If you update your LMDE in VirtualBox...
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:12 am
Well, that's not as important as updating a "real" system, but I think it counts as an upgrade issue anyway.
My VirtualBox 4.1.12 (with Guest Additions installed) apparently hasn't realized that Xorg has been updated from 1.10 to 1.11. So the next reboot left me with just a console where I had to fix things manually. And the fix was to correct a couple of symlinks with the following commands (must be run as root):
After reboot, things are back to normal.
WARNING: Xorg 1.11 support in Guest Additions has been added only in VirtualBox 4.1.4 (see changelog and the fixed bug). If you're running LMDE in VirtualBox older than 4.1.4, update VirtualBox itself first.
My VirtualBox 4.1.12 (with Guest Additions installed) apparently hasn't realized that Xorg has been updated from 1.10 to 1.11. So the next reboot left me with just a console where I had to fix things manually. And the fix was to correct a couple of symlinks with the following commands (must be run as root):
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cd /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers
rm vboxvideo_drv.so
ln -s /usr/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions/vboxvideo_drv_111.so vboxvideo_drv.so
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cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri
rm vboxvideo_dri.so
ln -s /usr/lib/VBoxOGL.so vboxvideo_dri.so
WARNING: Xorg 1.11 support in Guest Additions has been added only in VirtualBox 4.1.4 (see changelog and the fixed bug). If you're running LMDE in VirtualBox older than 4.1.4, update VirtualBox itself first.