[solved] Salix 13.37 in VirtualBox 3.1.8: vboxvideo driver

[zdia]

Frustrated by the upgrade mess in Zenwalk 6.4 to 7.0 I would like to give Salix a try: Its concept is convincing.

My VirtualBox on Zenwalk 6.4 did install the Salix iso without problems but I've got only a 800x600 screen resolution. Clicking the "Install VBoxAdditions.iso" didn't change this resolution even after having installed the kernel-sources.

In the Ubuntu forums they say that the xorg.conf has to take the "vboxvideo" driver as device source. But "Xorg -configure" does show any vboxvideo driver and there is also no "xorg.conf", just "xorg-vesa.conf"

Trying to compile the videobox driver with a simple "make" fails with errors because of undeclared initialisations in "vboxvideo_drm.c"

Has anyone had success with adding the Linux guest additions for Salix in a VirtualBox machine?

[tsuren]

you can still write your own xorg.conf.

and why not using 4.08?

[gapan]

First you need to install the kernel-source package.
Then install the guest additions.
Then reboot the guest system.
Then resize the vbox window.

[zdia]

Thanks for the quick answer.

First you need to install the kernel-source package.
Then install the guest additions.
Then reboot the guest system.
Then resize the vbox window.

Well, that's what I did.

@tsuren

you can still write your own xorg.conf.

huh, I am one of the lazy faction ... If I must not I would like to avoid it.

and why not using 4.08?

My productive system has Zenwalk 6.4 and so I use 3.1.8. And an update in Zenwalk has so much unpredictable side effects so I dare not to touch my running system.

I will make a new Salix installation from the iso and then try once again the steps gapan suggested.

[gapan]

You're using an ancient virtualbox. That's your problem. I didn't notice it before.

[zdia]

So I have to try it on free partition on another computer ...

Here my results in upgrading VirtualBox in Zenwalk 6.4:

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root[~]# netpkg VirtualBox
...
Synchronization with http://restricted.meticul.eu/snapshot successful
Package ~ VirtualBox : not found

root[~]# netpkg VirtualBox
...
Synchronization with http://zen-repo.meticul.eu/i486/current successful
Package ~ VirtualBox : not found

[tsuren]

My productive system has Zenwalk 6.4 and so I use 3.1.8. And an update in Zenwalk has so much unpredictable side effects so I dare not to touch my running system.
.

but you do not need to compile 4.08. that is why no one is making a package for virtual box. just download it, and run the .run file. follow the intruction, and there, you have the vbox ready for you.

[zdia]

but you do not need to compile 4.08. that is why no one is making a package for virtual box. just download it, and run the .run file. follow the intruction, and there, you have the vbox ready for you.

Hm, for Zenwalk 6.4 there was a package and so uninstall was easy:

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removepkg VirtualBox-3.1.8-i486-64.1.tgz 

But thanks, gapan and tsuren, I followed your hints and downloaded the .run file, created a "salix13.37" machine and added the existing Salix vdi.
Guest additions were installed without issue and after changing the depth to 32 in xorg.conf I have a working Salix installation, ready for test.

[laprjns]

So I have to try it on free partition on another computer
Here my results in upgrading VirtualBox in Zenwalk 6.4:

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root[~]# netpkg VirtualBox...
Synchronization with http://restricted.meticul.eu/snapshot successful
Package ~ VirtualBox : not found
root[~]# netpkg VirtualBox...
Synchronization with http://zen-repo.meticul.eu/i486/current successful
Package ~ VirtualBox : not found

First, your trying to use Zenwalk's 7.0 snapshot and current repos with an old version of ZW (6.4). Some things are not going to work. You should use this repo instead

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http://zen-repo.meticul.eu/i486/zenwalk-6.4/packages/

But you will not find a virtualbox package there either. The VB OSE 3.1.8 package that was available in the 6.4 repo was a piece of junk and eventually got pulled. I don't think anyone has tried to package the OSE version since. Most people are using the PUEL version which is available directly from the Virtualbox website:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... ux_x86.run
Try installing this version