[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#801524: Seg Fault - failure loading gnome in virtualbox VMs

[jnqnfe]

Control: reassign -1 virtualbox-guest-x11 5.0.6-dfsg-1
Control: retitle -1 Dependency on new pkg xserver-xorg-legacy needed
Control: severity -1 grave


On Sun, 2015-10-11 at 19:57 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 18:13:31 +0100, jnqnfe wrote:
> 
> > Package: xserver-xorg
> > Version: 1:7.7+12
> > Priority: Important
> > 
> > Since installing updates last night in some VMs, I can no longer
> > load
> > gnome in those VMs.
> > 
> > They load to a terminal login (normally would auto-load gnome),
> > which
> > is flashing on and off the screen rapidly, with text input to login
> > being very difficult/impossible. This  flashing stops after about a
> > minute, leaving you at a stable/usable login prompt. After login,
> > startx fails to load gnome. The xorg log (below) lists a segfault.
> > 
> > Edit: Actually, while retrieving copies of the log files, I ran
> > startx
> > as root, which worked fine, it just doesn't load as the normal
> > user.
> > 
> try installing xserver-xorg-legacy.
> 
> Cheers,
> Julien

Yes, that solves it. Thanks. Moving to virtualbox...

Increasing severity partly due to concern that flashing login prompt
may negatively affect people with epilepsy.