id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 10765 Linux Guest Additions don't get properly installed after guest graphics stack update Steven Sroka "There's nothing better than a story :) My distribution, Chakra, recently updated some packages related to the graphics stack (see pacman.log) and after reboot, the system would not start the X Server - it would just drop to console (see errors.log). I figured that there was an issue with the guest additions not working well with the update and I was correct. Uninstalling the guest additions allowed me to boot up right to the GUI login screen :) Note the attached VBoxGuestAdditions-uninstall.log. I looked for left over files but only found /dev/vboxguest and /dev/vboxuser so I deleted those two. Once I logged into my desktop environment (which is KDE), I clicked Devices->Install Guest Additions to reinstall the guest additions. I ran VBoxLinuxAdditions.run as root. The script claimed to compile and install everything successfully. I then rebooted. My system booted to the login screen (no issue with the X Server or starting up the vbox services) but my screen resolution is maxed out at 1024x768 and my mouse jumps around. Miscellaneous: My distribution likes to keep packages ""vanilla"". My host is OS X 10.7. Sometimes when uninstalling the guest additions, the last line in VBoxGuestAdditions-uninstall.log also says ""fail!""." defect closed guest additions VirtualBox 4.1.18 invalid xorg 1.12, guest additions Linux other