gnome standard installation on vbox works just fine here.

i even played with some of the settings before athe 1st restart. 

On 19 February 2011 22:15, Thomas Spuhler <thomas@btspuhler.com> wrote:
On Saturday, February 19, 2011 07:53:04 am Marek Pawinski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does alpha 1 x86_64 work on virtual box? Mine aborts just after logging
> in after successful installing?
>
> Marek

Yes, I installed it on Tuesday. Don't test the settings before rebooting.
Something isn't right (same on Mandriva cooker) with e x11-server.


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Thomas