[vbox-dev] Linux-4.12-rc1 and rc2 not working as vbox guest ?

[Michael Thayer]

24.05.2017 16:02, Michael Thayer wrote:
> 24.05.2017 15:16, Hans de Goede wrote:
> [...]
>> I cannot get a Fedora 26 guest to boot with either distro-provided or
>> self-built 4.12-rc# kernels, the distro-provided 4.11 kernel works fine.
>>
>> After selecting a 4.12# kernel in the grub menu the vm shows an empty
>> text screen with a cursor in the top left corner and then just hangs.
>>
>> Anyone know how to fix this ? This is with VirtualBox 5.1.22 on a Fedora
>> host.
>
> Hello Hans,
>
> Downloading F26 alpha now to take a look.  Did you try a serial console
> redirected to a host file to get early boot messages?
>
> And I am back at work now and hope look at your patches soon!

Just tried 4.12-rc1 from Rawhide (is that right?)  It boots fine here, 
Ubuntu 17.04 host.  Could it be something in your virtual machine 
configuration or your host?  A log file for the machine might tell us more.

Regards
Michael
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