FS#67253 - [virtualbox-guest-utils] [PATCH] Use vboxdrmclient
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Opened by TotallyNot Elite (TotallyNotElite) - Saturday, 11 July 2020, 10:54 GMT
Last edited by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Thursday, 16 July 2020, 21:20 GMT
Opened by TotallyNot Elite (TotallyNotElite) - Saturday, 11 July 2020, 10:54 GMT
Last edited by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Thursday, 16 July 2020, 21:20 GMT
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Description:
Currently, archlinux removes the vboxclient --vmsvga line from VBoxClient-all. This is done to prevent a black screen that can happen semi-reliably when starting the script. This unfortunately prevents vmsvga resizing from working, even when the correct kernel patches are applied. I've attached a patch (diff file) that makes it possible to use VBoxDRMClient, which takes over the task of resizing the screen. It does not have this black screen problem and will simply fail with an error instead. As soon as https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/9/482 is merged and reaches the archlinux linux kernel package, resizing should start working automatically. Note: This is heavily inspired by changes made in Fedora. 
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Closed by Christian Hesse (eworm)
Thursday, 16 July 2020, 21:20 GMT
Reason for closing: Implemented
Additional comments about closing: virtualbox 6.1.12-1
Thursday, 16 July 2020, 21:20 GMT
Reason for closing: Implemented
Additional comments about closing: virtualbox 6.1.12-1
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git/log/?h=char-misc-next
Now let's wait for linux to catch up...