Hi Is anyone here using VirtualBox? I've had it working rather well for some time, but after some recent upgrade or the other it's started exiting with a Segmentation fault just after startup, before windows are opened or anything. I've tried a few different versions, all with the same result. I'm using binary packages http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/el. So, have any of you lot seen this? Is there a way to make things work? - Toralf This e-mail, including any attachments and response string, may contain proprietary information which is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by return e-mail and delete this message and any attachment immediately. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, forward, copy, print or rely on this e-mail in any way except as permitted by the author.
Toralf Lund writes:> Hi > > Is anyone here using VirtualBox? I've had it working rather well for > some time, but after some recent upgrade or the other it's started > exiting with a Segmentation fault just after startup, before windows are > opened or anything. I've tried a few different versions, all with the > same result. I'm using binary packages > http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/el. > > So, have any of you lot seen this? Is there a way to make things work?http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS6.5#head-eb6bb9abad0158d054915e0090560f6d1ff8f1ed
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Toralf Lund <toralf.lund at pgs.com> wrote:> > Is anyone here using VirtualBox? I've had it working rather well for > some time, but after some recent upgrade or the other it's started > exiting with a Segmentation fault just after startup, before windows are > opened or anything. I've tried a few different versions, all with the > same result. I'm using binary packages > http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/el.You should really post this on the Virtualbox forums or the VBox mailing list. https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewforum.php?f=7&sid=4db5599066c5c0167e2845e8f1ffddab https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Mailing_lists And file a bug report https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Bugtracker FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act - George Orwell
I also got the same segfault after upgrading to CentOS 6.5. The
VirtualBox gui segfaults before it appears, and I can not start the VMs
from the terminal either. Upgrading or downgrading to various VirtualBox
or kernel versions did not work either.
A workaround for me was to start the VMs using the terminal with only a
simple GUI (sdl), not full GUI. The command is described in the
documentation.
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-startvm
VBoxManage startvm "machine-name" --type sdl
You lose the VB-menus, but all hotkeys still works. This workaround was
tested with CentOS 6.5, kernel 2.6.32-431.3.1.el6.x86_64 and VirtualBox
4.2.22 from virtualbox.org-repo.