fedora red hat in virtual box

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mick463
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fedora red hat in virtual box

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Hi there i have just done a yum update to fedora in my virtual box the update went well and i had to reinstall guest additions.Now when i went to restart the machine after i had installed guest additions the login screen will not come up at all it is just blank.Dose any one know if i have done anything wrong.I dont think i have as i have done this before and never had any trouble.Thank you in advance.
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Re: fedora red hat in virtual box

Post by Perryg »

Bugtracker ticket and fix http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/6198
mick463
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Re: fedora red hat in virtual box

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Hi and thank you for the reply but i cant even get into the command line i get nothing at all.If i am missing something please let me know as i am new to the linux thing.
Thank you.
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Re: fedora red hat in virtual box

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You need to start Fedora 12 in single user mode and select the previous kernel, or boot to SU console.
mick463
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Re: fedora red hat in virtual box

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Thank you will give it a go and let you know how it goes.
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