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Date:      Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:48:41 -0500
From:      "Michael D. Norwick" <mnorwick@centurytel.net>
To:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: VirtualBox 4.1.2 r73507
Message-ID:  <4E701609.7010203@centurytel.net>
In-Reply-To: <4E6B98CB.4040503@centurytel.net>
References:  <4E5AF7FC.30200@centurytel.net> <1314594624.5517.4.camel@Nokia-N900-42-11> <4E6B98CB.4040503@centurytel.net>

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On 09/10/11 12:05, Michael D. Norwick wrote:
> On 08/29/2011 12:10 AM, Bernhard Fröhlich wrote:
>
> You only need this if you really need one of the 4.1 guest additions features. They are compatible with newer guests.
>
> The latest guest additions for 4.1.2 are availabe as cft too. But you also need to update devel/kBuild from the cft first.
>
> http://home.bluelife.at/ports/virtualbox-cft-20110825.tar.gz
>
>
> <  snip>
>> On Mo., 29. Aug. 2011 04:22:52 CEST, Michael D. Norwick<mnorwick@centurytel.net>  wrote:
>>
> <  snip>
>
> Dell Latitude D630 laptop
> Kubuntu 'natty' host
> Virtualbox 4.1.2 downloaded from Oracle's site.
> Guest Additions from virtualbox-cft-20110825.tar.gz
> FreeBSD 9.0 amd64 dvd.iso downloaded 08/24/2011 installed as the only guest.
> hald and dbus enabled in rc.conf
> the correct /etc/hal/fdi/policy/90vbox*.fdi per the FreeBSD wiki
> moused both enabled and disabled in rc.conf makes no difference in X
> behaviour
> I am using a USB keyboard and mouse but X doesn't start correctly with
> them unplugged either.
>
> I've been frustrated getting Xorg to start properly.  I used the
> suggestions provided in the previous response and I can get X to start
> but the mouse is frozen.  I am using;
>
> exec /usr/local/bin/gnome-session
>
> in the ~/.xinitrc
>
> Enabling gdm in rc.conf starts a graphical login but again the mouse is
> frozen along with the keyboard and I cannot select the user or type.  I
> have commented out the statement in rc.conf after testing so $>xinit and
> $>startx still exhibit the - no mouse - behaviour.
>
> I rebuilt hald and dbus from ports.  They installed without error but
> the locked-up mouse issue remains.
>
> Sorry to not post the contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log but, the silly
> thing just froze up on boot and I cannot access the VM to login.  I will
> post it when I am able to get to a login prompt.
>
> Maybe I should just install FreeBSD 9.0 as the host OS on this laptop
> and use Linux as the guest for the few applications I need?  I've tried
> to avoid because there's a lot of stuff to restore from backup but I
> might have to just do it.
>
> Thank You,
>
> Michael
>
>
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Nevermind;

Couldn't seem to resolve the Xorg issue.  Spent the last 2 days 
installing FreeBSD 9 amd64 to the harddrive.
It works rather nicely.

Thank You,

Michael



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