On 2017-02-15, Michael Siemmeister <m.siemmeis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > > This is the first time I am writing to a Debian mailing list. > Therefore I don't really know whether or not this is the right place > for this mail. Please tell me if not. I want to report the following > problem.
Welcome to the list. > > Last week I tried to install Debian in a virtual-box. Currently I use > Debian 8.7 for running the virtual-box program. I managed to install > Debian stable without any problems. Then I cloned the virtual-box and > tried an upgrade to Debian-testing. I think, it worked. After a while > I shut down the virtual-machine. When trying to reboot, it did not > start properly. I just got some messages like 'Created slice User > Slice of Debian-gdm.', 'Starting User Manager ofr UID 117.', and > finally 'Started Daily apt activities.'. Then the virtual display just > starts blinking. Nothing else happens. After three minutes or so the > display freezes. > > Then I thought, okay, maybe the virtualbox program has got a bug. So, > I downloaded the Debian-Testing-DVD-1 via jigdo-lite and copied it to > a USB drive. I tried to install Debian-Testing on an old laptop, a > Toshiba Satellite from 2009. Unfortunately I don' remember the exact > model number. I had already installed Debian Stable without any > problems on that laptop some months ago. The Debian-Testing installer > worked fine and finally, it asked me to reboot the PC. After rebooting > similar problems occured. There was a message about the graphics card > and after 30 seconds the display started blinking. Nothing else > happened. > > As I have written above these errors only occured with Debian-Testing. > Debian-Stable worked fine on Virtualbox and the Toshiba laptop. So, I > don't think there are some hardware problems. > > Now, the question remains, where to post this bug. I'd be glad at any help. > > Best regards, > Michael Siemmeister > Normally one would report a bug against the Debian package (virtualbox in this case). But since that package is about to be removed from stable the bug report is unlikely to receive much attention. I suggest you try the upstream repository[1] instead. If you can reproduce the problem there, then report it using upstream's bug tracker[2]. 1: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads 2: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Bugtracker -- Liam
