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From: tuxic@××××××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ReactOS with Virtual Box: B.O.D. Black Screen of (?)death(?)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 15:31:36
Message-Id: 20200531153125.gbaf67yt3vrfpian@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ReactOS with Virtual Box: B.O.D. Black Screen of (?)death(?) by Ashley Dixon
1 Hi Ashley,
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4 On 05/31 04:03, Ashley Dixon wrote:
5 > On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 03:26:06PM +0200, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
6 > > I tried to install ReactOS into my Virtual Box which went fine so far.
7 > > Booting itsself was no problem either....but instead of getting a desktop I
8 > > got a simple uniform black screen. No error messages so far...nothing....only
9 > > the black void.
10 >
11 > Did you manage to get to the stage of the graphical wizard, which displays after
12 > rebooting for the first time ? This is the point at which you set the name and
13 > Administrative Password.
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15 Yep...even (re-) booting the newly created image works...the ReactOS
16 logo apears....and then instead of the desktop I get this black
17 void...
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19 > > Does someone run ReactOS successfully with virtualbox and knows how to
20 > > circumvent this BOD?
21 >
22 > I've got it running perfectly on QEMU, although it does seem a bit sluggish.
23 > With VirtualBox, are you able to virtualise other systems, or is this issue
24 > specific to ReactOS ?
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26 I have not tested other systems yet.
27 It works fine with my old computer...but that it doesn't work now, may
28 be a coincidence in time and not necessarily a logical dependency.
29 I can't rememember of VirtualBox or one of its dependencies were
30 updates in the meanwhile...
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32 Have you ever managed to run a previous version of ReactOS
33 > in the past, or is this your first attempt at doing so ?
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35 As said, I have successfully run ReatOS on my old computer.
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37 Cheers!
38 Meino
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