VMSVGA graphics controller issue in VirtualBox 7.1.4

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Ratin
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VMSVGA graphics controller issue in VirtualBox 7.1.4

Post by Ratin »

4 years later - Same issue with Virtual box 7.0 / Ubuntu 2204.4
Last edited by Ratin on 19. Apr 2024, 01:26, edited 1 time in total.
nbanba
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Primary OS: Debian Sid
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: all efi os

Re: VMSVGA graphics controller issue in VirtualBox 6.1.0 r135406

Post by nbanba »

Hi

Still present in virtualbox 7.1.4 on 2025-01-01 :

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[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:18 2025] 16:20:17.609504 main     OS Product: Linux
[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:18 2025] 16:20:17.609653 main     OS Release: 6.10.6+bpo-amd64
[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:18 2025] 16:20:17.609759 main     OS Version: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.10.6-1~bpo12+1 (2024-08-26)
[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:18 2025] 16:20:17.609810 main     Executable: /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-7.1.4/sbin/VBoxService
                              16:20:17.609811 main     Process ID: 1312
                              16:20:17.609812 main     Package type: LINUX_64BITS_GENERIC
[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:18 2025] 16:20:17.614860 main     7.1.4 r165100 started. Verbose level = 0
[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:18 2025] 16:20:17.617653 main     vbglR3GuestCtrlDetectPeekGetCancelSupport: Supported (#1)
[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:19 2025] [drm:vmw_msg_ioctl [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to open channel.
[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:19 2025] [drm:vmw_msg_ioctl [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to open channel.
[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:19 2025] [drm:vmw_msg_ioctl [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to open channel.
[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:19 2025] [drm:vmw_msg_ioctl [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to open channel.
[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:20 2025] [drm:vmw_msg_ioctl [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to open channel.
[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:20 2025] [drm:vmw_msg_ioctl [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to open channel.
[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:22 2025] [drm:vmw_msg_ioctl [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to open channel.
[mer.  1 janv. 17:20:22 2025] [drm:vmw_msg_ioctl [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to open channel.
...
Hope it would be fix one day !

Kind regards
nbanba
picopress
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Re: VMSVGA graphics controller issue in VirtualBox 6.1.0 r135406

Post by picopress »

It also same on RHEL 9.5, Virtualbox 7.1.4 r165100.
klaus
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Re: VMSVGA graphics controller issue in VirtualBox 7.1.4

Post by klaus »

I split off the new posts into a separate topic because it's impossible it's the same issue. No one so far provided any hint what's not working.
sergiomb
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Joined: 1. Dec 2011, 03:11
Primary OS: Fedora other
VBox Version: OSE Fedora
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Re: VMSVGA graphics controller issue in VirtualBox 7.1.4

Post by sergiomb »

yes , we can ignore "[drm:vmw_msg_ioctl [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to open channel. " messages , they don't mean that something is not working
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