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oprem

Can't get display drivers to work in void under VirtualBox

So, as the title says, I can't get the display drivers working in my newly installed void VM.

I fully updated the system after it installed and then followed the guide over on https://wiki.voidlinux.org/VirtualBox to get the VirtualBox Guest Additions installed, but after I finished that the display driver still isn't working properly, having choppy graphics and 'unknown' display status.

https://i.imgur.com/vjyrbCM.png

Posted Feb 20, 2020, 11:25 PM UTC

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xtraemeat•

Starting with linux5.4 (the void pkg), this contains the vboxguest modules: vboxguest and vboxvideo.

You don't need to use virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms unless you need the vboxsf module, which is not available in linux5.4.

The solution is that you need load those modules in the VM, via modprobe:

# echo "vboxvideo vboxguest" > /etc/modules-load.d/vboxguest.conf

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opremOP•

Thanks for the response. So, I was actually initially on linux5.3, so now I installed linux5.5 and linux5.5-headers and booted into that.

But I still can't get the modules to work, after running the command above to load the modules, at boot it shows me 'warning: module vboxvideo not found in /lib/modules/5.5.xxx vboxguest'

Running "modprobe -a vboxvideo vboxguest" passes, but the video driver is not working still.

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opremOP•

tried with linux5.4 now as well, still not working.

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