Hour 7 or 8, I don’t exactly remember when I started.
This is my 5th attempt in trying to start VBox. I did a complete uninstall and went thru and deleted everything left behind, including the kernel module - which I reinstalled each time. This is the last time I try this application in Linux - never had any problems in Windows - it always started in minutes not hours!
Is it me or is this just a piece of feces application?
Here is the log:
00:00:01.335344 VirtualBox VM 7.0.2 r154219 linux.amd64 (Nov 1 2022 23:07:43) release log
00:00:01.335348 Log opened 2022-11-29T02:23:56.400840000Z
00:00:01.335349 Build Type: release
00:00:01.335352 OS Product: Linux
00:00:01.335353 OS Release: 6.0.8-1-MANJARO
00:00:01.335354 OS Version: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Nov 10 20:52:34 UTC 2022
00:00:01.335392 DMI Product Name: Inspiron 16 5620
00:00:01.335403 DMI Product Version:
00:00:01.335410 Firmware type: UEFI
00:00:01.336193 Secure Boot: Disabled
00:00:01.336256 Host RAM: 23725MB (23.1GB) total, 21570MB (21.0GB) available
00:00:01.336261 Executable: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBoxVM
00:00:01.336262 Process ID: 8709
00:00:01.336263 Package type: LINUX_64BITS_GENERIC (OSE)
00:00:01.343103 Installed Extension Packs:
00:00:01.343151 VNC (Version: 7.0.2 r154219; VRDE Module: VBoxVNC; Crypto Module: )
00:00:01.345242 Console: Machine state changed to 'Starting'
00:00:01.345676 Qt version: 5.15.7
00:00:01.345686 X11 Window Manager code: 6
00:00:01.371358 SUP: seg #0: R 0x00000000 LB 0x00060000
00:00:01.371424 SUP: seg #1: R X 0x00060000 LB 0x0018f000
00:00:01.371434 SUP: seg #2: R 0x001ef000 LB 0x0006b000
00:00:01.371439 SUP: seg #3: RW 0x0025a000 LB 0x0002eae8
00:00:01.423791 GUI: UIMediumEnumerator: Medium-enumeration finished!
00:00:01.426623 X Server details: vendor: The X.Org Foundation, release: 12101004, protocol version: 11.0, display string: :0
00:00:01.426673 Using XKB for keycode to scan code conversion
00:00:01.459906 GUI: UIDesktopWidgetWatchdog::sltHandleHostScreenAvailableGeometryCalculated: Screen 0 work area is actually resized to: 0x0 x 1680x1013
00:00:01.470807 GUI: UIDesktopWidgetWatchdog::sltHandleHostScreenAvailableGeometryCalculated: Screen 1 work area is actually resized to: 0x0 x 1680x1013
00:00:01.543024 GUI: UIMediumEnumerator: Medium-enumeration finished!
Note that the installed module needs to be loaded, otherwise it will stuck forever. Normally it should print an error. Anyway… I use virt-manager or gnome-boxes, no extra module (driver) needed here.
Ok i don’t use virtualbox, but just out of curiosity I tried it myself. Here is the terminal output:
[user@manjaro ~]$ LANG=C pamac install virtualbox
Preparing...
Choose optional dependencies for virtualbox:
1: virtualbox-guest-iso: Guest Additions CD image
2: virtualbox-ext-vnc: VNC server support
3: virtualbox-sdk: Developer kit
Enter a selection (default=none): 1,2
Choose a provider for VIRTUALBOX-HOST-MODULES:
1: linux419-virtualbox-host-modules 7.0.4-3 extra
2: linux510-virtualbox-host-modules 7.0.4-2 extra
3: linux515-virtualbox-host-modules 7.0.4-2 extra
4: linux519-virtualbox-host-modules 7.0.4-1 extra
5: linux54-virtualbox-host-modules 7.0.4-2 extra
6: linux60-virtualbox-host-modules 7.0.4-2 extra
7: linux61-virtualbox-host-modules 7.0.4-0.3 extra
8: linux515-rt-virtualbox-host-modules 7.0.4-2 community
9: linux60-rt-virtualbox-host-modules 7.0.4-1 community
10: virtualbox-host-dkms 7.0.4-1 community
Enter a number (default=1): 10
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...
To install (7):
virtualbox-guest-iso 7.0.4-1 community 38.4 MB
liblzf 3.6-3 (Required By: virtualbox) community 17.0 kB
libtpms 0.9.5-2 (Required By: virtualbox) community 428.5 kB
dkms 3.0.8-1 (Required By: virtualbox) extra 37.6 kB
virtualbox-host-dkms 7.0.4-1 (Required By: virtualbox) community 779.9 kB
virtualbox 7.0.4-1 community 44.4 MB
virtualbox-ext-vnc 7.0.4-1 community 89.4 kB
Total download size: 84.1 MB
Total installed size: 254.8 MB
Apply transaction ? [y/N] y
Download of virtualbox-host-dkms (7.0.4-1) started
Download of dkms (3.0.8-1) started
Download of dkms (3.0.8-1) finished
Download of liblzf (3.6-3) started
Download of liblzf (3.6-3) finished
Download of virtualbox-guest-iso (7.0.4-1) started
Download of virtualbox-host-dkms (7.0.4-1) finished
Download of libtpms (0.9.5-2) started
Download of libtpms (0.9.5-2) finished
Download of virtualbox (7.0.4-1) started
Download of virtualbox (7.0.4-1) finished
Download of virtualbox-ext-vnc (7.0.4-1) started
Download of virtualbox-ext-vnc (7.0.4-1) finished
Download of virtualbox-guest-iso (7.0.4-1) finished
Checking keyring... [7/7]
Checking integrity... [7/7]
Loading packages files... [7/7]
Checking file conflicts... [7/7]
Checking available disk space... [7/7]
Installing dkms (3.0.8-1)... [1/7]
Installing virtualbox-host-dkms (7.0.4-1)... [2/7]
Installing liblzf (3.6-3)... [3/7]
Installing virtualbox-guest-iso (7.0.4-1)... [4/7]
===> virtualbox-guest-iso post install message:
===>
===> Redistribution of VBoxGuestAdditions.iso from the binary packages
===> on www.virtualbox.org with Arch Linux has been granted by
===> InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH.
===>
===> By using this package you accept
===> the VirtualBox Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL)
===> which can be found here: http://virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL
===>
===> If you do not accept this license, you must remove the package immediately.
===>
Installing libtpms (0.9.5-2)... [5/7]
Installing virtualbox (7.0.4-1)... [6/7]
Installing virtualbox-ext-vnc (7.0.4-1)... [7/7]
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Running post-transaction hooks...
Creating system user accounts... [1/8]
Reloading system manager configuration... [2/8]
Reloading device manager configuration... [3/8]
Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate... [4/8]
Updating the MIME type database... [5/8]
Install DKMS modules [6/8]
==> dkms install --no-depmod vboxhost/7.0.4_OSE -k 5.15.79-1-MANJARO
==> dkms install --no-depmod vboxhost/7.0.4_OSE -k 6.0.9-1-MANJARO
==> depmod 5.15.79-1-MANJARO
==> depmod 6.0.9-1-MANJARO
Updating icon theme caches... [7/8]
Updating the desktop file MIME type cache... [8/8]
Transaction successfully finished.
[user@manjaro ~]$ virtualbox
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (6.0.9-1-MANJARO) or it failed to
load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by
sudo /sbin/vboxconfig
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
[user@manjaro ~]$ sudo /sbin/vboxconfig
sudo: /sbin/vboxconfig: Befehl nicht gefunden
[user@manjaro ~]$ sudo /bin/vboxconfig
sudo: /bin/vboxconfig: Befehl nicht gefunden
[user@manjaro ~]$ sudo modprobe -v vboxdrv
insmod /lib/modules/6.0.9-1-MANJARO/updates/dkms/vboxdrv.ko.zst
[user@manjaro ~]$ virtualbox
Found the solution in a 3 year old thread somewhere, I added a 5 or 6 letter command in BIOS, which was mentioned in no other source of information that I searched.
I’m banging my head against a wall with Virtualbox but I don’ have /etc/default/grub, I’ve got /etc/default/grub-btrfs instead. In there I just have a file called config and no setting of the above name at all.
@tiefling as well:
sorry for my post! - I just realized that “grub-btrfs” has “grub” as a dependency
so: grub should also be installed
which should give you the directory and config file you don’t seem to have
(/etc/default/grub)
with the
I honestly don’t know - but that file: /etc/default/grub
with that config option in it
is part of grub
which is a dependency of grub-btrfs - therefore it should be present