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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 16:11:56
Message-Id: 20200531161145.jzt7dgilbhl5wggs@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ReactOS with Virtual Box: B.O.D. Black Screen of (?)death(?) by tuxic@posteo.de
1 Hi Ashley,
2
3 the compilation failed so I took the binary version 5.2.40,
4 which reproduces the same behaviour as with the previous
5 attempt.
6
7 Cheers!
8 Meino
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12 On 05/31 05:54, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
13 >
14 > Hi Ashley,
15 >
16 > thanks for the hint ... I am currently recompiling...
17 > ...will see then.
18 >
19 > Cheers!
20 > Meino
21 >
22 >
23 >
24 > On 05/31 04:42, Ashley Dixon wrote:
25 > > On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 05:31:25PM +0200, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
26 > > > Yep...even (re-) booting the newly created image works...the ReactOS
27 > > > logo apears....and then instead of the desktop I get this black
28 > > > void...
29 > > >
30 > > > I have not tested other systems yet.
31 > > > It works fine with my old computer...but that it doesn't work now, may
32 > > > be a coincidence in time and not necessarily a logical dependency.
33 > > > I can't rememember of VirtualBox or one of its dependencies were
34 > > > updates in the meanwhile...
35 > >
36 > > From [1]:
37 > >
38 > > Note: VirtualBox 5.2.38 version is highly and strongly recommended.
39 > > VirtualBox 6.x branch is still very buggy and unstable, causes fake
40 > > regressions to be found in ReactOS.
41 > >
42 > > I know you often run unstable software; are you on the 6.x series ? Try
43 > > downgrading to the stable version currently in gentoo.git (5.2.40).
44 > >
45 > > [1] https://reactos.org/wiki/VirtualBox
46 > >
47 > > --
48 > >
49 > > Ashley Dixon
50 > > suugaku.co.uk
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Re: [gentoo-user] ReactOS with Virtual Box: B.O.D. Black Screen of (?)death(?) Ashley Dixon <ash@××××××××××.uk>