VirtualBox

Opened 9 years ago

Closed 5 years ago

#13471 closed defect (fixed)

VB Video driver should support Wayland -> fixed

Reported by: Rainmaker Owned by:
Component: guest additions/x11/graphics Version: VirtualBox 4.3.16
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: Linux Host type: all

Description

Some major distributions will be switching to Wayland in the near future. Currently, the video driver included with the guest tooling does not support Wayland. Running a virtual machine results in a black screen after boot (with the correct resolution).

Tested with Fedora 21 Alpha.

The full VBox.log from a machine starting Wayland is attached.

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VBox.log (69.1 KB ) - added by Rainmaker 9 years ago.

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Change History (10)

by Rainmaker, 9 years ago

Attachment: VBox.log added

comment:1 by Michael Thayer, 9 years ago

We are aware of this and working on it, but there is currently no estimate for when it will be done as we have many other things to work on too.

comment:2 by Sebastian Tramp, 8 years ago

Any news here?

comment:3 by Michael Thayer, 8 years ago

Afraid not.

comment:4 by VBoxer1, 8 years ago

With GNOME and KDE the two big Linux desktops are moving to Wayland and it has already not been possible to test the GNOME desktop in a VB machine for months now. Please, could somebody care?

comment:5 by fusion809, 8 years ago

I agree, I honestly don't see why there seems to be so little interest in developing Wayland support for VirtualBox.

comment:6 by Frank Mehnert, 8 years ago

We are always open for code contributions.

comment:7 by Michael Thayer, 8 years ago

Anyone interested in contributing who has a bit of experience of how 3D works is welcome to contact us on the vbox-dev mailing list.

comment:8 by Michael Thayer, 8 years ago

Component: guest additionsguest additions/x11/graphics

Created a wiki page relating to user contributions for 3D.

comment:9 by Michael Thayer, 5 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: newclosed
Summary: VB Video driver should support WaylandVB Video driver should support Wayland -> fixed

2D support has been working with Wayland for years now. With 6.0 you can get 3D support using VMSVGA.

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