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stefano

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Registered: 2011-04-09

Posts: 258

[SOLVED] Virtualbox app starts with no interface after latest update

After my latest update (which included an update of Virtualbox from 5.1.2-2 -> 5.1.2-3), the virtualbox application has stopped working. It launches with no error messages but nothing happens---no GUI, no message to console. I can see there are three processes running:

>ps aux | grep virtualbox
stefano  30259  0.7  0.3 757488 59984 pts/4    Sl+  23:16   0:00 /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox
stefano  30275  0.0  0.0  80372  9184 ?        S    23:16   0:00 /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxXPCOMIPCD
stefano  30280  0.0  0.0 246084 12788 ?        Sl   23:16   0:00 /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSVC --auto-shutdownrg

but no interface (graphical or otherwise).

I tried reinstalling virtualbox and reloading the kernel modules manually, but nothing changed.
Starting virtualbox with the --debug flag has no effect---no output to console.

Suggestions welcome.

Last edited by stefano (2016-08-25 04:22:46)

WFV

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From: ☭USSA⛧⭒⭒⭒⭒

Registered: 2013-04-23

Posts: 288

Re: [SOLVED] Virtualbox app starts with no interface after latest update

those are older versions of virtualbox. probably dumb question but what about pacman -Syyu? linux 4.7.2-1 and its headers, and virtualbox 5.1.4-1 and its associated ext's and host-modules corrected a lot of problems with the versions you listed.

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stefano

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Registered: 2011-04-09

Posts: 258

Re: [SOLVED] Virtualbox app starts with no interface after latest update

Silly me, I should have thought of the -yy switch.
virtualbox is now upgraded and functioning (for some reason it logged me out the first time I tries to start a VM, but it's been working since).

Thanks!