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

[Louis King Jr]

Created a new Ubuntu Mate 14.10. Installed the 4.3.12_97138 GAs. Same
problem. Installed the 4.3.21_97108 GAs and they work.

I'm done testing for now. [?]

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Louis King Jr <inlieuoflou at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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