Help installing in VirtualBox

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Sunray
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Help installing in VirtualBox

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I wasted too much time trying to boot GhostBSD XFCE in both VMWare (free version) and VirtualBox and neither worked. I booted to a black screen in both cases. After some frustration I tested the official MATE version and that worked in VirtualBox (didn't bother with VMWare this time).

So now I can finally boot into a desktop but I don't see any option to install to disk. How do you actually do this? Not very intuitive. Attaching screenshot of desktop for reference.
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ericbsd
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Re: Help installing in VirtualBox

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How much ram the VM has?
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Re: Help installing in VirtualBox

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4096 MB (16 GB total on host)
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slughorn
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Re: Help installing in VirtualBox

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I have also 4096 MB and 16 GB total and it works on my VirtualBox.
Did you try to install directly? Or is it a Live image?
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Re: Help installing in VirtualBox

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I downloaded the ISO from here http://ghostbsd.org/download and it works like a Live image. How do you install it?
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ericbsd
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Re: Help installing in VirtualBox

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You are not the first reporting issue with the desktop not displaying on the live system with VirtualBox. I will need to investigate that.

You can start the installer in the terminal with gbi
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Re: Help installing in VirtualBox

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I just wanted to say that everything worked fine after installing with gbi.
grahamperrin
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Desktop background without icons in VirtualBox

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spanakop wrote: Fri Jan 29, 2021 6:15 am … no desktop icons as before …
ericbsd wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:03 am … desktop not displaying on the live system with VirtualBox. I will need to investigate that. …
I have a snapshot of a guest in this state. A screen recording of htop shows one caja process after another, endlessly, sometimes two visible.

I can work around by logging out root, just once, after which there's automated login and the four icons appear:
  1. Computer
  2. ghostbsd's Home
  3. Install GhostBSD
  4. Trash
Alternatively, although this shows more than expected:

caja --force-desktop

Comparable symptoms, some old bugs, in no particular order:
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Re: Help installing in VirtualBox

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grahamperrin
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VirtualBox: logging out root to gain the desktop

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grahamperrin wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 3:39 pm … I can work around by logging out root, just once, …
Works for me with GhostBSD-21.04.26.iso in live mode.

(I might have tried to log out more than once, maybe three times, because there was no perceptible log out. Just appearance of the desktop.)
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