Re: [gentoo-user] ReactOS with Virtual Box: B.O.D. Black Screen of (?)death(?)

[tuxic@posteo.de]

Hi Ashley,


On 05/31 04:03, Ashley Dixon wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 03:26:06PM +0200, tuxic@posteo.de wrote:
> > I tried to install ReactOS into my Virtual Box which went fine so far.
> > Booting itsself was no problem either....but instead of getting a desktop I
> > got a simple uniform black screen.  No error messages so far...nothing....only
> > the black void.
> 
> Did you manage to get to the stage of the graphical wizard, which displays after
> rebooting for the first time ?  This is the point at which you set the name  and
> Administrative Password.

Yep...even (re-) booting the newly created image works...the ReactOS
logo apears....and then instead of the desktop I get this black
void...

> > Does someone run ReactOS successfully with virtualbox and knows how to
> > circumvent this BOD?
> 
> I've got it running perfectly on QEMU, although it does  seem  a  bit  sluggish.
> With VirtualBox, are you able to virtualise other  systems,  or  is  this  issue
> specific to ReactOS ?

I have not tested other systems yet.
It works fine with my old computer...but that it doesn't work now, may
be a coincidence in time and not necessarily a logical dependency.
I can't rememember of VirtualBox or one of its dependencies were
updates in the meanwhile...

Have you ever managed to run a previous version of ReactOS
> in the past, or is this your first attempt at doing so ?

As said, I have successfully run ReatOS on my old computer.

Cheers!
Meino



 
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