No 3D acceleration with Arch + virtualbox-guest-modules 4.3.24-1

I've been using Arch happily in 64 bit VirtualBox setup for a few months (under 64bit Win7), but after installing cool-retro-term, realized I have no 3D acceleration. glxinfo shows I'm using unaccelerated Gallium instead of Chromium:
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.5, 128 bits)
I've googled about 100 different bug reports and solution suggestions, but to no avail. Virtualbox forums say that a similar bug was fixed last June, and after that the glxinfo should give a dozen warnings about being unable to load stuff, but report the Chromium drivers. I have the latest version of virtualbox-guest-modules (4.3.24-1) which should contain the fix, but that doesn't help.
I installed Debian today to test things out, and indeed, I had 3D acceleration out of the box. This was likely because the initial install was Debian stable, and the latest Mesa versions (around early 2014) initially broke the 3D acceleration, so probably Mesa was too stable... Upgrading to Debian Jessie broke the 3D acceleration to same state as my Arch install (Gallium renderer instead of Chromium), which seems to support this hypothesis. HOWEVER, re-compiling the latest guest additions seemed to have the effect the Virtualbox forums suggested there should be -- 3D support was restored, and Chromium once again the renderer in glxinfo.
Has someone successfully gotten Arch under Virtualbox working with 3D acceleration without downgrading Mesa libraries? The Cinnamon desktop nags me about not having HW acceleration, and cool-retro-term uses 100 % CPU due to software rendering, so I'd rather have acceleration than not.

I have the same problem (with standard 3.19.2-1 kernel, vbox 4.3.26).
I tried grabbing an older mesa and mesa-libgl from the arch rollback machine (which worked the last time it stopped working) but version 10.4.6 just crashed my machine when gnome was starting. I'm guessing there are more packages required for that approach to work but i don't know what they are. A complete rollback would be clean but would probably be more annoying lol.

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[SOLVED] 3d Acceleration on Arch Linux guest

I've just installed the latest FTP Arch Linux (2009.02) as a Guest running in Virtual Box 3.0.2 in my Windows 7 host, and I cannot get Xorg working at all.
- 3D Acceleration is enabled for the VM, and 128MB of video memory allocated
- Guest Additions were installed successfully, added rc.vboxadd to daemons, and everything loads ok on startup.
Output of 'dmesg | grep vbox':
vboxadd: Successfully loaded version 3.0.2 (interface 0x0010004)
vboxvfs: Successfully loaded version 3.0.2 (interface 0x0010004)
[drm] Initialized vboxvideo 1.0.0 20090303 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Here is my .xinitrc:
/usr/bin/VBoxClient-all
I've symlinked vboxvideo_dri.so since the installer didn't do it.
Output of 'ls -l /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so':
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2009-07-31 22:42 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so -> /usr/lib/VBoxOGL.so
And error when I run 'startx':
(EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so failed (libXcomposite.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
(EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
waiting for X server to shut down
And then it shuts down, without even trying to load swrast_dri.so. But the weirdest part is, that symlink exists, but X is saying it doesn't! I've restarted the VM and still get the same error.
Here is my xorg.conf (created by installing GA), and I do have HAL up and running, loaded before the rc.vboxadd daemon:
# Default xorg.conf for Xorg 1.5+ without PCI_TXT_IDS_PATH enabled.
# This file was created by VirtualBox Additions installer as it
# was unable to find any existing configuration file for X.
Section "Device"
Identifier "VirtualBox Video Card"
Driver "vboxvideo"
EndSection
So... what next?
Last edited by timmahcheese (2009-08-03 15:20:55)

Silly me, I forgot the libxcomposite package. I guess I should read the errors closer.
Anyway, I'm still getting an error (signal 11) being caused by VBoxClient-all. Here is my Xorg.0.log:
X.Org X Server 1.6.2
Release Date: 2009-7-7
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.30-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux obi-wan 2.6.30-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 20 11:20:32 UTC 2009 i686
Build Date: 18 July 2009 08:27:13PM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
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: Sun Aug 2 23:20:02 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
(==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using the first device section listed.
(**) | |-->Device "VirtualBox Video Card"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Cannot locate a core pointer device.
(II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
(II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable AllowEmptyInput.
(II) Loader magic: 0x7a40
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 5.0
X.Org XInput driver : 4.0
X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(II) Loader running on linux
(--) using VT number 7
(--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 80ee:beef:0000:0000 InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/134217728
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
(II) System resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vboxvideo_drv.so
(II) Module vboxvideo: vendor="Sun Microsystems, Inc."
compiled for 1.5.99.901, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) VBoxVideo: guest driver for VirtualBox: vbox
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
[5] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
[6] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[9] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
[10] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VirtualBox guest additions video driver version 3.0.2
(II) Loading sub module "vbe"
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) VBoxVideo(0): initializing int10
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE Version 2.0
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 131072 kB
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE OEM: VirtualBox VBE BIOS http://www.virtualbox.org/
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 0.2
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: VirtualBox VBE Adapter
(II) VBoxVideo(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Sun VirtualBox Version 3.0.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "shadowfb"
(II) LoadModule: "shadowfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libshadowfb.so
(II) Module shadowfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
(==) VBoxVideo(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Output VBOX1 has no monitor section
(II) VBoxVideo(0): The maximum supported resolution is currently 32000x32000
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Output VBOX1 has no monitor section
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Output VBOX1 connected
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Output VBOX1 using initial mode 1024x768
(==) VBoxVideo(0): RGB weight 888
(==) VBoxVideo(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) VBoxVideo(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(==) VBoxVideo(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
(II) Loading sub module "dri"
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
[5] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
[6] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[9] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
[10] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(==) VBoxVideo(0): Default visual is TrueColor
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 10, (OK)
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 10, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 10, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 10
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
(II) [drm] DRM interface version 1.3
(II) [drm] DRM open master succeeded.
(II) VBoxVideo(0): [drm] Using the DRM lock SAREA also for drawables.
(II) VBoxVideo(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0xe0000000
(II) VBoxVideo(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) VBoxVideo(0): X context handle = 0x1
(II) VBoxVideo(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler
(II) VBoxVideo(0): visual configurations initialized
(==) VBoxVideo(0): Backing store disabled
(II) VBoxVideo(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
(II) VBoxVideo(0): DPMS enabled
(II) VBoxVideo(0): The VBox video extensions are now enabled.
(II) VBoxVideo(0): [DRI] installation complete
(--) RandR disabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 11
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
(II) Next line is added to allow vboxvideo_drv.so to appear as whitelisted driver
(II) The file referenced, is *NOT* loaded
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//ati_drv.so
(EE) AIGLX error: vboxvideo does not export required DRI extension
(EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/swrast_dri.so
(II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0
(II) VBoxVideo(0): Setting screen physical size to 270 x 203
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation
(II) LoadModule: "evdev"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//evdev_drv.so
(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 2.2.2
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) config/hal: Adding input device ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: always reports core events
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
(II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Found 5 mouse buttons
(II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
(II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
(II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Configuring as mouse
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device VirtualBox Guest Service
(II) LoadModule: "vboxmouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//vboxmouse_drv.so
(II) Module vboxmouse: vendor="Sun Microsystems Inc."
compiled for 0.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: always reports core events
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: Device: "/dev/vboxadd"
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "VirtualBox Guest Service" (type: MOUSE)
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(**) VirtualBox Guest Service: Mouse Integration associated with screen 0
(II) VirtualBox Guest Service: On.
Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x813154b]
1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x9e) [0x80cacee]
2: [0xb8008400]
3: /usr/bin/X(Dispatch+0x80) [0x808c350]
4: /usr/bin/X(main+0x395) [0x8072005]
5: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0xb7be2a36]
6: /usr/bin/X [0x80714b1]
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) VirtualBox Guest Service: Off.
(II) VirtualBox Guest Service: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "vboxmouse"
Last edited by timmahcheese (2009-08-03 04:07:48)

[SOLVED] no sound in Arch virtualbox guest

I had no sound in an Arch virtualbox guest. The fix (original link below) was to use the alsa97 option in virtualbox settings and then to add
options snd-intel8x0 ac97_clock=48000
to
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
Here is the link to where I read about this fix: http://www.withoutthesarcasm.com/fixing … irtualbox/
Last edited by mek42 (2014-09-14 14:21:16)

I mucked around with alsa mixer and muted a channel and now I have sound. However, when I run:
speaker-test -c 6
the app cycles through my speakers, however sound comes out of all the speakers at once for the individual channels front left and front right. I do not get any sound out of either of the rears or the center. I double checked alsa mixer and all the volumes are turned up.
Is there a way I can get arch to send sound to the correct speakers?
--nixIT

Copy and paste not working with Arch as guest on virtualbox

In my ~/.xinitrc file I have the following:
exec awesome
/usr/bin/VBoxClient-all
VBoxClient-all &
I have checked the /usr/bin directory and there is no VBoxClient-all file.
I have installed the virtualbox-guest-utils aswell as adding the following to /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf:
vboxguest
vboxsf
vboxvideo
Thanks.
Last edited by psycho_tea_drinker (2013-07-22 12:24:34)

jasonwryan wrote:https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xi … ng_started
Thank you! The problem was exec *something* should be on the last line.

Installing virtualbox-guest-modules = depmod error

I'm setting up a new system, and I tried following the instructions at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … nux_guests.
Using "sudo pacman -S virtualbox-guest-utils" gives me an error message:
depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /lib/modules/3.9.4-1-ARCH: No such file or directory
depmod: FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory"
I see I do have a 3.9.5-1-ARCH directory, though.
I assume something somewhere needs to be updated. Is there anything I can do until that happens?

I think I have a similar problem
Im using Arch as the host and trying to use other OSs as guests in virtualbox.
But when I try to use virtualbox and push start (on XP) it say:
"The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded
or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please
reinstall the kernel module by executing
'pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules'
as root. If you don't use our stock kernel, install
virtualbox-host-source and execute dkms autoinstall."
when I execute: # pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules it say:
(1/1) reinstalling virtualbox-host-modules
depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /lib/modules/3.9.4-1-ARCH: No such file or directory
depmod: FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory
In order to use the new version, reload all virtualbox modules manually.
I tryied to execute "depmod 3.9.5-1-ARCH" but in my case it didnt help,
I also running on 3.9.5-1-ARCH.
So basicly there is nothing to do now, but waiting for bug to be fixed?

[SOLVED] virtualbox guest modules, openbox with librsvg

Greetings, I wanted to share a couple of important fixes I just did after doing a pacman -Syu after a couple of weeks. Many thanks to the other forum posts and #archlinux freenode IRC channel.
* When running arch as a guest inside virtualbox the names of the modules seem to have changed. The wiki instructions were once again very helpful to restore the guest addition functionality to my installation.
* Trying to work without a window manager was very frustrating. openbox 3.5.2-2 is now built against a new library so my system required (bug filed): pacman -S librsvg

Welcome to the boards.
These sorts of posts are not really necessary; the wiki is the appropriate place to note changes to applications etc.

Setting fixed size screen resolution in Arch VirtualBox guests...

Hello everyone.,
I've installed an Arch Linux 64-bit guest os in Windows 7 64-bit host. And i've also installed guest additions succesfully.
Now I need to restrict X to 720x1280 (720p) screen size for screen capturing.
I've already tried few methods for resizing it:
1) Tried disabling AutoResize in VirtualBox.
2) Tried to hint the display size in global settings (VirtualBox => File => Preferences => Display), but when I enter X it fits automatically the whole window again.
3) Tried to write a configuration file in "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-monitor.conf" (as explained in Xorg wiki page), but it still doesn't work. I couldn't find my monitor Identifier name, tried several ("VBox0", "Screen0", etc...)
4) Tried to generate single Xorg conf file ("sudo Xorg -configure"), but it terminates with error: "Missing output drivers. Configuration Failed".
And also i've googled anything related to fixed size screen WITH guest additions (which I still need for shared folders), seems nobody actually asked for it.
Any help will be appriciated, thanks.,

What is native resolution? 1080?
Do you need a window with guest os smaller than host video?
Did you try to set resolution on X guest and enabling autoscaled feature in VirtualBox?

Route Arch host traffic through VirtualBox guest

I was successful doing this under Windows 7. I would much rather have this running under linux so that I could learn more. I am a linux noob so I am still taking this all in (migrating from Xubuntu).
So far I have installed a bridge. I have found a helpful wiki entry https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ad … Networking
but it makes references to rc.config which seems to be gone do to the implementation of systemd. That is where I hit a wall. I am not familiar with systemd.
Thanks for any help you can give me (i've done my googling)
Richard Freeman

Okay, so you want a pfsense VirtualBox guest to be your gateway/firewall for the Arch linux Host.
What I would do is this...
NOTE: Arch dev's and forums people now think that the tools in the inetutils package (ifconfig, route and stuff) are out of date. So, someone will for sure come in and tell you how to do this with the iproute2 commands....
pacman -S bridge-utils uml_utilities inetutils
tunctl -g users
brctl addbr br0
ifconfig br0 192.168.30.2 up
ifconfig eth0 up
brctl addif br0 tap0
route add default gw 192.168.30.1 dev br0
# Owe, and set the DNS server to be sure
echo 'nameserver 8.8.8.8' > /etc/resolv.conf
Then in the VirtualBox GUI, give the VM 2 network interfaces. One being the physical ethernet interface eth0, and another being the virtual tap0 interface.
Now in the pfsense Guest. Make the Ethernet interface be the WAN and the tap0 interface be the LAN. Configure the tap0 interface with a Static IP address of 192.168.30.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 i.e. /24
Last edited by hunterthomson (2012-12-29 01:08:14)

Graphics performance issues as virtualbox guest

Hi everyone,
I've been running arch natively on my 2013 macbook pro retina for a while but recently decided to run it in virtualbox hosted in OSX. I've got arch installed and am running gnome shell in the virtual machine, the problem I'm having is that the graphics performance is terrible, windows judder and lag when moving them around the desktop and scrolling is extremely jerky. Things i have done:
- I have installed the guest additions and made sure the guest modules are loaded.
- I have checked the 'enable 3D acceleration' box in virtualbox settings
- I have also checked that DRI is enabled using glxinfo.
One possible complication is that i am running virtualbox beta 5 but I have also tried with the stable edition and experienced the same issues.
I have no idea how to diagnose this and don't even know if acceptable performance is possible with this set up so any help is very welcome.
Thanks
Alex
Last edited by ZeroGravitas (2015-05-26 12:02:20)

Does your glxinfo show "Gallium" or "Chromium" as the renderer (not related to the browser)? If it shows Gallium, 3D acceleration is not working.
You mention running Gnome; If you're using GDM as your desktop manager, that's likely to be your issue. Gnome itself is fine, but GDM 3.16 breaks 3d acceleration in virtualbox guests. There's a bug open on the Gnome Bugzilla about it: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749390
Try switching to LightDM; that fixes it for me. If that solves your problem you might want to add to the bug report.
Last edited by mwillems (2015-05-27 16:13:25)

Black screen on starting X in Virtualbox guest

Hi Arch Linux,
I am running Arch linux as a Virtualbox 4.2.6 guest with a Windows 7 host. I have virtualbox-guest-utils 4.2.6-1 installed.
When I run "startx" or "xinit" my screen goes black and freezes up. The VM seems totally unresponsive, I can't even switch to other virtual consoles with ctrl+alt+f2,f3 etc. I have to reset or use the ACPI shutdown command from the virtualbox menu. Even the ACPI shutdown seems to be a hard shutdown, as if the kernel or systemd has stopped responding (the VM closes with no messages in well less than a second). Sometimes after this power cycle, I get spammed by a repeating message from systemd when I boot that says it failed to start the journal service, though this may be unrelated. Here is my /var/log/Xorg.0.log if it helps: http://codepad.org/Ry1ixshS
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Alex

In the Beginners' Guide, right after Testing X, there's a Troubleshooting section, and it says there to look out for lines that start with (EE) or (WW).
[ 38.633] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
I think you need to install the generic vesa driver, else there's nothing to fall back to:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … deo_driver
Last edited by DSpider (2013-01-13 07:44:22)

VirtualBox Guest Tools

Hey All!
Finally decided to give Arch a drive and love it so far.
I've set myself up in a VirtualBox VM with the Host OS being Ubuntu 7.10.
Did a basic install and then installed xorg, openssh and xfce4. Nothing fancy.
My problem is that when I go to install the VirtualBox Guest Tools it fails to compile. I'm sure I'm missing a package somewhere but not sure which. I installed the kernel-headers pack this morning but it made no difference and the install still fails.
Building a test kernel module...
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-ARCH/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/selfgz30341
9006/module/test SRCROOT=/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are
missing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix
it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/selfgz30341
9006/module/test/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test
I've tried running make oldconfig from the /usr/src/<arch> dir but no luck there either.
Any suggestions?

Thanks for the speedy reply!
make and patch are installed already, must have been a dep from something else I installed.
Here is the full log from VB:
[root@herbert ~]# make --version
GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
This program built for i686-pc-linux-gnu
[root@herbert ~]# cat /var/log/vboxadd-install.log |more
Installing VirtualBox 1.5.0 Guest Additions, built Fri Aug 31 14:57:14 CEST 2007
Testing the setup of the guest system
Building a test kernel module...
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-ARCH/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/selfgz30341
9006/module/test SRCROOT=/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are
missing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix
it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/selfgz30341
9006/module/test/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/.test.o.d -nostdinc -isyste
m /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include
include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-s
trict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -pipe -msof
t-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i68
6 -mtune=generic -ffreestanding -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DC
ONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -Iinclude/asm-x86/mach-default -fomit-frame-pointer
-fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -I/lib/m
odules/2.6.24-ARCH/build/include -I/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/ -I/tmp/sel
fgz303419006/module/test/include -I/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/r0drv/linux
-D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D__LINUX__ -DIN_RING0 -D_X86_ -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVB
GL_VBOXGUEST -DVBGL_HGCM -DVBOX_HGCM -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_B
ASENAME=KBUILD_STR(test)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd_test)" -c -o /tm
p/selfgz303419006/module/test/test.o /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/test.c
ld -m elf_i386 -m elf_i386 -r -o /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/vboxadd_te
st.o /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/test.o
Building modules, stage 2.
make -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.24-ARCH/scripts/Makefile.modpost
scripts/mod/modpost -i /usr/src/linux-2.6.24-ARCH/Module.symvers -I /tmp/sel
fgz303419006/module/test/Module.symvers -o /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/Modu
le.symvers -w -s
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/.vboxadd_test.mod.o.d -nost
dinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclud
e -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trig
raphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2
-pipe -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
-march=i686 -mtune=generic -ffreestanding -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_
AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -Iinclude/asm-x86/mach-default -fomit-fr
ame-pointer -fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sig
n -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd_test.mod)" -D"K
BUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd_test)" -DMODULE -c -o /tmp/selfgz303419006/modu
le/test/vboxadd_test.mod.o /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/vboxadd_test.mod.c
ld -m elf_i386 -r -m elf_i386 --build-id -o /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/
vboxadd_test.ko /tmp/selfgz303419006/module/test/vboxadd_test.o /tmp/selfgz30341
9006/module/test/vboxadd_test.mod.o
Inserting the test module module/test/vboxadd_test.ko into the kernel.
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel module.
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-ARCH/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCR
OOT=/tmp/vbox.0 modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are
missing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix
it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.cmc.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc
-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf
.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-co
mmon -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -pipe -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -f
reg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -ffre
estanding -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FR
AME=1 -Iinclude/asm-x86/mach-default -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-stack-protector
-Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -I/lib/modules/2.6.24-ARCH/bui
ld/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__K
ERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -D_X86_ -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBGL_
VBOXGUEST -DVBOX_HGCM -DLOG_TO_BACKDOOR -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUIL
D_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(cmc)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd)" -c -o /tmp/v
box.0/cmc.o /tmp/vbox.0/cmc.c
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/types.h:72,
from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:25,
from /tmp/vbox.0/cmc.c:17:
include/linux/types.h:40: error: redefinition of typedef 'uintptr_t'
/tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/stdint.h:118: error: previous declaration of 'uintptr_t
' was here
In file included from include/linux/thread_info.h:33,
from include/linux/preempt.h:9,
from include/linux/spinlock.h:49,
from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:53,
from /tmp/vbox.0/cmc.c:17:
include/linux/bitops.h:6:1: warning: "BIT" redefined
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/types.h:20,
from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:25,
from /tmp/vbox.0/cmc.c:17:
/tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/cdefs.h:1019:1: warning: this is the location of the pr
evious definition
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/cmc.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vbox.0] Error 2
make: *** [vboxadd] Error 2
I figured the compile errors were related to the initial part of the log I posted.
Any suggestions very much appreciated....
EDIT: I'm using VirtualBox 1.5.0_OSE
Last edited by volksman (2008-03-10 17:26:04)

[solved] Virtualbox guest additions stopped working

Hi,
I got some trouble after an upgrade of kernel yesterday. Virtualbox guest additions doesn't work any longer, and I have tried both downgrading virtualbox-guest-additions and the new linux that got pushed yesterday, but it's still not working.
Is there some know issue related to this?
Do anyone have information on how to trace errors with Virtualbox, or any guide on how to fix this.
I have also tried a reinstall of the modules without success.
Thanks.
Last edited by grrrm (2014-10-08 15:45:45)

Suddenly it worked

[SOLVED] Arch Linux Guest Virtual Box OSE problem

So I am installing my Arch Linux as a Guest in my Ubuntu partition, through Virtual Box OSE (3.2.8). I followed the wiki ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … lBox_Guest ) but still have an issue:
sudo pacman -S kernel26-headers xorg gcc make
sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
sudo /mnt/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
But It fails on Shared folders, and cannot recognize X:
:: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions Kernel Modules [BUSY]
:: Building the main Guest Additions module [DONE]
:: Building the shared folder support module [FAIL]
(Look at /var/log/vboxadd-install.log to find otu what went wrong)
:: Warning: Unknown version of the X Window System installed. Not installing X Window System drivers.
:: Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components [Done]
/var/log/vboxadd-install.log states:
/tmp/vbox.0/vfsmod.c:406:9: error: unknown field 'clear_inode' specified in initalizer
/tmp/vbox.0/vfsmod.c:406:9 warning: initalization from incompatible pointer type.
Which is strange, because as far as I know, clear_inode is part of the linux headers.
Any idea why this is happening? Do I just need to update VirtualBox to a newer version?
Last edited by gralamin (2011-03-11 18:22:14)

Updating Virtualbox fixed the issue.

[Solved]Virtualbox kernel module not loaded

I update my system today and when I try to run Virtualbox...
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (3.6.11-1-ARCH) or it failed to
load. Please reinstall the kernel module virtualbox-host-modules or
if you don't use our stock kernel compile the modules with
sudo dkms autoinstall
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
I already had this trouble before and this was the fix
# modprobe vboxdrv
But it doesn't work anymore
Any ideas?
Edit: This just get fixed by itself when restaring my PC. Sorry
Last edited by ilq (2013-02-13 02:32:43)

fsckd wrote:
rc.conf is part of the deprecated init system. icebox is not using systemd and neglected to mention that.
Amarildo, see the wiki.
Thanks, it really helped. It's solved.

Failed to install VirtualBox Guest Addition on Oracle Linux 6.1

I can successfully install Oracle Linux 6.1 on VirtualBox 4.1. But failed to install VirtualBox Guest Additions with the following message: Building the main Guest Additions module [FAILED]. All other modules installed ok.

Actually you don't have do install the developer version. According to the documentation http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html you will need to install gcc and kernel-devel packages. In case Oracle Enterprise Linux does not find the required packages, you either have to install them from a different source (e.g. DVD) or use Oracle's public Yum server located at http://public-yum.oracle.com.

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