Virtualbox nightmare

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Hi! installing any kind of Virtualbox (main bin + correct modules) ends up with the useless and uninformative error :
Fallo al abrir una sesión para la máquina virtual DSL-4.4.10.

The virtual machine ‘DSL-4.4.10’ has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1).

Código resultado: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Componente: MachineWrap
Interfaz: IMachine {85632c68-b5bb-4316-a900-5eb28d3413df}

Installed different kernels from 5.10 to 5.15 all same error. It doesnt matter guest os, all vms refuses to run (same identical error). Dkms modules makes same result. I came from sabayon (discontinued now) and there Vbox works flawlesly.
VboxSVC.log
00:00:00.000601 main OS Release: 5.15.2-2-MANJARO
00:00:00.000602 main OS Version: #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Nov 13 19:25:38 UTC 2021
00:00:00.000658 main DMI Product Name: R430/R480/R440
00:00:00.000678 main DMI Product Version: Not Applicable
00:00:00.000699 main Firmware type: BIOS
00:00:00.000797 main Host RAM: 7747MB (7.5GB) total, 4359MB (4.2GB) available
00:00:00.000806 main Executable: /opt/VirtualBox/VBoxSVC
00:00:00.000807 main Process ID: 28423
00:00:00.000807 main Package type: LINUX_64BITS_GENERIC
00:00:00.004224 main IPC socket path: /tmp/.vbox-vibrion-ipc/ipcd
00:00:00.112648 nspr-2 VirtualBox: object creation starts
00:00:00.112812 nspr-2 Home directory: ‘/home/vibrion/.config/VirtualBox’
00:00:00.113070 nspr-2 Loading settings file “/home/vibrion/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml” with version “1.12-linux”
00:00:00.115511 nspr-2 Successfully initialised host USB using sysfs
00:00:00.127000 nspr-2 NetIfAdpCtlOut: VBoxNetAdpCtl: Error while retrieving link speed for wlp2s0b1: VBoxNetAdpCtl: ioctl failed: Operation not supported
00:00:00.128078 nspr-2 HostDnsMonitor: initializing
00:00:00.128422 nspr-2 NAT: resolv.conf: nameserver -----
00:00:00.128456 nspr-2 HostDnsMonitor: updating information
00:00:00.128477 nspr-2 HostDnsMonitor: old information
00:00:00.128483 nspr-2 no server entries
00:00:00.128489 nspr-2 no domain set
00:00:00.128493 nspr-2 no search string entries
00:00:00.128497 nspr-2 HostDnsMonitor: new information
00:00:00.128500 nspr-2 server 1: ------
00:00:00.128504 nspr-2 domain: xxx.org
00:00:00.128508 nspr-2 search string 1: xxx.org
00:00:00.132279 nspr-2 VD: VDInit finished with VINF_SUCCESS
00:00:00.137702 nspr-2 Loading settings file “/home/vibrion/VirtualBox VMs/DSL-4.4.10/DSL-4.4.10.vbox” with version “1.15-linux”
00:00:00.140220 nspr-2 VirtualBox: object created
00:00:04.244721 nspr-2 Launched VM: 3087013968 pid: 28446 (0x6f1e) frontend: GUI/Qt name: DSL-4.4.10
00:00:04.745506 Watcher ERROR [COM]: aRC=NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) aIID={85632c68-b5bb-4316-a900-5eb28d3413df} aComponent={MachineWrap} aText={The virtual machine ‘DSL-4.4.10’ has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
Of course, Im in a hurry cause I need some previous VMs to run.

modinfo output:
modinfo vboxdrv  INT ✘  8m 25s 
filename: /lib/modules/5.15.2-2-MANJARO/misc/vboxdrv.ko.xz
version: 6.1.30 r148432 (0x00320000)
license: GPL
description: Oracle VM VirtualBox Support Driver
author: Oracle Corporation
srcversion: F9FA1A81FC138C0AB4CA5BE
depends:
retpoline: Y
name: vboxdrv
vermagic: 5.15.2-2-MANJARO SMP preempt mod_unload
parm: force_async_tsc:force the asynchronous TSC mode (int)

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Your host user must be a member of the group vboxusers:
sudo gpasswd -a $USER vboxusers

(Change $USER to the correct user name if not for yourself)*

Upgrade the VirtualBox extension pack to the latest version

Take a look at these:

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Maybe a stupid question… but where is the edit button??? :thinking: :grinning: :grinning:

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Have you tried gnome-boxes instead VBox?
Much more lighter stable and success

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Thanks to your response! After hitting my head on the wall (several hours) I’ve decided giving a try to KVM/QEMU (with virtio W10 drivers) and it works pretty fine!

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Your issue is strange and annoying - but it is local to your system and next to impossible to troubleshoot.

I am using VirtualBox every day - running several virtual windows systems (my systems uses unstable branch) and there is years between issues except for the selfinflicted ones :grin:.

I suspect you are having a mismatch between the oracle extension package and the installed version of VirtualBox.

This mismatch is caused by the gap between Manjaro stable branch and Manjaro unstable/Arch stable.

The AUR script for the extension package follows upstream VirtualBox release closely - so from time to time this issue comes up due to the difference in available VirtualBox packages.

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Thanks! It seems resolved by now!. Trying to reinstall following steps from Virtualbox forum found some strange permissions in my /usr folder (they were set to my personal user instead of root) so changing it resolve the problem (and arise new ones with sudo, but thats a different story)
Do i need to change the post to SOLVED?

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You should, so people that the nightmare is over :grin:

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