Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Additions/x11/vboxvideo/vboxvideo.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/src/VBox/Additions/x11/vboxvideo/vboxvideo.c	(revision 35848)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Additions/x11/vboxvideo/vboxvideo.c	(revision 35849)
@@ -948,8 +948,4 @@
     pScrn->bitmapBitOrder = BITMAP_BIT_ORDER;
 
-    /* VGA hardware initialisation */
-    if (!vgaHWGetHWRec(pScrn))
-        return FALSE;
-
     TRACE_EXIT();
     return (TRUE);
@@ -991,4 +987,9 @@
 
     TRACE_ENTRY();
+
+    /* VGA hardware initialisation */
+    if (!vgaHWGetHWRec(pScrn))
+        return FALSE;
+
     /* We make use of the X11 VBE code to save and restore text mode, in
        order to keep our code simple. */