[vbox-dev] Call for testing (Linux and Solaris Guest Additions)

[Louis King Jr]

Same problem, Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS guest.

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Louis King Jr <inlieuoflou at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am running VB 4.3.21_97018 on a Mac host. I downloaded and installed the
> 4.3.21_97138 GAs and installed them in my Fedora 21 Beta guest which was
> working fine. Now I am getting a looping error:
>
> VBoxClient Internal error retrieving the number of saved screen modes.
>
> I didn't purge the old GAs first.
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Michael Thayer <michael.thayer at oracle.com>
> wrote:
>
>> A number of changes and fixes were made to the graphics components of
>> the Linux and Solaris Guest Additions recently, particularly related to
>> disappearing guest screens and switches to virtual terminals.  I would
>> really appreciate any testing by anyone who uses these guests to make
>> sure that I haven't introduced any regressions with the fixes.  If you
>> would like to help please download a Guest Additions test build<1> (the
>> changes may not all be in the other builds yet), install it, use it and
>> let me know if any new problems have appeared.  I hope they will not,
>> but I would rather know about it.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> <1> https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds
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