From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4933C1382C5 for ; Sun, 31 May 2020 15:31:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 18F1CE091A; Sun, 31 May 2020 15:31:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout01.posteo.de (mout01.posteo.de [185.67.36.65]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9AE85E08BD for ; Sun, 31 May 2020 15:31:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A6478160063 for ; Sun, 31 May 2020 17:31:26 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.de; s=2017; t=1590939086; bh=q8UAVmSGVEHOteCeRxrObzISM+g3QF9J/XYB1u3wOY4=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:From; b=k43SOp42E2XH8OdG12qJniIe2Ag5c843HVjzynvclfhRiV1UzLKGjsPYFoggDqB9Q 53ill3RKOsYltjveCUNa7nNXW0g2F4QSun/PhCJmyUIntk8V1ght4yl+ky4fPpKwEs ZvWBfkXiGcVOBwbTo1ojKp1R59UO9fA6CO6bNrsChguT/dwqEqQ4GADmos7o1t5A5i mxUKHVFCXMV6PTCzZBJmJ3eDratC8YYs7ervmf5nxa6/jokIeZbK/U1VhreHGrCfOK ulAHPJVFoj+2u80UVp0IHjs4teirSYudmmIYlYdEdkihWZFzGWIvEuzDKSnVwPqW7T x13U4IdFnJP1Q== Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 49Zj2Q15FTz6tmt for ; Sun, 31 May 2020 17:31:26 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 17:31:25 +0200 From: tuxic@posteo.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ReactOS with Virtual Box: B.O.D. Black Screen of (?)death(?) Message-ID: <20200531153125.gbaf67yt3vrfpian@solfire> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20200531132606.rfdbqmghjxfic265@solfire> <20200531150354.3yj43bwdmwrb4m5e@ad-gentoo-main> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200531150354.3yj43bwdmwrb4m5e@ad-gentoo-main> X-Archives-Salt: e9ff8363-ffb7-4bd0-8129-3abe8f6371a3 X-Archives-Hash: 30653e11e8986332804e49c74792c89d 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 > -- > > Ashley Dixon > suugaku.co.uk > > 2A9A 4117 > DA96 D18A > 8A7B B0D2 > A30E BF25 > F290 A8AA >