On 2017-06-04, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Sergei G composed on 2017-06-04 00:31 (UTC-0700): > >> I am trying to run Debian 8.8 under current version 5.1.22 of >> VirtualBox on Windows 10 and I am getting > >> Oh no! Something has gone wrong > >> error message. I went down to simplest level of running Debian Gnome >> Live disk and I am still getting this error. > >> I tried a few display settings (128MB of video memory, enable/disable >> 3D acceleration) without success. > >> I know had the same issue when I tried to install live Debian on my >> new hardware directly: > >> Intel Pentium G4560 CPU on Gigabyte B250M-D3H motherboard. I suspect >> that CPU built-in video is not supported. I resolved the issue on >> the hardware by using a video card that I know works with Linux. > > Do you have a question? > > Your suspicion is correct. Kaby Lake (G4560) gfx is not supported on > 8.8. It's much too new. If you wish to use your Kaby Lake gfx, either > install Stretch instead of Jessie, or upgrade Jessie's kernel to one > that supports Kaby Lake (4.9). > > Your subject error message is a standard/common Gnome error that > results from trying to use gfx that has insufficient Xorg driver > and/or hardware support.
OP is running jessie on VirtualBox, so the host hardware shouldn't matter. If he installs virtualbox-guest-x11 and virtualbox-guest-dkms (preferably from jessie-backports) in the guest and reboots it, he should be able to run GNOME. -- Liam
