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Bug#801524: Seg Fault - failure loading gnome in virtualbox VMs



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

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