Other thing to keep in mind is if you recently installed/updated virtbox is to reboot your host to make sure the host drivers have installed correctly, and make sure your kernel for the guest have the correct modules built.
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016, 12:10 Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> writes: > > [...] > > >> The only thing I can think of left to check is > >> emerge @x11-module-rebuild > >> and see what it will install > > > > > > [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.4:0/1.18.4::gentoo USE="doc > > glamor suid udev xorg -dmx -ipv6 -kdrive -libressl -minimal (-selinux) > > -static-libs -systemd -tslib -unwind -wayland -xephyr -xnest -xvfb" 0 > > KiB > > [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.9.2::gentoo 0 KiB > > [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-virtualbox-5.1.10::gentoo USE="dri" > > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 0 KiB > > [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.4::gentoo 0 KiB > > [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.9.0::gentoo 0 KiB > > > > I'm proceeding with those rebuilds now. > > Rebuilds finished... still: > startlxde has no effect whatever > > startx causes a full on crash > > Just a point of interest and possible diagnostic data. > > The lists below show a group of x11 pkgs that are uniq on a previous > gentoo install that is successfully running lxde. That is, the listed > pkgs are on the successful host but not on the problem host. > > I did not think any of them looked like possible causes of my problem. > > The second list (of one) below shows a pkg on the problem host that is > not on the succesfull host. Again does not appear to be a possible > cause of my problem > > > uniq on successful lxde running host gv > > x11-apps/bdftopcf > x11-apps/luit > x11-apps/xcursorgen > x11-apps/xkill > x11-apps/xlsfonts > x11-apps/xmessage > x11-apps/xmodmap > x11-apps/xpr > x11-apps/xsetroot > x11-apps/xwd > x11-libs/libXScrnSaver > x11-libs/libXaw3d > x11-libs/pangox-compat > x11-misc/xbindkeys > x11-terms/xterm > x11-themes/sound-theme-freedesktop > > > Uniq on problem host g0 > > x11-apps/xrefresh > > >
