[GUTSY] GUI fails when running in virtualbox

[Jim Qode]

I have installed gutsy in virtualbox. GUI works with default installation. Then I installed virtualbox guest addition, which installs and X video driver callad VBoxVideo. GUI stopped working. Ubuntu keeps trying to run X.

Running plain X, without the GUI works. startx does not.

Here is the output from startx:

xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.6424

X Window System Version 1.3.0
Release Date: 19 April 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux jimqode-gutsy 2.6.22-7-generic #1 SMP Mon Jun 25 17:33:14 GMT 2007 i686
Build Date: 27 May 2007
 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
 to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Jun 30 14:24:36 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(II) Module already built-in
(WW) VBoxVideo(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe0000000,0x800000)
(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
(EE) No Input driver matching `mouse'
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom
 No such file or directory.
Error opening /dev/input/wacom : No such file or directory
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom
 No such file or directory.
Error opening /dev/input/wacom : No such file or directory
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom
 No such file or directory.
Error opening /dev/input/wacom : No such file or directory

waiting for X server to shut down FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

[JakubPisarczyk (jpisarczyk)]

I found this same problem with my gutsy gibon after use vboxvideo insteed of vesa driver X don't start

[Guillaume Douté (gdoute)]

I confirm this problem on the Tribe 4 release of Gutsy

[Jim Qode (jimqode)]

This problem is still present in Gutsy-BETA.

[Jim Qode (jimqode)]

Most probably this bug is the same as http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/356
I'm setting this as fixed upstream.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Sounds like a virtualbox issue, not X, so reassigning.

[Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik)]

This bug was nominated for Gutsy but does currently not qualify for a 7.10 stable release update (SRU) and the nomination is therefore declined. According the the SRU policy, the fix should already be deployed and tested in the current development version before an update to the stable releases will be considered. With 7.10 now released, that policy applies to this bug. See: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates .

The bug is not being closed as work will continue on fixing it for the next release, Hardy Heron (8.04). To help improve the state of this bug see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToTriage and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures .

[Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount)]

This was fixed in 1.4.2, we now have 1.5.4 in hardy which shouldn't have this problem.