thing just froze up on boot and I cannot access the VM to login. I will > post it when I am able to get to a login prompt. > > Maybe I should just install FreeBSD 9.0 as the host OS on this laptop > and use Linux as the guest for the few applications I need? I've tried > to avoid because there's a lot of stuff to restore from backup but I > might have to just do it. > > Thank You, > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-emulation-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Nevermind; Couldn't seem to resolve the Xorg issue. Spent the last 2 days installing FreeBSD 9 amd64 to the harddrive. It works rather nicely. Thank You, Michael