vboxvideo_drv.so 3.1.2 not compatible with X.Org X Server 1.7.4

[Matthijs Melchior]

After upgrading the X-server to version 1:7.5+2 in my Debian/testing system, the X11 video driver could not be loaded anymore.

See the following exerpt from Xorg.0.log

X.Org X Server 1.7.4
Release Date: 2010-01-08
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 i686 Debian
Current Operating System: Linux vbox-mm-deb 2.6.32-trunk-686 #1 SMP Sun Jan 10 0
6:32:16 UTC 2010 i686
.....
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vboxvideo_drv.so
dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vboxvideo_drv.so: undefined symbol: resVgaShared
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vboxvideo_drv.so
(II) UnloadModule: "vboxvideo"
(EE) Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (loader failed, 7)
(EE) No drivers available.

Thanks for correcting this.

[Michael Thayer]

You need to reinstall the Additions if you upgrade from a 1.6 to a 1.7 server.

[Matthijs Melchior]

Ahhhh, I had not realized the Additions contained multiple versions of the X11 drivers.

After reinstalling, the screen was OK, but the mouse-integration did not work. I have corrected this by creating a new xorg.conf file as fiollows (as I remember it):

X -configure
/usr/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions/x11config-new.pl --newmouse ./xorg.conf.new
# remove commented sections and the "Files" and "Modules" sections
cp ./xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

And than everything works as I was used to.

[Michael Thayer]

I strongly suspect that the last issue is the same as ticket #5956 - it will be Debian's patches to remove the X.Org server's dependency on hal, which I have not got round to adjusting for yet. Thanks for the nice workaround description by the way.

[Frank Mehnert]

Should be fixed as of version 3.1.8 of the VBox Guest Additions.