vbox Update to virtualbox-ose-additions-6.1.18 killed Xorg

So, let's make a point, two maybe...

assumptions in this thread I noticed that are not true:

1) virtualbox host version and virtualbox additions must match - not true - my host was running VB 6.x and client (FBSD was running 5.x (FBSD-11.4)

2) you need to delete xf86-video-vmware for VBoxSVGA to work - I have vmware driver installed and VBoxSVGA works. If I remember this correctly (I did try vmware driver when it first became available in VB) vmware never worked with FreeBSD VM client

Actually virtualbox additions driver is not needed at all to run full screen VM client (this is how I run OpenBSD in VM (see picture).

I updated FreeBSD 12.2 to 13.0 without any issues.


Personally I think that your problem may be related to VM host or host hardware (video AMD)

Also you could try uninstall VirtualBox client additions from FreeBSD and make sure that after uninstallation all leftover are deleted. Then reboot and install again virtualbox additions
I totally agree with you. But, you don't quote the right person in my opinion.
Can you tell me how to delete what virtualbox-ose-additions may has left?

grahamperrin

As I already said, my user belongs to wheel group since the beginning.
For your information, I just did a fresh install with 13.0-RELEASE and desktop-installer. Using SLiM, Lxde works at the first try or almost.
 
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