Registration does not work

[Maurice Butler]

Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose

Help ->Register VirtualBox

does not work!

Failed to connect to VirtualBox Registration service due tothe following error:
Could not preform connection handshake.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 22 18:51:06 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: virtualbox-ose-qt 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-22.60-generic
SourcePackage: virtualbox-ose
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-22-generic i686
VirtualBoxOse.DpkgList:
 rc virtualbox-3.2 3.2.6-63112~Ubuntu~karmic Oracle VM VirtualBox
 ii virtualbox-ose 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
 ii virtualbox-ose-qt 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user
 ii virtualbox-ose-source 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 x86 virtualization solution - kernel module

[Maurice Butler (likemagic)]

note: unable to upgrade to 10.4 LTS as it will not run, locks up on startup
I had to create a manual xorg.conf for 9.10

 Section "Device"
       Identifier "Videocard"
       Driver "openchrome"
       VendorName "VIA Tech"
       Option "ModeSwitchMethod" "legacy"
       BoardName "VIA PN800/PN880"
 EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Viewsonic E70"
 Horizsync 30.0 - 70.0
 Vertrefresh 50.0 - 160.0
 Option "DPMS"
 Option "UseEdid" "False"
 # 1024x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 64.11 MHz
 Modeline "1024x768_60.00" 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync
 # 1024x768 @ 50.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 39.55 kHz; pclk: 51.89 MHz
 Modeline "1024x768_50.00" 51.89 1024 1064 1168 1312 768 769 772 791 -HSync +Vsync
 DisplaySize 1024 768
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "VideoCard"
 Monitor "Viewsonic E70"
 Defaultdepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 24
  Modes "1024x768"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

[Felix Geyer (debfx)]

What does VirtualBox registration and the xorg.conf have to do with each other?
Anyway the registration is disabled in the Ubuntu package.