[solved] guest in virtualbox not starting

[eikin]

Hello, everyone,

I'm a absolute new in this forum and I hope that I can find a solution to my problem. I use MXLinux and I think it's great. A few months ago I did an update and after that Windows my Virtualbox did not work anymore. I can't remember what I did exatcty. When I open Vbox it opens as usual and there I see that Windows is turned off. When I start Windows these hints pop up...

Für die virtuelle Maschine Windoof konnte keine neue Sitzung eröffnet werden.

The virtual machine 'Windoof' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1).

Fehlercode: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Komponente: MachineWrap
Interface: IMachine {85632c68-b5bb-4316-a900-5eb28d3413df}

and then this one

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fqsD4I ... sp=sharing

In this window it says that I have to do 'modprobe vboxdrv' and I do it in thunar root I don't get any result.

I need urgent access to the data and program.

My system

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System:    Host: Dell Kernel: 4.19.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 6.3.0 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: MX-18.3_x64 Continuum Dec 20  2018 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 
Machine:   Type: Portable System: Dell product: XPS 9Q23 v: A01 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0HM4V9 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI [Legacy]: Dell v: A01 
           date: 10/04/2012 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 46.6 Wh condition: 46.6/46.6 Wh (100%) model: SDI PABAS0241231 
           status: Full 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3317U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge 
           rev: 9 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 13570 
           Speed: 1592 MHz min/max: 800/2600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1592 2: 1863 3: 1615 
           4: 1608 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile v: 4.2 Mesa 18.2.6 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-1-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 2040 
           bus ID: 02:00.0 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 73.70 GiB (61.8%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD PM830 mSATA 128GB size: 119.24 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 114.62 GiB used: 73.69 GiB (64.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 6.2 MiB (0.3%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 89.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/antix/stretch stretch main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stretch main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list 
           1: deb https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Debian_9.0/ ./
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ stretch main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/softmaker.list 
           1: deb http://shop.softmaker.com/repo/apt wheezy non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing.list 
           1: deb https://apt.syncthing.net/ syncthing stable
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 234 Uptime: 38m Memory: 3.74 GiB used: 2.04 GiB (54.6%) Init: SysVinit 
           runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 6.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.12 inxi: 3.0.36 

I'd be very happy if someone could help me.

[m_pav]

Same thing happened to me and it was a couple of months ago too. Seems it was an out-of sync local software repository.

This should be trivial to repair. The popup window that says "Kernel Driver Not installed" has the solution, but our devs have made it even easier than that.

Open MX Package Installer, search for VirtualBox and you'll see virtualbox in the results. It will have a grey checkbox on the left. Put a tick in the box, then click the reinstall button at the bottom of the window. Reboot when its finished and try your Windows VM again. If it's not fixed, let us know, if it is, please mark this as solved by editing your first post and in the post title, write [solved] in the title.

[eikin]

m_pav

didn't work for me. Still the same problem

[JayM]

Open Thunar, navigate to /usr/share/mx-packageinstaller-pkglist/, open a terminal and type

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sudo ./rebuild_dkms_packages.sh

One problem is that you've added an Ubuntu PPA:

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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/softmaker.list 
           1: deb http://shop.softmaker.com/repo/apt wheezy non-free

Kindly read How To Break Your System and Don't Break Debian, both linked to in my signature.

[m_pav]

If your system is missing the linux-headers that correspond to your running kernel, then the virtualbox-dkms installer will run and reach and end-point, but it will fail to build any modules. If you read the terminal output from the installer before closing the window, it will plainly tell you if it succeeded or failed. If you closed the terminal window when it looked like it finished without reading the last page of its output, you could easily miss a message telling you that no module was built, in other words, that it failed.

[JayM]

Just noticed that you have an old kernel, 4.19.0-1-amd64. Open MX Package Installer, Popular Applications tab and expand the Kernels section. Check the checkbox at the left of the MX 4.19 kernel (which is 4.19.0-9) and install it. It will also install the headers and rebuild your dkms drivers including the one for VirtualBox. Then run MX Tools -> MX Boot Options and select that kernel as the default and click Apply. Reboot and VirtualBox and your guest OS should work now. (Unless that PPA broke it.)

[eikin]

yesss, it worked. So many thanks to you folks. It's great to see how good the support is if you run in a problem as a not experienced user.

You're the best

[eriefisher]

One problem is that you've added an Ubuntu PPA:

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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/softmaker.list 
           1: deb http://shop.softmaker.com/repo/apt wheezy non-free

Kindly read How To Break Your System and Don't Break Debian, both linked to in my signature.

That's not a PPA. When you install their .deb the source.list gets added. Much like what Goole does when you install Chrome or Google Earth etc. They have one download for Debian based systems.