Description of problem:On Virtualbox, after installation, X don't start correctly. Temporary solution: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18724#c28 "During the boot process select "Advanced options for Mageia" Type "e" for edit Scroll down to the "linux" line Key End to get to the end of the line add "nomodeset" to the end of the line ctrl-x or F10 will restart the boot process The M5 client will now boot to a working desktop The change is only temporary and "nomodeset" will need to be entered every time" Permanent solution: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18802#c12 "can you as root do a: echo "blacklist vboxvideo" >/etc/modprobe.d/vboxvideo.conf and reboot..." Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible:Yes !! Steps to Reproduce: 1.With boot-non free.iso, install Mageia 5 on Virtualbox 5.0.24 2.Reboot. 3.http://www.mageialinux-online.org/upload/virtualbox_mageia_14_07_2016_22_52_03.png
Blacklisting vboxvideo isn't a solution, just a workaround, but you lose some functionality that way. In most cases, adding the "nomodest" kernel command line option is a real fix for this. Anyway, this is a duplicate. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 18724 ***
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => DUPLICATE
(In reply to David Walser from comment #1) > Blacklisting vboxvideo isn't a solution, just a workaround, but you lose > some functionality that way. In most cases, adding the "nomodest" kernel > command line option is a real fix for this. Anyway, this is a duplicate. > > *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 18724 *** Hello David, Which durable solution would you recommend? It is not productive to add "nomodest" has redemararge each machine. Thank you for caring that alert :)