[arch-general] Fail to run startx

[goodmenzy]

On 2012-11-26 21:27:03, Lu, Boying wrote:
> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:27:03 -0500
> From: "Lu, Boying" <Boying.Lu at emc.com>
> To: "arch-general at archlinux.org" <arch-general at 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`