On 2012-11-26 21:27:03, Lu, Boying wrote:

Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:27:03 -0500 From: "Lu, Boying" <Boying.Lu@emc.com> To: "arch-general@archlinux.org" <arch-general@archlinux.org> Subject: [arch-general] Fail to run startx

Hi, All,

I followed the instructions at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide#Configure_pacman and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox#Arch_Linux_guests to install the ArchLinux 2012.11.01 in VirtualBox (v4.2.4). My host OS is Windows XP.

After installing the base system, I tried to configure X. But 'startx' failed and I found following error messages in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

AIGLX error: vboxvideo does not export required DRI extension AIGIX: reverting to software rendering

Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

Boying

My advice is to use vesa graphic driver as the first step. Update your /etc/X11/xor.conf. You can get a basic one by `Xorg -configure`

-----Original Message----- From: arch-general [mailto:arch-general-bounces@archlinux.org] On Behalf Of Lu, Boying Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 9:27 PM To: arch-general@archlinux.org Subject: [arch-general] Fail to run startx

After installing the base system, I tried to configure X. But 'startx' failed and I found following error messages in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

AIGLX error: vboxvideo does not export required DRI extension AIGIX: reverting to software rendering

Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

Here are a couple of suggestions: 1. When xstart returns: echo $? # Will give you return value of xinit. Might not be very enlightening if 0 or -1 but it could tell you if the process has been terminated by a signal 2. Before executing xstart, type the following commands: echo "/tmp/core.%e.%p" > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern ulimit -c unlimited If your X server core dumps a core dump will be created in your tmp directory. ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium.