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Old 01-02-2017, 11:21 AM   #1
vayana
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Question Subgraph (debian distro) live mode & installation hang on VM on boot


Hi,

I've been trying to install subgraph on a VM without any joy so far. The host is win10x64, I've tried to run live mode and install this distro on a HyperV and on a Virtualbox machine but the screen always hangs at:

OK: Started Gnome display manager

I can still switch to other virtual terminals but since I haven't set up a user at this stage (Only filled out a password during setup) I don't know how to log in. I'd really like to try out subgraph but support and documentation are very skimpy. Does anyone here know how to get this working from here?

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Old 01-03-2017, 01:49 AM   #2
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Turns out the username is: user - so it's possible to log in through another virtual terminal (CTRL+ALT+F2). Then, you can set root user and run the updater etc. To start gnome, you need to type startx - this opens the desktop. Unfortunately I also couldn't get the browser to load so I'm gonna give up on this distro for now.
 
Old 01-03-2017, 02:13 AM   #3
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Thanks for the update! I use VBox (XPnetbook! host) to try lots of [small] distroS
I'm guessing you mean web-browser like firefox. Maybe try `strace` it
IF you want to pursue debugging, feel free to post 'full' details & maybe LQgurus will have advice
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