On 2012-11-26 21:27:03, Lu, Boying wrote: > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:27:03 -0500 > From: "Lu, Boying" <Boying.Lu@xxxxxxx> > To: "arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [arch-general] Fail to run startx > > Hi, All, > > I followed the instructions at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide#Configure_pacman and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox#Arch_Linux_guests > to install the ArchLinux 2012.11.01 in VirtualBox (v4.2.4). My host OS is Windows XP. > > After installing the base system, I tried to configure X. But 'startx' failed and I found following error messages in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log: > > AIGLX error: vboxvideo does not export required DRI extension > AIGIX: reverting to software rendering > > Can anyone tell me how to fix this? > > Thanks in advance. > > Boying My advice is to use vesa graphic driver as the first step. Update your /etc/X11/xor.conf. You can get a basic one by `Xorg -configure`
