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

[jnq nfe]

No, systemd
On 23 Oct 2015 00:25, "Michael Biebl" <biebl at debian.org> wrote:

> 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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