XLibre on VirtualBox

My setup for anyone interested in running XLibre on FreeBSD 15.1 in VirtualBox (Win11).
[EDIT] There has been some changes - it is much easier now. Works with xfce4 nicely too.
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# Prerequisites #
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VirtualBox
- UEFI
- VBoxSVGA (128MB RAM)
- NO 3d Accel.
- USB v3
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pkg update

pkg upgrade

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# VirtualBox #
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pkg install virtualbox-ose-additions-xlibre
sysrc vboxguest_enable="YES"
sysrc vboxservice_enable="YES"
reboot
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# Xlibre #
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pkg install xlibre
pw groupmod video -m your_username
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# Test RUN #
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startx
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
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