Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox Display Broken After xorg Upgrade

[Fernando Antunes]

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Al <al@×××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:

> Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure where to start.  I upgraded from xorg 1.4 to xorg 1.6.  I
> > also followed the ATI Migration guide at
> > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/ati-migration-guide.xml.
>

I had the same error when I upgrade my kernel version. Did you rebuild the
kernel in this ati migration process ?
If yes, run module-rebuild (sys-kernel/module-rebuild) as root.




> >
> > Everything seems fine except now Virtualbox 3.0.2 guest displays are
> > unreadable.  Before the upgrade, Virtualbox displays were OK.  Basically
> > it looks like when one has a bad modeline for X.  If I click on the
> > guest window to close, I get a Virtualbox pop up asking if I want to
> > shutdown or power off the guest.  When this pops up, the screen is a
> > slightly readable black and white version.  Guest machines are Windows 7
> > and Windows XP.  Both have the same symptoms.
> >
> > I've rebuilt virtualbox-bin and -modules.  I've Googled but can't seem
> > to find the right google-fu to turn anything up.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to get things working again?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Drew
> >
> Hi I have the same problem however I have been able to start a machine from
> the comand line,
>
> ~ VirtualBox -rmode sdl -startvm < name of your machine>
>
> I also tried VirtualBox -rmode image -startvm < name of your machine>
> but this gave the same unreadable screen.
>
> The same results repeated with a new machine also.
> Installing the guest additions has no effect.
>
> Have not got around to investigating any further yet.
>
> Al
>
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