FS#43035 - [virtualbox-guest-utils] make a version without xorg dependency

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Oscar Garcia (ogarcia) - Sunday, 07 December 2014, 13:15 GMT
Last edited by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Sunday, 14 December 2014, 21:11 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

In most cases you use this package in virtualized systems that don't need any graphic mode and the xorg dependency do that the installation grow around of 100MB.

I think that is necessary a version without this dependency and without graphic driver. It can be virtualbox-guest-utils-nox for example.

What do you think?
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Closed by  Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Sunday, 14 December 2014, 21:11 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  virtualbox-4.3.20-3
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Monday, 08 December 2014, 00:08 GMT
Why not make an AUR package? If it's popular enough, it could then get moved to Community.
Comment by Oscar Garcia (ogarcia) - Monday, 08 December 2014, 13:47 GMT
Yes, can be a solution, but I think that is less confusing that all packages are in same place.
Comment by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Sunday, 14 December 2014, 03:36 GMT
Could you test virtualbox-guest-utils-nox from community-testing works as expected?
Comment by Oscar Garcia (ogarcia) - Sunday, 14 December 2014, 12:19 GMT
Sure, give me some time to make tests.
Comment by Oscar Garcia (ogarcia) - Sunday, 14 December 2014, 13:12 GMT
I make some tests, it works perfect, my first impresions:

The modules work fine, the virtualbox-guest-modules asks for load vboxvideo, but I think that no matter with this.
In `/usr/lib/systemd/system/vboxservice.service` I think that can remove the line `ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/modprobe vboxvideo` because if the guest machine don't have graphical mode don't need this module. The service works fine.
The vboxsf works OK. Can mount shared folders without problems.
VBoxControl OK.

I'll make a vagrant box with it to do more tests. ;)
Comment by Oscar Garcia (ogarcia) - Sunday, 14 December 2014, 14:31 GMT
Ok. I make a vagrantbox with this package and all works fine.

If you want can test it:
vagrant up ogarcia/archlinux-201412-x64 --provider virtualbox

Or download directly:
https://googledrive.com/host/0B02xGTMLLfudLW5zdTBCLVJIenc/archlinux-201412-2.0_x64.box

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