MX 21 Repository: The Virtual Box Thread

[Stevo]

We now have the latest Virtual Box 7.0.10 release in both our test and AHS repo sections, backported from Debian Sid.

It's in AHS because it's the version that will work best with the newer kernels, including the 6.4s we now have there.

It's also in test because it doesn't require a newer kernel, so that non-AHS users can easily try it, too. In MX 21, it did require a newer set of sdl2 packages, which in turn needed a newer libdecor and libtpms, so those will also be updated.

[Gaer Boy]

I'm running MX21-AHS and upgraded but VBox gives an error when I try to start my WinXP VM. modprobe vboxdrv makes no difference. I need to correct this with least time at the computer - health problems are limiting me to 20 mins at a time.

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System:    Kernel: 6.0.0-3.1mx-amd64 [6.0.7-1~mx21+1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.0.0-3.1mx-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet 
           splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_ahs_x64 Wildflower November 22  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B550I AORUS PRO AX v: N/A serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550I AORUS PRO AX v: x.x serial: <filter> 
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: F11 date: 12/31/2020 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K270 serial: <filter> 
           charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
           Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M185 serial: <filter> 
           charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:       Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           arch: Zen 3 family: 19 (25) model-id: 50 (80) stepping: 0 microcode: A50000B cache: 
           L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 93426 
           Speed: 1400 MHz min/max: 1400/3900 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1400 
           2: 1457 3: 1697 4: 1697 5: 1400 6: 1696 7: 1696 8: 1400 9: 1696 10: 1212 11: 1400 
           12: 1400 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, 
           RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Cezanne vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 07:00.0 
           chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") 
           s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 305 size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.5") 
           diag: 184mm (7.2") 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (LLVM 14.0.5 DRM 3.48 6.0.0-3.1mx-amd64) 
           v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 07:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.0.0-3.1mx-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 
           bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 
           chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8:4 
           chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: 
           hardware: no software: no address: <filter> 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: slave accept 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 261.05 GiB (12.5%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM005 HD103SJ size: 931.51 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 
           serial: <filter> rev: 00E5 scheme: MBR 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> 
           rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT 
           ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD110 size: 931.51 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 
           serial: <filter> rev: A8J0 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 30 GiB size: 29.36 GiB (97.87%) used: 14.4 GiB (49.1%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sdb5 maj-min: 8:21 
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 98.4 MiB (98.45%) used: 945 KiB (0.9%) fs: vfat 
           dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: 16.8 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 31.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2416 lib: 1258 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://free.hands.com/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://free.hands.com/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:      Processes: 367 Uptime: 19d 19h 58m wakeups: 296 Memory: 15.06 GiB 
           used: 3.54 GiB (23.5%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl 
           Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: UEFI

[Stevo]

The 6.0 kernel is known to have some bugs. Please install the latest 6.1 AHS kernel using MXPI--Popular Apps--Kernels, and reboot to that new kernel.

If you still have an issue, try in the terminal:

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms

and see if it rebuilds the kernel module correctly.

[Gaer Boy]

Thanks @Stevo - the reboot with the 6.1 kernel was all that was needed.