[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#851124: wiki: please provide information for Debian-as-guest

[Daniel Pocock]

Package: virtualbox-guest-x11

Version: 5.1.12-dfsg-2

Severity: wishlist


I wanted to test some things in stretch so I downloaded the 2017-01-12
daily build of the installer ISO, setup a VirtualBox guest and ran the
installer in that.  The host is running jessie.

It worked immediately for text mode, but after doing


     apt-get install gnome


the VM screen was flashing and no graphical login appeared.

Installing xserver-xorg-legacy allowed me to log in at 1024x768
resolution but this was not ideal.

I then proceeded to remove xserver-xorg-legacy and install the following


   apt-get install dkms linux-headers-amd64 virtualbox-guest-dkms
virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11


I had to manually download the virtualbox-guest-* packages from sid,
everything else installed fine from stretch.

After installing all of that and rebooting, I had X / GNOME working.

Could you please clarify if this is the right procedure for running
stretch as a VirtualBox guest and add the steps to the wiki?