On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 18:08 -0500, Michael Tobis wrote: > I am trying to install the emulator (build 385) under Parallels (build > 1940) on OS 10.4.9 on an Intel iMac. I get tantalizingly close > following the instructions at > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_images_for_emulation > > (to which I would only add that setting the VM to autostart and > full-screen mode seems to get things just a tiny bit further.) > > I see the initial splash page, Linux boots fine, but I never get sent > back to a GUI. I can login as root, and it sort of works as a console > (the display goes black every few seconds). it also appears that the > DISPLAY environment variable is not set for what that's worth.
Apparently X is not starting correctly. To diagnose that, we need a log. So log in as root. Then let X die and try to restart. When it dies again, quickly type 'init 3' at the root shell to stop X. Then grab /var/log/Xorg.0.log and attach that to a bug report in trac on dev.laptop.org. Dan > I also repeatedly get a message that > > Id "3" respawning too fast; disabled for 5 minutes > > Any advice would be much appreciated. > > Michael Tobis > _______________________________________________ > Sugar mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/sugar _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/sugar
