F18, virtualization, gnome, xfce problems and a question

[Gene Czarcinski]

On 12/15/2012 09:19 AM, Gene Czarcinski wrote:
> I am having a few problems on F18 running in a qemu/kvm virtual.  I 
> need some advice on what data to collect and what package should the 
> problem be bugzill'ed against.
>
> 1. Install gnome desktop.  The firstboot gui runs and is OK. After 
> login (or maybe even on the login screen), there is no mouse pointer 
> visible.  I can move the pointer on and off the virtual's display but 
> when it is on it, I don't see anything.  This is certainly repeatable 
> for me.

Cinnamon has the same problem.
>
> 2. Install xfce desktop (by itself or with other desktop managers such 
> as gnome).  The firstboot gui runs fine.  Then I get this "strange 
> message" at the top of the screen and it keeps blink on-off-on-off... 
> (I suspect something is looping trying to start.) Again, this is very 
> repeatable for me.
>
> All of the above installs and works fine on real hardware.
>
> The lxde desktop installs and works fine in a qemu/kvm virtual system.
>
> Question:
>
> What is the login screen suppose to look like in F18?  With different 
> desktop managers or combinations of managers, a different screen is 
> shown.  Are there some screenshots of what it is support to look like?
>
> Gene