Graphics distortion in the guest OS with VirtualBox

[Adam K Kirchhoff]

Yamagi Burmeister wrote:
> Am Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 08:56:03AM -0400 schrieb Adam K Kirchhoff:
>   
>> This is what I'm getting with a Windows XP guest OS that was created on 
>> a linux host:
>>
>> http://www.npark.com/vbox.jpg
>>     
>
> Hello,
> I had the same problem some days ago. The problem is not Virtualbox,
> it's the ati/radeonhd video driver. nox@ gave me a little hint how to
> work arround: Just set the environment variable XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS
> to 1 before starting Virtualbox. With that variable set it should work.
>
> Ciao,
> Yamagi
>
>   

Well that seems to have done it.  Thanks.  I wonder why that variable is 
required for FreeBSD, but not on Linux with the same radeon driver.

Adam