VirtualBox: failed to start xorg. is your GPU supported?

pacecal · January 29, 2017 at 4:12 PM

I've created a bootable USB and installed LibereElec on a new VM via How to Boot From a USB Drive in VirtualBox.

The installation works but on boot i get the message:

failed to start xorg. is your GPU supported?

Is it possibele to run LibreElec in VirtualBox?

**aptalca** · January 29, 2017 at 4:28 PM

Did you use the generic build? That one pretty much requires a real gpu with 3d drivers.

There is a "virtual" build out there that works with vmware's drivers but I don't believe it works with VirtualBox. And it is for development purposes, not for production because the gui can be pretty sluggish.

If you want to run LE in a vm for production you need to passthrough a gpu

pacecal · January 30, 2017 at 9:04 AM

Is there a workaround? Install Ubuntu first and LE second with Grub?

**aptalca** · January 30, 2017 at 12:39 PM

Install the "virtual" build in vmware

pacecal · January 30, 2017 at 1:26 PM

where can i find the "virtual" build?

**aptalca** · January 30, 2017 at 10:08 PM

Index of /releases

Specifically this one: LibreELEC-Virtual.x86_64-7.95.1.ova

**lrusak** · January 30, 2017 at 10:47 PM Official Post

Virtualbox support has been dropped

pacecal · January 31, 2017 at 11:51 AM

I've installed the .ova, same problem, see attachment.

**aptalca** · January 31, 2017 at 2:30 PM

What hardware and software is this on?

I fired up the ova on a windows 10 laptop (intel cpu+gpu) with the free vmware workstation player and LE came right up

pacecal · February 3, 2017 at 2:07 PM

On both my laptop and tower

Laptop

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Time of this report: 2/3/2017, 13:12:15
Machine name: LAPTOP
Machine Id: {D60FE0FC-2CB8-4150-8643-6FC8F74A4A4F}
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 14393) (14393.rs1_release_inmarket.160906-1818)
System Manufacturer: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
System Model: 535U3C
BIOS: P08RAS.877.140717.LEO
Processor: AMD A6-4455M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (2 CPUs), ~2.1GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 7656MB RAM
Page File: 3362MB used, 5508MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, with HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.14393.0000 64bit Unicode

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Tower

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Time of this report: 2/3/2017, 10:46:12
Machine name: TOWER
Machine Id: {E1F00473-66D4-47C8-B341-045C5146278F}
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 14393) (14393.rs1_release_inmarket.161004-2338)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: GA-78LMT-USB3
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8190MB RAM
Page File: 4483MB used, 4985MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Not Available
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.14393.0000 64bit Unicode

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pacecal · February 4, 2017 at 8:35 AM

These are the display settings of my laptop

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Card name: AMD Radeon HD 7500G
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x990A)

My goal is to record a tutorial of LibreElec. An other solution is to buy a hdmi cloner box or something. But i would realy like it to run in virtualbox. Can I use TeamViewer? Or other remote software?

**aptalca** · February 4, 2017 at 11:31 AM

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These are the display settings of my laptop

My goal is to record a tutorial of LibreElec. An other solution is to buy a hdmi cloner box or something. But i would realy like it to run in virtualbox. Can I use TeamViewer? Or other remote software?

Wait, are you still trying it in VirtualBox? Please read through the thread. It's been stated multiple times that it doesn't work in VirtualBox. You need to use vmware

pacecal · February 4, 2017 at 4:20 PM

Euh, It works!

On VMware

Zygmunt · March 10, 2017 at 12:17 AM

Hi
I have the same problem with Intel NUC7I3BNK (Intel HD Graphics 620), but I have no problem with Intel NUC5i3RYK. (Intel HD Graphics 5500)
Any explanation or suggestion?