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

[Michael Biebl]

On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:07:28 +0100 jnqnfe <jnqnfe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Are you using sysvinit by chance, i.e. logind is not working on your system?


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