From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG  Sun Jun 21 19:22:37 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 1636F1065672
	for <freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org>;
	Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:22:37 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from adamk@voicenet.com)
Received: from QMTA04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net
	(qmta04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.40])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B69E58FC1D
	for <freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org>;
	Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:22:36 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from adamk@voicenet.com)
Received: from OMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.59])
	by QMTA04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast
	id 6cvr1c0031GhbT854jNdWg; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:22:37 +0000
Received: from scroll.ashke.com ([68.45.151.98])
	by OMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast
	id 6jNc1c00B27dlBY3TjNcSV; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:22:37 +0000
Message-ID: <4A3E887B.7060708@voicenet.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:22:35 -0400
From: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090515)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Yamagi Burmeister <lists@yamagi.org>, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
References: <4A3E2DE3.9070102@voicenet.com> <20090621154516.GA12325@yamagi.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090621154516.GA12325@yamagi.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Cc: 
Subject: Re: Graphics distortion in the guest OS with VirtualBox
X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems
	<freebsd-emulation.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-emulation-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-emulation>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-emulation-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-emulation-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:22:37 -0000

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