Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:22:35 -0400 From: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> To: Yamagi Burmeister <lists@yamagi.org>, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Graphics distortion in the guest OS with VirtualBox Message-ID: <4A3E887B.7060708@voicenet.com> In-Reply-To: <20090621154516.GA12325@yamagi.org> References: <4A3E2DE3.9070102@voicenet.com> <20090621154516.GA12325@yamagi.org>
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Yamagi Burmeister wrote: > Am Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 08:56:03AM -0400 schrieb Adam K Kirchhoff: > >> This is what I'm getting with a Windows XP guest OS that was created on >> a linux host: >> >> http://www.npark.com/vbox.jpg >> > > Hello, > I had the same problem some days ago. The problem is not Virtualbox, > it's the ati/radeonhd video driver. nox@ gave me a little hint how to > work arround: Just set the environment variable XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS > to 1 before starting Virtualbox. With that variable set it should work. > > Ciao, > Yamagi > > Well that seems to have done it. Thanks. I wonder why that variable is required for FreeBSD, but not on Linux with the same radeon driver. Adam
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