git: 7937e6d486 - main - handbook/virtualization: Add section on VBoxSVGA to make Xorg work
Benedict Reuschling <[email protected]> Sat, 20 Jun 2026 01:21:10 +0000
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The branch main has been updated by bcr: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=7937e6d4862899376aeecbe37fc41b2a8b916d50 commit 7937e6d4862899376aeecbe37fc41b2a8b916d50 Author: Benedict Reuschling <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2026-06-20 01:06:58 +0000 Commit: Benedict Reuschling <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2026-06-20 01:06:58 +0000 handbook/virtualization: Add section on VBoxSVGA to make Xorg work When trying to run Xorg on FreeBSD as a VirtualBox guest, it fails to start the X server because of the wrong graphics driver. Instruct users to set the VBoxSVGA graphics adapter before installing the guest additions. Also, remove the "First," from the beginning of a later sentence, as there is no "Second", "Third", and so on and does not help much in this context. Event: BSDCan 2026 Reviewed by: ziaee@ Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57693 --- documentation/content/en/books/handbook/virtualization/_index.adoc | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/virtualization/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/virtualization/_index.adoc index 547cdd66b6..16825f3968 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/virtualization/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/virtualization/_index.adoc @@ -301,12 +301,17 @@ The VirtualBox(TM) guest additions provide support for: * Window scaling. * Seamless mode. +For running Xorg, make sure to set *VBoxSVGA* for the Screen setting of the Display section in the virtual machine configuration before installing the Guest Additions. +Do not select VBoxSVGA as that targets VMware guests and is not usable on FreeBSD. +It causes Xorg to not run correctly. +VBoxSVGA does not have this problem and executes X11 without errors. + [NOTE] ==== These commands are run in the FreeBSD guest. ==== -First, install the package:emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions[] package or port in the FreeBSD guest. +Install the package:emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions[] package or port in the FreeBSD guest. This will install the port: [source,shell]