Bug#857995: respawn loop due to insufficient permissions

[Michael Biebl]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 07:10:05 -0400 Jeremy Bicha <jbicha at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> By the way, the constant respawn is really annoying when I install
> stretch on VirtualBox.
> 
> I use the latest stretch testing netboot iso to install. Then I need
> to boot to a command line with Internet so I can install
> virtualbox-guest-x11 from sid (in order to be able to use a graphical
> desktop because Debian Security doesn't want VirtualBox in stretch).
> But first I have to wait 5 minutes for gdm to stop trying to load
> (effectively a Denial of Service) before I can use a virtual terminal.

Yeah, noticed this as well. Pretty sucky user experience.
Since virtualbox is no longer available in stretch, as an alternative,
you can use xserver-xorg-legacy.

Might be a good idea if d-i installed that automatically if it detects a
VBox environment.

Michael


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