Description of problem: After I had updated VirtualBox it is possible to start VirtualBox but it is impossible to start guests. Error messages: Misslyckades med att öppna en session för den virtuella maskinen Mageia 6. The virtual machine 'Mageia 6' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1). Resultatkod: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Komponent: MachineWrap Gränssnitt: IMachine {b2547866-a0a1-4391-8b86-6952d82efaa0} Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): virtualbox 5.1.26, How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start VirtualBox 2. Try to star a guest 3. Conclussion: Before this problem I couldn't start VMware Vorkstation after upgrade to MGA6. After this update of VirtualBox I can't use VirtualBox So this is very serius problem for me.
Created attachment 9576 [details] Picture of errormessage when trying to start VirtualBox's guest Picture of errormessage
What's your output of: rpm -qa | grep virtualbox Do you have virtualbox-kernel-4.9.40-desktop-1.mga6-5.1.26-1.mga6 installed?
Yes, I have virtualbox-kernel-4.9.40-desktop-1.mga6-5.1.26-1.mga6 installed. rpm -qa | grep virtualbox Result: virtualbox-doc-5.1.26-1.mga6 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.59-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.22-1.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.36-desktop-2.mga5-5.1.10-2.1.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.22-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.2-6.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.65-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.22-2.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5-5.0.2-2.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.39-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.10-3.1.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.50-desktop-2.mga5-5.1.18-1.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.74-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.22-7.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.59-server-1.mga5-5.1.22-1.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.68-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.22-3.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.32-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.10-1.1.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.30-desktop-2.mga5-5.1.2-10.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-desktop-latest-5.1.26-1.mga6 virtualbox-guest-additions-5.1.26-1.mga6 virtualbox-kernel-4.1.8-desktop-1.mga5-5.0.8-1.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-server-latest-5.1.26-1.mga6 virtualbox-kernel-4.1.15-desktop-1.mga5-5.0.12-1.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.32-server-1.mga5-5.1.10-1.1.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.50-server-2.mga5-5.1.18-1.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.1.12-desktop-1.mga5-5.0.8-2.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.36-server-2.mga5-5.1.10-2.1.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.74-server-1.mga5-5.1.22-7.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.39-server-1.mga5-5.1.10-3.1.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.68-server-1.mga5-5.1.22-3.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.65-server-1.mga5-5.1.22-2.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.1.15-desktop-2.mga5-5.0.16-3.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.16-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.2-2.mga5 virtualbox-5.1.26-1.mga6 virtualbox-kernel-4.9.35-server-1.mga6-5.1.22-20.mga6 virtualbox-kernel-4.9.40-desktop-1.mga6-5.1.26-1.mga6 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.26-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.2-8.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.55-server-1.mga5-5.1.18-2.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.55-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.18-2.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.1.13-desktop-2.mga5-5.0.10-1.mga5 virtualbox-kernel-4.9.35-desktop-1.mga6-5.1.22-20.mga6 virtualbox-kernel-4.9.40-server-1.mga6-5.1.26-1.mga6 virtualbox-kernel-4.4.13-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.2-1.mga5
What is the result of executing: uname -a and, as root: dkms status -m virtualbox
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[root@Humlan jan]# uname -a Linux Humlan.localdomain 4.4.74-desktop-1.mga5 #1 SMP Mon Jun 26 07:50:58 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@Humlan jan]# [root@Humlan jan]# dkms status -m virtualbox virtualbox, 5.1.10-1.1.mga5, 4.4.39-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.39-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.18-1.mga5, 4.4.55-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.55-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.10-1.1.mga5, 4.4.32-server-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.32-server-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.0.8-1.mga5, 4.1.8-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.1.8-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga5, 4.4.65-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.65-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.2-1.mga5, 4.4.13-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.13-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.18-1.mga5, 4.4.50-desktop-2.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.50-desktop-2.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.18-1.mga5, 4.4.50-server-2.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.50-server-2.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.2-1.mga5, 4.4.22-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.22-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.2-1.mga5, 4.4.16-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.16-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.0.8-1.mga5, 4.1.12-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.1.12-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.10-1.1.mga5, 4.4.39-server-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.39-server-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga5, 4.4.59-server-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.59-server-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.26-1.mga6, 4.9.40-server-1.mga6, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.9.40-server-1.mga6 virtualbox, 5.0.2-2.mga5, 3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5 virtualbox, 5.0.16-1.mga5, 4.1.15-desktop-2.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.1.15-desktop-2.mga5 virtualbox, 5.0.10-1.mga5, 4.1.13-desktop-2.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.1.13-desktop-2.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.18-1.mga5, 4.4.55-server-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.55-server-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga5, 4.4.65-server-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.65-server-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.2-1.mga5, 4.4.26-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.26-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.0.12-1.mga5, 4.1.15-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.1.15-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga5, 4.4.74-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.74-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga5, 4.4.68-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.68-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga6, 4.9.35-desktop-1.mga6, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.9.35-desktop-1.mga6 virtualbox, 5.1.2-1.mga5, 4.4.30-desktop-2.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.30-desktop-2.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga5, 4.4.68-server-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.68-server-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.10-1.1.mga5, 4.4.32-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.32-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.10-1.1.mga5, 4.4.36-desktop-2.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.36-desktop-2.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.26-1.mga6, 4.9.40-desktop-1.mga6, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.9.40-desktop-1.mga6 virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga5, 4.4.59-desktop-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.59-desktop-1.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga6, 4.9.35-server-1.mga6, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.9.35-server-1.mga6 virtualbox, 5.1.10-1.1.mga5, 4.4.36-server-2.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.36-server-2.mga5 virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga5, 4.4.74-server-1.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.4.74-server-1.mga5 [root@Humlan jan]#
You are running kernel 4.4.74-desktop but the only modules you have installed for virtualbox-5.1.26 are: virtualbox, 5.1.26-1.mga6, 4.9.40-server-1.mga6, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.9.40-server-1.mga6 virtualbox, 5.1.26-1.mga6, 4.9.40-desktop-1.mga6, x86_64: installed-binary from 4.9.40-desktop-1.mga6 You need to boot to either 4.9.40-desktop or 4.9.40-server You have a great many kernels installed. Do you really need them all? It's unusual to have both the desktop and server flavours installed in the same system.
If you are running Mageia 6, you should uninstall all mga5-related packages too. They are now useless. And James is right, you don't need both server and desktop packages.
(In reply to James Kerr from comment #6) > You are running kernel 4.4.74-desktop but the only modules you have > installed for virtualbox-5.1.26 are: > > virtualbox, 5.1.26-1.mga6, 4.9.40-server-1.mga6, x86_64: installed-binary > from 4.9.40-server-1.mga6 > > virtualbox, 5.1.26-1.mga6, 4.9.40-desktop-1.mga6, x86_64: installed-binary > from 4.9.40-desktop-1.mga6 > > You need to boot to either 4.9.40-desktop or 4.9.40-server > > > > You have a great many kernels installed. Do you really need them all? It's > unusual to have both the desktop and server flavours installed in the same > system. I cant't use kernel-4.9.40. My computer will not start at kernel-4.9.40.
If you want to use new virtualbox with old kernel, you need to install dkms-virtualbox and the kernel-devel package matching your running kernel, in this case kernel-desktop-devel-4.4.74-1.mga5 Have you filed a bug regarding 4.9.40 not working ? does 4.9.35 work ?
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Have you filed a bug regarding 4.9.40 not working ? No does 4.9.35 work ? No Reason: As long kernel 4.4.74-desktop-1.mga5 works I have been waiting for updates. Earlier I had same problem wich was solved with new update.
duplicate of bug 20086?
(In reply to Frédéric Buclin from comment #11) > duplicate of bug 20086? nope, this is simply a missing matching kernel module for older kernel, and the way to fix is in comment 9
(In reply to Jan Pihlgren from comment #10) > Have you filed a bug regarding 4.9.40 not working ? > No > does 4.9.35 work ? > No > > Reason: As long kernel 4.4.74-desktop-1.mga5 works I have been waiting for > updates. Earlier I had same problem wich was solved with new update. Ok, so it might never get fixed then depending on the bug ... Well, whatever makes you happy :)
"dkms-virtualbox" Installing dkms-virtualbox 5.1.26 1.mga6 did it! Thanks Thomas!
@ Thomas (tmb), Can this bug be closed, now that Jan is happy again? (I haven't used vbox enough to understand the report)
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Yep
Resolution: (none) => FIXEDStatus: NEW => RESOLVED