Thursday, March 11, 2010

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Alpha in VirtualBox with Guest Additions

Today I installed the latest alpha of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Alpha inside of VirtualBox.  After getting all of the updates I installed the VirtualBox Guest Additions.  Upon boot my screen flashed lots of fun colors and then told me that my display configuration was fubared.
I booted up in low graphics mode and then searched for the answer, which I'm going to repeat here.
After installing the guest additions you need to modify a file.

gksudo gedit /usr/src/vboxvideo-3.1.4/vboxvideo_drm.c

Replace line 90 with the following:


#if defined(DRM_UNLOCKED) || LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION (2, 6, 33)
                 .unlocked_ioctl = drm_ioctl,
#else
                 .ioctl = drm_ioctl,
#endif


Finally, run the following command:
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup


So anyways, this got me as far as logging in without the graphics dying.  However, it looks like Compiz gets enabled and kills everything.  I'll update if I find a solution to this.


Source:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/536929
http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/6198
http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/27248

Edit: Bug 6198 is fixed as of VirtualBox 3.1.6. To get it for Ubuntu add the VirtualBox PPA found at http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads and run sudo aptitude install virtualbox-3.1
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15 comments:

  1. upwithusaMarch 12, 2010 at 1:56 PM

    thanks, man. i have been scratching my head until i saw your solution. i don't use compiz so it is enough for me. the only change i made is the fact is that my kernel is only 2.6.32.

    now if i can find a way to get flash plugin in firefox3.6 work again.

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  2. DrewMarch 17, 2010 at 12:37 PM

    THANK YOU!

    I also adjusted the line to use 2.6.32

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  3. AnonymousMarch 22, 2010 at 3:56 PM

    rock on. worked a treat. your post is result #2 when googling virtualbox "ubuntu 10.04" so thanks for actually having an answer. I also tweaked for kernel 2, 6, 32.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 24, 2010 at 7:48 AM

    That worked, but I'd forgotten I had compiz running so I now can't do anything \o/ Is there a way I can temporarily disable Compiz without uninstalling it?

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  5. maxolasersquadMarch 24, 2010 at 8:10 AM

    @Luke Scamell:
    I had this same problem. The easiest way to keep Compiz from loading up is to disable support for 3D in your VM.
    to do that right-click on the VM and choose Settings. Under the Display section uncheck "Enable 3d Acceleration."

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  6. AnonymousMarch 25, 2010 at 8:57 PM

    thanks! that did it!

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  7. JamesMarch 26, 2010 at 1:37 PM

    Thanks - I just used this to fix my VM, great stuff!

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  8. upwithusaMarch 31, 2010 at 4:20 PM

    the new 3.1.6 version fixed it so the workaround is no longer necessary.

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  9. camrtoApril 20, 2010 at 8:37 PM

    Thank you boy

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  10. AnonymousApril 30, 2010 at 6:35 PM

    Using the Guest Additions version 3.1.7 fixes the problems.

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  11. LindaMay 3, 2010 at 12:37 PM

    Nice post. However, I just installed the Ubuntu 10.04 last week and not very happy - when the system goes on standby, it finds it hard to resume.

    The error message is that it can not load the graphic, so it's running in low graphic. A search online has not provided any solution. I guess I will have to reinstall 8.04 instead.

    Helen Johnson

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  12. AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 5:34 PM

    Thanks. This had me baffled - I couldn't figure out what to do.

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  13. AnonymousMay 10, 2010 at 4:01 PM

    Hola amigo, yo tenia el mismo problema, instale el virtualbox 3.1.8 y funciona muy bien. Saludos.

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  14. AnonymousJuly 28, 2010 at 11:10 PM

    Thanks very much !!
    It works !
    I tried it on Ubuntu 10.04, 32 and 64 bit.

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  15. Helen DeenNovember 3, 2010 at 5:10 AM

    Nice post -
    I think with the latest Ubuntu 10.10, all the reported issues have been solved. Try it if you haven't already.

    Helen Deen

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