From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 05:16:04 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 20F05132 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:16:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from filter03.peakinternet.com (filter03.peakinternet.com [207.55.16.94]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E8AD63EE8 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:16:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zmail-mta01.peak.org ([207.55.16.111]) by filter03.peakinternet.com ({a3d4bcbc-467e-4baf-8e5e-c89ccb4fcca2}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20141222051213720 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:12:13 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from zmail-mta01.peak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zmail-mta01.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D59C9C40C8 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:12:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zmail-mta01.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0A30D449B for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:12:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from zmail-mta01.peak.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zmail-mta01.peak.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id KrkUa6uphrLj for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:12:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailproxy-lb-07.peak.org (mailproxy-lb-07.peak.org [207.55.17.97]) by zmail-mta01.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C22AC40C8 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:12:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from carlj by elk.localnet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y2vHd-0000oR-Vv for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:11:54 -0800 From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running X11 in a VirtualBox VM References: <87lhm0y7ul.fsf@elk.localnet> <549748E5.4010702@gmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:11:53 -0800 In-Reply-To: <549748E5.4010702@gmail.com> (zep's message of "Sun, 21 Dec 2014 17:25:41 -0500") Message-ID: <87wq5kw9nq.fsf@elk.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MAG-OUTBOUND: peakinternet.redcondor.net@207.55.16/22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:16:04 -0000 zep writes: > On 12/21/2014 05:08 PM, Carl Johnson wrote: >> I had been running X11 inside of a FreeBSD VM under VirtualBox, but it >> refuses to run after the last upgrade a few days ago. The only error is >> that it can't open /usr/local/lib/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so. The file >> doesn't exist so that isn't surprising, but why is it necessary now? I >> don't really expect high performance, but I want something to run for >> testing. I did try booting the same system onto hardware and it ran >> fine with my Radeon card. The video drivers include xf86-video-vesa, >> but it insists on trying to run the vboxvideo driver that doesn't exist. >> I did try booting with vboxguest and vboxservice disabled, but there was >> no change. >> >> The system is FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE and here are a few of the possibly >> relevant packages: >> virtualbox-ose-additions-4.3.20_1 >> xf86-video-ati-7.5.0 >> xf86-video-vesa-2.3.3_4 >> xorg-7.7_1 >> xorg-drivers-7.7_2 >> >> Is there some way to run this with software rendering? Please let me >> know if there is more information needed. Thanks for any ideas. > > "after upgrade"? who/which/what did you upgrade? if you upgraded the > virtualbox version on the host (the 'host' being the machine that > provides resources for the 'guest' VMs [sorry, that's not meant to be > downspeak, I just don't know if we'd be using the same terms for > things]) then you likely need the virtualbox extensions installed to > match your current version of virtualbox, if you updated the guest's > kernel, then in my experience you'll need to once again install the VB > additions (I normally install from the iso file included with > virtualbox, I've never dealt with vb additions from the freebsd ports). Thanks for your reply, and sorry that I wasn't clear. I meant that I had done a 'pkg upgrade' that had brought in new xorg packages, and they wouldn't work as before. The problem is already solved though, due to the suggestion by Warren Block to add the option AIGLX OFF to the ServerLayout section of the xorg.conf file. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org