[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - r28415 - nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions

[Marco Maggesi]

Hello,

I'm still trying to understand better what's going on with virtualbox guest additions.

I also found this in /var/log/messages

Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute syslogd 1.5.0: restart.
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute kernel: klogd 1.5.0, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process (1185) terminated with status 1
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process ended, respawning
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process (1378) terminated with status 1
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process ended, respawning
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process (1381) terminated with status 1
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process ended, respawning
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process (1384) terminated with status 1
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process ended, respawning
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process (1387) terminated with status 1
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process ended, respawning
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process (1390) terminated with status 1
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process ended, respawning
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process (1393) terminated with status 1
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process ended, respawning
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process (1396) terminated with status 1
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process ended, respawning
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process (1399) terminated with status 1
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process ended, respawning
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process (1402) terminated with status 1
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process ended, respawning
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox main process (1405) terminated with status 1
Mar 30 01:43:17 virtute init: virtualbox respawning too fast, stopped

Marco


On Aug 10, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Marco Maggesi wrote:

> Hi David,
> 
> I tried again but I still have problem with the X11 integration.
> The kernel module is loaded, but apparently there is a problem with the Xorg module.
> This is the relevant portion of the /var/log/X.0.log file:
> 
> [    17.950] (II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
> [    17.950] (II) Loading /nix/store/gxfk2bxk5z98k2kwnvp2apznr7gaz4wy-VirtualBox-GuestAdditions-4.1.0/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vboxvideo_drv.so
> [    18.067] (II) Module vboxvideo: vendor="Oracle Corporation"
> [    18.067]    compiled for 1.5.99.901, module version = 1.0.1
> [    18.067]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
> [    18.067]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 7.0
> [    18.067] (EE) module ABI major version (7) doesn't match the server's version (8)
> [    18.067] (II) UnloadModule: "vboxvideo"
> [    18.067] (II) Unloading /nix/store/gxfk2bxk5z98k2kwnvp2apznr7gaz4wy-VirtualBox-GuestAdditions-4.1.0/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vboxvideo_drv.so
> [    18.067] (EE) Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
> [    18.067] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
> [    18.067] (II) Loading /nix/store/i0ri987xcnn0xz42c8dpnjh0xnp1x9vz-xf86-video-ati-6.14.2/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
> 
> Thanks,
> Marco
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 9, 2011, at 10:02 PM, David Guibert wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Marco Maggesi <maggesi at math.unifi.it> wrote:
>>> does any body tested virtualbox guest additions recently?
>> 
>> Yes, I did. It works well if I manually insert the vboxguest module.
>> 
>> To automatically load this module, I've just commit a patch to nixos
>> svn which adds the following line:
>> 
>> + boot.extraModulePackages = [ pkgs.linuxPackages.virtualboxGuestAdditions ];
>> 
>> when the virtualbox service is enabled. Therefore the exectuable
>> "VBoxClient-all" could load the "vboxguest" module.
>> -- 
>> regards, David
> 
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