EFI shell not shown when VMSVGA or VBoxSVGA is chosen. No installation is possible. => fixed in svn

[Socratis]

If the Graphics Controller is not set as a VBoxVGA, and a bootable medium is not provided, then the EFI shell never comes up.

On top of that, none of the following ExtraData are honored if VMSVGA is chosen, the resolution comes up with the "default" 640x480 :

<ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal2/EfiGopMode" value="3"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal2/EfiGraphicsResolution" value="1280x1024"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal2/EfiHorizontalResolution" value="1280"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal2/EfiVerticalResolution" value="1024"/>

[Socratis]

UPDATE
Actually it's worse than simply not having the shell showing; no booting happens. I tried a Win10-Oct1809 and an OSX 10.8.5 guests. No booting, no go, no matter the vGPU option, unless it's the old VBoxVGA...

UPDATE 2
I hate that I can't edit my ticket, but if a gentle soul could amend the "No installation is possible." to the end of the ticket description, I'd appreciate it!

[Socratis]

Thanks @gombara!

[Klaus Espenlaub]

The cause is quite simple: as of today there's no graphics driver in the EFI firmware which handles VMSVGA or VBoxSVGA. For VBoxSVGA it should be a limited effort (since it's mostly compatible with VBoxVGA), and for VMSVGA it's more work. All open source, see the EFI firmware directory.

[Akemi Yagi]

CC: me

[Socratis]

I understand the part about the EFI and the "age"/maturity of the VBoxSVGA/VMSVGA; they both need some work. I just wanted to have a placeholder so that the developers won't forget. ;)

But mainly so that I can point people to something tangible...

[Fake4d]

CC: me

[rjcuk]

CC: me on VirtualBox 6.0.4

[Klaus Espenlaub]

Latest 6.0 Testbuilds should have this issue fixed. Both for VBoxSVGA and VMSVGA. Please confirm, feedback is much appreciated.

[Socratis]

Confirmed as fixed with version 6.0.5 r128870 (Qt5.6.3).

Tested with a Win10-64 (VBoxSVGA), and Ubuntu 18.10 (VMSVGA) guests on an OSX 10.11.6 host.

Thanks @klaus!

[Mike Vastola]

CC: me

[林博仁(Buo-Ren, Lin)]

CC: me

[Socratis]

@ALL

It would be more beneficial if you could give your some feedback with regards to the test builds, instead of simply Cc:ing yourselves to the ticket... ;)

Anything over r128870 would do...

[Fake4d]

@socratis : You are right :) Had to smile a little bit!

I tried the built 6.0.x revision 128914 on Linux 64bit (Ubuntu 18.04.2) and Windows 10 (1809). Both working for me - your new built seems fine in my setup.

[Socratis]

I'm sure a developer "just got their wings"... :)

Thanks @Fake4d for confirming...