Loading Windows 8 in Solaris Virtualbox Green Screen fail

[nxahoward]

I'm trying to load Virtualbox in a solaris host for my plex environment (I'm never one to take the easy route when I want to learn something, namely ZFS.) Currently when I try and start the vm to install windows 8.1 it acts like it will start to load and then goes to this green screen looking thing. I'm running oracle solaris 11.2 and my physical config is:

x2 5520 processors
X8DTi Dual Socket LGA1366
64GB DDR3 1066

solaris is installed on a 64GB cruzer glide with 59.9GB remaining for free space and my vm storage drive is a 320GB WD hard drive. Any thoughts on why this is broken?

[Perryg]

Post the guests log file ( as an attachment )

[nxahoward]

Here are all the log files, I'm trying to get a picture up so you can see what it looks like.

[martyscholes]

The only error I see is about not being able to take a snapshot. There were errors in past around this. Try disabling preview in the GUI. I also run a Win 8.1 VM under Solaris.

[nxahoward]

I haven't even booted to the ISO, much less installed anything or taken a snapshot.

https://plus.google.com/photos/yourphot ... 0344508049

[martyscholes]

It looks like a display error, that and the fact that it is complaining about audio. Do you have any weird display settings, such as 3D acceleration?

[nxahoward]

Negative, everything was stock

[martyscholes]

I am at a loss except to say that it very much appears screen-related and it keeps getting errors that the buffer is invalid (whatever that means). It tries several resolutions and pixel color depths before finally giving up.

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00:00:01.831981 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005) aIID={480b372c-c0b5-4c23-9bd7-dcbb85b1594c} aComponent={Display} aText={Could not take a screenshot (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)}, preserve=false
00:00:01.841289 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#1: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0x00 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)
00:00:01.841364 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#1: finished processing RESET
00:00:01.848746 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005) aIID={480b372c-c0b5-4c23-9bd7-dcbb85b1594c} aComponent={Display} aText={Could not take a screenshot (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)}, preserve=false
00:00:01.851592 Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0, flags=0x1
00:00:01.851614 UIFrameBuffer::RequestResize: Screen=0, Format=0, BitsPerPixel=0, BytesPerLine=0, Size=720x400, Sending to async-handler..
00:00:01.851664 UIFrameBufferQImage::resizeEvent: Format=0, BitsPerPixel=0, BytesPerLine=0, Size=720x400
00:00:01.851686 UIFrameBufferQImage::resizeEvent: Resizing to FALLBACK buffer due to format is invalid..
00:00:01.853885 AHCI#0: Reset the HBA
00:00:01.854029 AHCI#0: Port 0 reset
00:00:01.854658 Guest Log: BIOS: AHCI 0-P#0: PCHS=16383/16/63 LCHS=1024/255/63 52428800 sectors
00:00:01.854757 AHCI#0: Port 1 reset
00:00:01.855386 Guest Log: BIOS: AHCI 1-P#1: PCHS=16383/16/63 LCHS=1024/255/63 73400320 sectors
00:00:01.855444 PIT: mode=2 count=0x48d3 (18643) - 64.00 Hz (ch=0)
00:00:01.997883 Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=ffff80ffb0800000 w=640 h=480 bpp=32 cbLine=0xA00, flags=0x1
00:00:01.997931 UIFrameBuffer::RequestResize: Screen=0, Format=843204434, BitsPerPixel=32, BytesPerLine=2560, Size=640x480, Sending to async-handler..
00:00:02.228664 UIFrameBufferQImage::resizeEvent: Format=843204434, BitsPerPixel=32, BytesPerLine=2560, Size=640x480
00:00:02.228711 UIFrameBufferQImage::resizeEvent: Resizing to directly use VGA device content..
00:00:02.933568 HID LEDs sync is not supported on this platform.
00:00:02.933637 UIMachineLogicNormal::sltCheckForRequestedVisualStateType: Requested-state=0, Machine-state=5
00:00:04.331464 Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0, flags=0x1
00:00:04.331515 UIFrameBuffer::RequestResize: Screen=0, Format=0, BitsPerPixel=0, BytesPerLine=0, Size=720x400, Sending to async-handler..
00:00:04.331741 PIT: mode=2 count=0x10000 (65536) - 18.20 Hz (ch=0)
00:00:04.332015 Guest Log: BIOS: Boot : bseqnr=1, bootseq=0023
00:00:04.344067 UIFrameBufferQImage::resizeEvent: Format=0, BitsPerPixel=0, BytesPerLine=0, Size=720x400
00:00:04.344125 UIFrameBufferQImage::resizeEvent: Resizing to FALLBACK buffer due to format is invalid..
00:00:04.429500 Guest Log: BIOS: Booting from CD-ROM...
00:00:04.753475 Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=ffff80ffb0800000 w=1024 h=768 bpp=24 cbLine=0xC00, flags=0x1
00:00:04.753524 UIFrameBuffer::RequestResize: Screen=0, Format=843204434, BitsPerPixel=24, BytesPerLine=3072, Size=1024x768, Sending to async-handler..
00:00:04.753651 UIFrameBufferQImage::resizeEvent: Format=843204434, BitsPerPixel=24, BytesPerLine=3072, Size=1024x768
00:00:04.753709 UIFrameBufferQImage::resizeEvent: Resizing to FALLBACK buffer due to format is invalid..
00:00:04.886004 Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0, flags=0x1
00:00:04.886046 UIFrameBuffer::RequestResize: Screen=0, Format=0, BitsPerPixel=0, BytesPerLine=0, Size=720x400, Sending to async-handler..
00:00:05.119207 UIFrameBufferQImage::resizeEvent: Format=0, BitsPerPixel=0, BytesPerLine=0, Size=720x400
00:00:05.119271 UIFrameBufferQImage::resizeEvent: Resizing to FALLBACK buffer due to format is invalid..
03:33:43.877161 Changing the VM state from 'RUNNING' to 'SUSPENDING'.

Your image appears to show a stock GNOME VirtualBox window, presumably running under X. Is there anything weird about the host display?

[martyscholes]

You only have 32 MB of video RAM?

VRamSize <integer> = 0x0000000002000000 (33 554 432, 32 MB)

You might try bumping that to 128 MB and see if that helps. I read somewhere that Windows 8 loves video memory.

[nxahoward]

I tried that and no dice.

Oddly enough windows 10 loaded with no issues. So I guess I'll buy a windows 10 license when I need to....