VirtualBox

Opened 5 years ago

Closed 5 years ago

#18428 closed defect (fixed)

VBoxClient --vm-svga fails with "Failed to get kernel name" on Solaris guests -> fixed in 6.0.6 and after (not in) 5.2.28

Reported by: Michael Thayer Owned by:
Component: other Version: VirtualBox 6.0.4
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: Solaris Host type: other

Description

See forum topic 91108<1> and summary. This is possibly due to uname(2) returning non-zero on success on Solaris.

  1. https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=91108

Change History (5)

comment:1 by Michael Thayer, 5 years ago

Please try the latest development test build of the Guest Additions from the test build page:

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

The latest build is currently:

https://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VBoxGuestAdditions_6.0.97-128773.iso

comment:2 by Michael Thayer, 5 years ago

Summary: VBoxClient --vm-svga fails with "Failed to get kernel name" on Solaris guestsVBoxClient --vm-svga fails with "Failed to get kernel name" on Solaris guests -> fixed after (not in) 6.0.4

Confirmed fixed on the forums. The fix will be in 6.0 Additions test builds after revision 128880, once they are uploaded.

comment:3 by Michael Thayer, 5 years ago

Resolution: wontfix
Status: newclosed
Summary: VBoxClient --vm-svga fails with "Failed to get kernel name" on Solaris guests -> fixed after (not in) 6.0.4VBoxClient --vm-svga fails with "Failed to get kernel name" on Solaris guests -> use VBoxVGA with Solaris

As there are additional problems with VMSVGA and Solaris, and no clear advantage over VBoxVGA (notably no acceleration in Solaris with VMSVGA) I will mark this as "won't fix".

comment:4 by Michael Thayer, 5 years ago

Resolution: wontfix
Status: closedreopened
Summary: VBoxClient --vm-svga fails with "Failed to get kernel name" on Solaris guests -> use VBoxVGA with SolarisVBoxClient --vm-svga fails with "Failed to get kernel name" on Solaris guests -> fixed in 6.0.6 and after (not in) 5.2.28

Re-opening this, as it apparently affects Solaris guests using vboxvideo too.

comment:5 by Michael Thayer, 5 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: reopenedclosed
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