[OpenIndiana-discuss] GIMP, VirtualBox, Screensavers

[Carsten Grzemba]

Am 19.02.25 14:31 schrieb russell  <stream at willows7.myzen.co.uk>: 
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> Hi Carsten
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> The error generated by VirtualBox when attempting to start a VBox called "No Disk" (it boots from iso image each time).
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> Checked dbus and it is running.
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> $ svcs -a | grep dbus
>  online 6:05:01 svc:/system/dbus:default
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> In respect of the GIMP jpeg issue opening a file, a similar problem exists with screensavers that open jpeg files like "Flip Screen 3D" can not display an image.
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> $ QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 /opt/VirtualBox/amd64/VBoxSVC
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>  Oracle VirtualBox XPCOM Server Version 7.1.4
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>  Starting event loop....
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>  Informational: VirtualBox object created (rc=NS_OK).
>  Qt WARNING: Session DBus not running.
>  Qt WARNING: Application will not react to setting changes.
>  Check your DBus installation.
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It seem, the dbus Warning is not critical for starting Win guest. I see the same here:
grzemba at notebookcg2:~$ /opt/VirtualBox/amd64/VBoxSVC 
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Oracle VirtualBox XPCOM Server Version 7.1.4
Copyright (C) 2004-2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates


Starting event loop....
[press Ctrl-C to quit]
Informational: VirtualBox object created (rc=NS_OK).
Qt WARNING: xcb_shm_attach() failed
Qt WARNING: Session DBus not running.
Qt WARNING: Application will not react to setting changes.

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Carsten