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author | Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> | 2021-10-21 22:31:36 +0000 |
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committer | Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org> | 2021-10-21 22:32:36 +0000 |
commit | 352af02b389202ac426ecf026ac65bff7c61bd41 (patch) | |
tree | e1fd063fc0c23a66b2aef610861bcb37b8c34a5d /emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions | |
parent | 3b28378023a3bad23f75c424c5daed1f0d8c9404 (diff) | |
download | ports-352af02b389202ac426ecf026ac65bff7c61bd41.tar.gz ports-352af02b389202ac426ecf026ac65bff7c61bd41.zip |
emulators/virtualbox-ose: Update description and message files
- Add updated information about supported versions, installation
commands and mitigation for a known issue.
- Removed reference to the wiki page.
Reviewed on github:
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/pull/115
PR: 254412
Diffstat (limited to 'emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions')
-rw-r--r-- | emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions/pkg-descr | 11 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions/pkg-message | 33 |
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions/pkg-descr b/emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions/pkg-descr index e93c940f7f4a..54c521686dd9 100644 --- a/emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions/pkg-descr +++ b/emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ -These additions are for installation inside a FreeBSD guest. +VirtualBox Guest Additions provide closer integration between host and +guest, and improve the performance of guest systems. -VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for -enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely -feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it -is also the only professional solution that is freely available as -Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License. +This FreeBSD provided package can be installed in FreeBSD guest machines. + +Additions are not intended for use on Host machines. WWW: https://www.virtualbox.org/ diff --git a/emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions/pkg-message b/emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions/pkg-message index e8b5c6a5edfa..221b43a1fee4 100644 --- a/emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions/pkg-message +++ b/emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions/pkg-message @@ -1,23 +1,36 @@ [ { type: install message: <<EOM -VirtualBox Guest Additions were installed. +VirtualBox Guest Additions are installed. +To enable and start the required services: -You need to enable the vboxguest startscript to load the kernel module and -vboxservice to use host time synchronization. +# sysrc vboxguest_enable="YES" +# sysrc vboxservice_enable="YES" -vboxguest_enable="YES" -vboxservice_enable="YES" +To start the services, restart the system. -You also have to add all X11 users that want to use any of the additional -features (clipboard sharing, window scaling) to the wheel group. +In some situations, a panic will occur when the kernel module loads. +Having no more than one virtual CPU might mitigate the issue. -% pw groupmod wheel -m jerry +For features such as window scaling and clipboard sharing, membership of +the wheel group is required. With username jerry as an example: -Reboot the machine to load the needed kernel modules. +# pw groupmod wheel -m jerry -For detailed informations please visit http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox +The settings dialogue for FreeBSD guests encourages use of the VMSVGA +graphics controller. Whilst this might suit installations of FreeBSD +without a desktop environment (a common use case), it is not appropriate +where Guest Additions are installed. + +Where Guest Additions are installed: + +1. prefer VBoxSVGA + +2. do not enable 3D acceleration (doing so will invisibly + lose the preference for VBoxSVGA) + +– you may ignore the yellow alert that encourages use of VMSVGA. EOM } ] |