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On 08/14/2014 09:32 AM, walt wrote: |
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> Because I'm paranoid, I update my virtualbox ~amd64-gentoo-guest machine every |
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> day *before* I update my (real hardware) "production" machine. (The definition |
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> of "production" is left as an exercise for the reader.) |
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> Not long ago I noticed that the vbox guest machine failed to start a gnome |
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> session because "3D hardware support" is not available on the guest machine. |
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> To make a very long story short, I downgraded the xorg-server on the gentoo |
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> guest from 1.16.0 to 1.15.1, and now gnome3 is happy again. |
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> Techie detail for nerds only: /usr/libexec/gnome-session-check-accelerated |
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> returns an error message with xorg-server-1.16.0, but works normally with |
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> xorg-server-1.15.1. |
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> Has anyone else seen the same behavior? |
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> Thx |
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I saw similar problem running debian in virtualbox. Virtualbox guest |
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addition is needed for 3D support, but the additions won't compile with |
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the latest xorg-server. |