[OpenIndiana-discuss] Hipster Oct 2017 virtualbox 5.2.0 guest additions?

Alexander Pyhalov alp at rsu.ru
Fri Nov 10 05:33:20 UTC 2017


On 10.11.2017 03:40, Michael Huff wrote:
...
> ## Executing postinstall script.
> Uncompressing files...
> Configuring VirtualBox guest kernel module...
> VirtualBox guest kernel module loaded.
> VirtualBox pointer integration module loaded.
> Creating links...
> *** //opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_119.so or
> //opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_119.so not found!
> *** X.org 1.19.5 not supported by this package!
> *** Failed to install the VirtualBox X.org drivers.
> Configuring client...
> Installing 64-bit shared folders module...
> Installing 32-bit shared folders module...
> Configuring services (this might take a while)...
> Enabling services...
> Updating boot archive...
> Done.
> pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully
> 
> Installation of <SUNWvboxguest> partially failed.
> root at virtiana:/media/VBOXADDITIONS_5.2.1_118430#
> 
> ...one bit of weirdness I notice off the bat is that the mount folder
> indicates that it's VB 5.2.1/build 118430; but "Help -> about" in
> virtualbox says it's 5.2.0/build 118431. To save bandwidth I've saved
> it to imgur and you can see it here; https://i.imgur.com/hGslkvK.png
> 
> I'm assuming others have run into this as well, and I vaguely remember
> it being talked about a couple months (?) ago. I'm wondering if
> there's any work-around for this, or do I have to wait for Hipster's
> xorg to catch up?

Hello.
This is an issue of VirtualBox - they don't provide fresh xorg drivers 
for Solaris. I suggest you to fill bug report against VirtualBox.

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