[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#638941: Blank consoles when using virtualbox guest additions

[Paul Thomas]

Package: virtualbox-guest-dkms
Version: 4.1.0-dfsg-2


Hello,

I am using debian testing as guest in a virtualbox virtual machine, hosted
on a windows 7 host (virtualbox version 4.1.2).

I am using a higher resolution for the consoles, passing the argument
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768, in /etc/default/grub.

The issue I have is that, at the point where the kernel module vboxvideo is
loaded (as a component of the virtualbox X11 driver), the consoles are
blanked and no longer display messages. this can be checked by Ctrl+Fn
(1..6). Boot completes normally and if I switch to tty1 for extample, I can
blindly log in and execute commands.

The issue is always reproducible.

Further information:

- If I do NOT set a higher resolution (remove the GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX
argument), everything is normal.

- If I use the iso-provided guest additions (4.1.2), I have the same issue.

- This did not happen with the previous guest additions version (4.0.10) and
returning to this version solves the issue.



I am using Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy, kernel 3.0.0-1 and libc6 2.13-16.
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