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I am fairly new to Arch linux so I want to install it inside a VM first before replacing my current Linux installation.

I've successfully installed base, base-devel & grub packages inside a virtualbox vm. I can successfully login to the newly installed system.

I am a bit confused as I cannot get the xorg working.
I've installed the following packages:

#pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-server-utils mesa
#pacman -S xorg-twm xorg-xclock xterm

I have selected all the default selection for driver choice.
Following is the error log when I run startx: error

Here is the log: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: enter image description here Is there any specific package which I need to install in order to successfully startx inside a virtualbox guest VM?

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  • (EE) Fatal server error: (EE) no screens found (EE) Pklease consult the X Org Foundation support xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
    – SMR
    Feb 8, 2016 at 10:52
  • I will update the question for more clarity
    – SMR
    Feb 8, 2016 at 10:54
  • @Mat I've updated the question. Please have a look
    – SMR
    Feb 8, 2016 at 11:01
  • Please consult the log file at "/var/..." for additional information
    – Mat
    Feb 8, 2016 at 11:06
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    did you try this method from Arch Linux wiki?
    – Alex Jones
    Feb 8, 2016 at 13:29

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Install the full xorg, plus virtualbox support (you might have to reboot after that):
pacman -S xorg virtualbox-guest-utils
If you really want to use startx you need either to change your ~/.xinitrc to start blackbox or install ugly old twm instead.

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    Thanks for your answer. Installing virtualbox-guest-utils fixed the problem for me, however, my situation was a little different from OPs -- I'd run systemctl enable lxdm.service. Because I lacked the guest package, I saw a grainy, blue screen with no indication of the real problem.
    – progfan
    Dec 1, 2018 at 23:45

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