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[Steve Beattie <sbeattie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:02:52AM -0000, Martin Pitt wrote:
> So the cause is pretty clear:
> 
> (II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vboxvideo
> (II) UnloadModule: "vboxvideo"
> (EE) Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) No drivers available.
> 
> In earlier times, gdm/X.org used to have a fallback mechanism to VESA.
> Perhaps it should just entirely ignore xorg.conf if it is faulty? Bryce,
> do you think the latter option would be suitable, also for upstream?

I think falling back would be smart, but would it also be possible
for jockey to recommend installing virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 to get
the vboxvideo driver?

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No "safe" fallback on broken xorg.conf or missing driver
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/457443
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