[OpenIndiana-discuss] VirtualBox-6.1.16

Stephan Althaus Stephan.Althaus at Duedinghausen.eu
Tue Nov 3 06:34:17 UTC 2020


Hi!

Additional Info:
a BE from 15.09.2020 is working without issues.

What can i do to help locating the root of the issue?

:~$ pkg info virtualbox
              Name: system/virtualbox
           Summary: VirtualBox - general-purpose full virtualizer
          Category: System/Virtualization
             State: Installed
         Publisher: userland
           Version: 6.1.8
            Branch: 2020.0.1.1
    Packaging Date: 18 May 2020 at 09:37:36
Last Install Time:  7 September 2019 at 19:43:17
  Last Update Time: 18 May 2020 at 09:40:21
              Size: 124.20 MB
              FMRI: 
pkg://userland/system/virtualbox@6.1.8-2020.0.1.1:20200518T093736Z
        Source URL: 
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.8/VirtualBox-6.1.8.tar.bz2
       Project URL: http://www.virtualbox.org/

:~$ pkg info qt5
              Name: library/qt5
           Summary: Qt cross-platform application and UI framework
          Category: Desktop (GNOME)/Libraries
             State: Installed
         Publisher: openindiana.org
           Version: 5.8.0
            Branch: 2020.0.1.10
    Packaging Date:  2 June 2020 at 13:19:29
Last Install Time:  7 September 2019 at 19:43:17
  Last Update Time: 10 September 2020 at 17:49:16
              Size: 299.38 MB
              FMRI: 
pkg://openindiana.org/library/qt5@5.8.0-2020.0.1.10:20200602T131929Z
        Source URL: 
http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.8/5.8.0/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.8.0.tar.gz
       Project URL: https://www.qt.io/

:~$ pkginfo -l NVDAgraphics
    PKGINST:  NVDAgraphics
       NAME:  NVIDIA Graphics System Software
   CATEGORY:  system,graphics
       ARCH:  i386
    VERSION:  440.64,REV=2020.02.21.01.18
    BASEDIR:  /usr
     VENDOR:  NVIDIA Corporation
       DESC:  X and OpenGL Drivers for NVIDIA Quadro graphics
   INSTDATE:  Mar 31 2020 20:54
    HOTLINE:  Please contact your local service provider
     STATUS:  completely installed
      FILES:      189 installed pathnames
                    4 linked files
                   42 directories
                   11 executables
               289067 blocks used (approx)



On 11/02/20 21:57, Stephan Althaus wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Thanks for your input. I updated to NVIDIA 455.38 and made an pkg 
> update a few minutes ago,
> and i want to share my experience here
>
> I use the vbox gui all the time to use virtualbox.
> - At first a very minor thing, but what i see is that the buttons of 
> the vm list on the left do not always change the background color - 
> some lower part is left unchanged.
> - Secondly, if i boot up a XP, Win7, ubuntu vm i cannot see the stars 
> of the password that i'm typing.
> - In all VMs there is a small rectangle that is not rendered correctly 
> (grayed/blued out) - the size looks like the shadow of the status bar, 
> just above it. I an other case it was a honrizontal scroll bar above 
> the status bar.
> - All Ms show severe graphical updating problems - window minimize and 
> maximize again 'repairs' it for a moment.
> - All VMs have been updated vb additions.
>
>
> Now i don't think that it has something to do with the video driver of 
> the host.
> As all problems show up inside of the vbox windows, it is somewhere in 
> the graphics stack/subsystem/libs that vbox uses.
>
> Maybe there an issue with QT 5.12 ?
>
> pkg versions below.
>
> Greetings,
> Stephan
>
>
>              Name: system/virtualbox
>           Summary: VirtualBox - general-purpose full virtualizer
>          Category: System/Virtualization
>             State: Installed
>         Publisher: openindiana.org
>           Version: 6.1.16
>            Branch: 2020.0.1.1
>    Packaging Date: 30 October 2020 at 13:56:09
> Last Install Time:  7 September 2019 at 19:43:17
>  Last Update Time: 30 October 2020 at 21:19:24
>              Size: 124.50 MB
>              FMRI: 
> pkg://openindiana.org/system/virtualbox@6.1.16-2020.0.1.1:20201030T135609Z
>        Source URL: 
> https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.16/VirtualBox-6.1.16.tar.bz2
>       Project URL: https://www.virtualbox.org/
>
>    PKGINST:  NVDAgraphics
>       NAME:  NVIDIA Graphics System Software
>   CATEGORY:  system,graphics
>       ARCH:  i386
>    VERSION:  455.38,REV=2020.10.22.06.07
>    BASEDIR:  /usr
>     VENDOR:  NVIDIA Corporation
>       DESC:  X and OpenGL Drivers for NVIDIA Quadro graphics
>   INSTDATE:  Nov 02 2020 18:53
>    HOTLINE:  Please contact your local service provider
>     STATUS:  completely installed
>      FILES:      189 installed pathnames
>                    4 linked files
>                   42 directories
>                   11 executables
>               307070 blocks used (approx)
>
>              Name: library/qt5
>           Summary: Qt cross-platform application and UI framework
>          Category: Desktop (GNOME)/Libraries
>             State: Installed
>         Publisher: openindiana.org
>           Version: 5.12.9
>            Branch: 2020.0.1.0
>    Packaging Date: 30 October 2020 at 13:08:26
> Last Install Time:  7 September 2019 at 19:43:17
>  Last Update Time: 30 October 2020 at 21:19:24
>              Size: 376.59 MB
>              FMRI: 
> pkg://openindiana.org/library/qt5@5.12.9-2020.0.1.0:20201030T130826Z
>        Source URL: 
> http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.12/5.12.9/single/qt-everywhere-src-5.12.9.tar.xz
>       Project URL: https://www.qt.io/
>
>
> On 11/02/20 11:07, Predrag Zecevic - Unix Systems Administrator wrote:
>>
>> On 11/02/20 06:42, Stephan Althaus wrote:
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> I did an Update 2 days ago, now i notice that my virtualbox 6.1.16  
>>> has graphical issues.
>>>
>>> i have installed 6.1.16 guest additions, and after reboot i did no 
>>> see the login screen. After resize of the client window i see it,
>>> but not the typing of the password - i did however succeed in loggin 
>>> into the client (Win 7).
>>> So the refresh ist not triggered or only partially done.
>>> I do see some minor graphical update request in the vb gui, too. I 
>>> can't take a screenshot of that because afer switching to the 
>>> screenshot tool the gui is updated. :-/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone else seeing this?
>>>
>>> Nvidia 440.100 driver - worked well until now with vb 6.1.8 with 
>>> "pkg update" from 16.09.2020.
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Stephan
>> Hi Stephan,
>>
>> have you (after managing to log-in into VM) upgraded VboxAdditions?
>>
>> I have also VB 6.1.16 and it is not worse then previous version 
>> (sometimes I have to reboot guest, because seamless mode is not 
>> working, or because of audio device[s] problems).
>>
>> Whilst waiting OI to get latest driver, I am using (on OI host) 
>> driver from NVIDIA site 
>> https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/solaris-display-archive/:
>> :; pkginfo -l NVDAgraphics
>>    PKGINST:  NVDAgraphics
>>       NAME:  NVIDIA Graphics System Software
>>   CATEGORY:  system,graphics
>>       ARCH:  i386
>>    VERSION:  455.23.04,REV=2020.09.13.23.47
>>    BASEDIR:  /usr
>>     VENDOR:  NVIDIA Corporation
>>       DESC:  X and OpenGL Drivers for NVIDIA Quadro graphics
>>   INSTDATE:  Oct 01 2020 13:13
>>    HOTLINE:  Please contact your local service provider
>>     STATUS:  completely installed
>>      FILES:      189 installed pathnames
>>                    4 linked files
>>                   42 directories
>>                   11 executables
>>               287063 blocks used (approx)
>>
>> OI was updated on 2020-10-29, at 13:17
>>
>> Regards.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/20/20 21:52, Carl Brewer wrote:
>>>> On 21/10/2020 6:46 am, Andreas Wacknitz wrote:
>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have created a PR for the latest VB:
>>>>> https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-userland/pull/6181
>>>>> It needs to be tested before integration :)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I can confirm 6.1.14.1 works :/  I just bumped my server up to it!
>>>>
>>>> carl at hog:~$ pkg info virtualbox
>>>>              Name: system/virtualbox
>>>>           Summary: VirtualBox - general-purpose full virtualizer
>>>>          Category: System/Virtualization
>>>>             State: Installed
>>>>         Publisher: openindiana.org
>>>>           Version: 6.1.14.1
>>>>            Branch: 2020.0.1.0
>>>>    Packaging Date: 18 October 2020 at 09:28:52 am
>>>> Last Install Time: 19 October 2019 at 09:59:18 am
>>>>  Last Update Time: 18 October 2020 at 10:32:52 pm
>>>>              Size: 124.56 MB
>>>>              FMRI: 
>>>> pkg://openindiana.org/system/virtualbox@6.1.14.1-2020.0.1.0:20201018T092852Z 
>>>>
>>>>        Source URL: 
>>>> https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.14/VirtualBox-6.1.14a.tar.bz2 
>>>>
>>>>       Project URL: https://www.virtualbox.org/
>>>>
>>>> carl at hog:~$ VBoxManage list runningvms
>>>> "AvPlan Moodle" {bbb6d323-3a6f-4533-8d2a-bcb4ba9b5db1}
>>>> "YVA moodle" {c18dcc9e-c72b-4377-a35e-b29c693c66b1}
>>>> "tacos" {f0fdd516-7405-4d00-9a89-bf6b27d45642}
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Carl
>>>>
>>>>
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