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Re: After update from Jessie to Testing, graphical environment is dead

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Ah, looks like that was fixed by installing the virtualbox guest additions
from the debian repos.

Jobava


On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Baadur Jobava <jobaval10n@gmail.com> wrote:

> I installed a default Debian with the default graphical environment in a
> Virtualbox instance (64 bits).
>
> After upgrade to Testing:
> in /etc/apt/sources.list changed "jessie" to "testing" and also added
> "contrib" and "nonfree" repositories, then apt-get update, then apt-get
> dist-upgrade.
>
> The process finished after about 2 hours.
>
> After reboot, the system no longer boots into a graphical environment.
> Instead, it boots into a kind of buggy text console: blinking and non
> responsive. After a few minutes, the blinking stops and it's possible to
> log in, but also in text mode.
>
> Did I make a mistake in upgrading, or could this be a bug?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jobava
>
>

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