On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:07:28 +0100 jnqnfe <jnq...@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? -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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