[RFC] VirtualBox Guest Additions for Adélie 1.0
by Tarnyko
Hi folks,
I just put together my first packages for Adélie: missing kernel modules
and services for VirtualBox guest integration.
What works :
- VBoxSVGA DRM/DRI drivers (sufficient to run most 3D apps through Swrast
renderer, unfortunately not Chromium);
- shared folders;
- shared clipboard;
- drag'n'drop.
What doesn't work, but I need feedback/help for this [1]:
- VMSVGA DRM/DRI driver with native 3D acceleration;
- as a result, automatic guest desktop resizing.
These are 6.1.16, so you need VirtualBox 6.1.x. Clipboard & Drag-Drop won't
work under 6.0 e.g.
Only the VBoxSVGA graphics card works [2].
Here is how to install it:
pmmx: # wget http://www.tarnyko.net/repo/adelie/vbox-adelie10-pmmx.tar.bz2
x86_64: # wget
http://www.tarnyko.net/repo/adelie/vbox-adelie10-x86_64.tar.bz2
# tar xfvj vbox-adelie10*.tar.bz2 && cd vbox/
# apk add --allow-untrusted
easy-kernel-modules-virtualbox-5.4.66-mc1-5.4.66-r0.apk
# apk add --allow-untrusted virtualbox-guest-additions-6.1.16-r1.apk
# apk add --allow-untrusted virtualbox-guest-additions-x11-6.1.16-r1.apk
# apk add --allow-untrusted virtualbox-guest-additions-openrc-6.1.16-r1.apk
# rc-update add virtualbox-guest-additions boot
# reboot
After a reboot, doing:
# lsmod | grep vbox
should display the "vboxsf","vboxvideo","vboxguest" modules.
You can already try shared folders, by configuring it [3] and doing e.g. :
# mkdir /media/sf_tmp
# mount -t vboxsf tmp /media/sf_tmp
Under a X11 session, you can share clipboard & drag'n'drop:
# VBoxClient --clipboard
# VBoxClient --draganddrop
Packages are based on Alpine & original. I might consider upstreaming them
eventually.
Regards, Tarnyko
[1] : when selecting a VMSVGA graphics card once the services are present,
kernel phase succeeds (selects "vmwgfx" driver), but starting Xorg or
running the 1st KWin/Wayland client freezes.
[2] : http://www.tarnyko.net/repo/adelie/virtualbox1.png
[3] : http://www.tarnyko.net/repo/adelie/virtualbox2.png
1 month, 3 weeks
