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VirtualBox 7.2 was released today. Anybody else try it yet?
I downloaded the Debian 12 .deb file from their web site and installed it over 7.1.12 which was also installed from their .deb file.

They changed the main VirtualBox Manager GUI. There is a button on the bottom left to show or hide text. The change log says:
GUI: Moved global and VM tools from hamburger menus to global tools taskbar (vertically on the left) and the VM tools tabs (horizontally above the right hand panel) to make them easier to reach

My installation appears to be broken. It only shows or hides the text for the taskbar.
None of the other menu or top menu bar items have text, only wide drop down menus with icons on the left and empty space where there should be text.

I thougt maybe it was a configuration problem so I completely purged virtualbox*, deleted ~/.config/VirtualBox, rebooted installed the .deb again, rebooted and got the same result.

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What does the VB forum say about it?

This isn't a help request. QSI isn't needed.

VB forums had nothing yet, just a release anouncement.

So you want to chat about how it installs broken? *confused*

I was only sharing my experience. My mistake for believing you could do that in the genreral chat forum.

I will move it back to there, I thought you were in the wrong spot.


edit 15 august. Moved it back to help forum, it has clearly become a help topic.

What messages do you get when you start VB 7.2 from the terminal?

siamhie wrote: Thu Aug 14, 2025 3:39 pm What messages do you get when you start VB 7.2 from the terminal?

I don't know. I purged it and reinstalled 7.1.12.
7.1.12 doesn't have any output when run from terminal.

BV206 wrote: Thu Aug 14, 2025 1:29 pm I thougt maybe it was a configuration problem ...

Yep. The VB 7.2 .deb package is Qt6 and MX comes with QT PLATFORMTHEME settings set to gtk2. I fixed that. Don't know if it will break something else.