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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 15:54:58
Message-Id: 20200531155449.jfllxgg5kp2aruxb@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ReactOS with Virtual Box: B.O.D. Black Screen of (?)death(?) by Ashley Dixon
1 Hi Ashley,
2
3 thanks for the hint ... I am currently recompiling...
4 ...will see then.
5
6 Cheers!
7 Meino
8
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11 On 05/31 04:42, Ashley Dixon wrote:
12 > On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 05:31:25PM +0200, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
13 > > Yep...even (re-) booting the newly created image works...the ReactOS
14 > > logo apears....and then instead of the desktop I get this black
15 > > void...
16 > >
17 > > I have not tested other systems yet.
18 > > It works fine with my old computer...but that it doesn't work now, may
19 > > be a coincidence in time and not necessarily a logical dependency.
20 > > I can't rememember of VirtualBox or one of its dependencies were
21 > > updates in the meanwhile...
22 >
23 > From [1]:
24 >
25 > Note: VirtualBox 5.2.38 version is highly and strongly recommended.
26 > VirtualBox 6.x branch is still very buggy and unstable, causes fake
27 > regressions to be found in ReactOS.
28 >
29 > I know you often run unstable software; are you on the 6.x series ? Try
30 > downgrading to the stable version currently in gentoo.git (5.2.40).
31 >
32 > [1] https://reactos.org/wiki/VirtualBox
33 >
34 > --
35 >
36 > Ashley Dixon
37 > suugaku.co.uk
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