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From: Ian Bloss <ianlinkcd@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: newish vbox gentoo guest crashes from startx
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 20:43:55
Message-Id: CADopNUf2BdSH9Gp3s5o2+iwMPyYzeNZ2xmKO81g7P6mTHyP8Yw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: newish vbox gentoo guest crashes from startx by Harry Putnam
1 Other thing to keep in mind is if you recently installed/updated virtbox is
2 to reboot your host to make sure the host drivers have installed correctly,
3 and make sure your kernel for the guest have the correct modules built.
4
5 On Thu, Dec 8, 2016, 12:10 Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
6
7 > Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> writes:
8 >
9 > [...]
10 >
11 > >> The only thing I can think of left to check is
12 > >> emerge @x11-module-rebuild
13 > >> and see what it will install
14 > >
15 > >
16 > > [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.4:0/1.18.4::gentoo USE="doc
17 > > glamor suid udev xorg -dmx -ipv6 -kdrive -libressl -minimal (-selinux)
18 > > -static-libs -systemd -tslib -unwind -wayland -xephyr -xnest -xvfb" 0
19 > > KiB
20 > > [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.9.2::gentoo 0 KiB
21 > > [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-virtualbox-5.1.10::gentoo USE="dri"
22 > > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 0 KiB
23 > > [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.4::gentoo 0 KiB
24 > > [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.9.0::gentoo 0 KiB
25 > >
26 > > I'm proceeding with those rebuilds now.
27 >
28 > Rebuilds finished... still:
29 > startlxde has no effect whatever
30 >
31 > startx causes a full on crash
32 >
33 > Just a point of interest and possible diagnostic data.
34 >
35 > The lists below show a group of x11 pkgs that are uniq on a previous
36 > gentoo install that is successfully running lxde. That is, the listed
37 > pkgs are on the successful host but not on the problem host.
38 >
39 > I did not think any of them looked like possible causes of my problem.
40 >
41 > The second list (of one) below shows a pkg on the problem host that is
42 > not on the succesfull host. Again does not appear to be a possible
43 > cause of my problem
44 >
45 >
46 > uniq on successful lxde running host gv
47 >
48 > x11-apps/bdftopcf
49 > x11-apps/luit
50 > x11-apps/xcursorgen
51 > x11-apps/xkill
52 > x11-apps/xlsfonts
53 > x11-apps/xmessage
54 > x11-apps/xmodmap
55 > x11-apps/xpr
56 > x11-apps/xsetroot
57 > x11-apps/xwd
58 > x11-libs/libXScrnSaver
59 > x11-libs/libXaw3d
60 > x11-libs/pangox-compat
61 > x11-misc/xbindkeys
62 > x11-terms/xterm
63 > x11-themes/sound-theme-freedesktop
64 >
65 >
66 > Uniq on problem host g0
67 >
68 > x11-apps/xrefresh
69 >
70 >
71 >