lost video updating from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

[agrover]

Hi, I got everything working on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) and then upgraded to Intrepid. After upgrading, video didn't work (expected) so I ran "/etc/init.d/vboxadd setup" but I'm still getting the message on boot:

Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode

(EE) module ABI major version (2) doesn't match the server's version (4)
(EE)Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

Has anyone run into this? I'm sure this must be a common problem, is there a solution?

Thanks -- Andy

[vbox4me2]

See the FAQ, did you reinstall GA?

[agrover]

This FAQ? http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ

I'm not seeing this issue addressed there, is there a better URL that already answers this?

Thanks -- Andy

[vbox4me2]

No this one, Forum FAQ

[agrover]

Ah, yes reinstalling guest additions did the trick, should've tried that initially, thanks! -- Andy

[smithkl42]

I'm getting more-or-less the same error message after upgrading to Jaunty in a guest VM:

Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode. The following error was encountered. You may need to update your configuration to solve this.

(EE) module ABI major version (4) doesn't match the server's version (5)
(EE) Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

I successfully reinstalled the 2.1.4 guest additions, but no dice: same error message. I ran "/etc/init.d/vboxadd setup", but no dice: same error message. I tried editing the xorg.conf configuration manually according to this page (http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15679), but I received a slightly different error message:

Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode. The following error was encountered. You may need to update your configuration to solve this.

(EE) module ABI major version (4) doesn't match the server's version (5)
(EE) Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
(EE) module ABI major version (2) doesn't match the server's version (4)
(EE) Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

Any other suggestions?

[Sasquatch]

Smith, check http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15512

[rogerdpack]

I'm getting more-or-less the same error message after upgrading to Jaunty in a guest VM:

I got the same message with upgrading to jaunty (then it refused to boot for quite awhile, looping complaining of other X servers, etc. then finally booted to low graphics mode). Reinstalling guest additions worked well.
-=r

[bleonard]

I got the same message with upgrading to jaunty (then it refused to boot for quite awhile, looping complaining of other X servers, etc. then finally booted to low graphics mode). Reinstalling guest additions worked well.

Did you uninstall the guest additions before installing them again? I'm seeing the following warning:

Warning: unknown version of the X Window System installed.  Not installing
X Window System drivers.

Thanks,
Brian

[jons421]

Google search directed me to this thread.

Upgrading Ubuntu guests from 10.10 to 11.04 on VirtualBox 4.0.4 on a CentOS 5 host gave a similar error when trying to start X11. Uninstalling (sudo /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.0.4/uninstall.sh) and then reinstalling the guest additions on VirtualBox did not immediately fix the problem, still giving me ABI version mismatch / failed to load vboxvideo.

I had to upgrade virtualbox to the latest 4.0.8 then reinstall to fix the problem. Seems to be an issue related to new version of xorg in 11.04.