Am 07.10.2014 um 02:25 schrieb Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>: > On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 07:50:03PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote: >> Hi all! >> >> I'm setting up C7-64 as a VM using VirtualBox, on a Windows host. >> >> as soon as I install the vbox Guest Extensions and reboot, when I log >> in next time I get a white screen with a frowny face that says "Oh No, >> Something has gone wrong!" and then "A problem has occurred, and the >> system can't recover, please log out and try again." >> >> Sounds like a VirtualBox problem to me, but was wondering if anyone >> here had seen it and maybe knows what's going on. >> >> Thanks! >> -- > > looking around, I find this bug: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705078 that isn't clear on > the exact cause, but it appears to relate in some way to Gnome. So I > logged in via ssh and did yum group install mate-desktop, rebooted, > logged in with Mate, and it's fine. > > So it is some sort of Gnome weirdness. maybe the missing acceleration (3d)? -- LF