The vboxvideo driver is shipped by Ubuntu; it's in the package
virtualbox-ose-guest-utils in the universe repo. I'm having this exact
problem with the Ubuntu-packaged driver, but compiling and installing
the guest additions provided by VirtualBox worked fine.
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unable to start X using Sun
vboxvideo is not shipped by Ubuntu, and apparently does not support the
new xserver, so you should contact the vendor.
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Invalid
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unable to start X using Sun Virtual Box v1.6.2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289992
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** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: None = xorg
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unable to start X using Sun Virtual Box v1.6.2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289992
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** Description changed:
I am attempting to run ubuntu 8.10 the release candidate using Sun
Virtual Box manager v1.6.2. within Mac OS X
I upgraded to 8.10 from 8.04
X fails to load with the following messages:
(EE) module ABI major version (2) doesn't match the server's version