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hwallace

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Registered: 2021-08-30

Posts: 110

Cannot build VirtualBox guest additions.

Running # VBoxLinux.run looks nice for a while but then it fails suggesting I check the log:

vboxadd-setup.log

Host

    6.8.2-arch1-1
    
    ['virtualbox-host-dkms', '(6.1.36-1)']
    ['virtualbox', '(7.0.14-2)']
    ['virtualbox-host-modules-arch', '(7.0.14-15)']
    ['virtualbox-guest-iso', '(7.0.14-1)']
    ['virtualbox-ext-oracle', '(7.0.14-1)']
    ['xf86-video-vmware', '(13.3.0-4)']
    ['virtualbox-guest-utils', '(7.0.14-2)']
    ['virtualbox-sdk', '(6.1.38-1)']

Guest

    6.8.2-arch1-1
    
    ['virtualbox-guest-iso', '(7.0.2-1)']
    ['xf86-video-vmware', '(13.4.0-1)'] 
    ['virtualbox-guest-utils', '(7.0.14-2)']

systemctl status vboxadd

    vboxadd.service
        Loaded: loaded (/opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-7.0.14/init/vboxadd; enabled; preset: disabled)
        Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2024-03-29 06:06:17 PDT; 7h ago
        Process: 329 ExecStart=/opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-7.0.14/init/vboxadd start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
    Main PID: 329 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        Tasks: 14 (limit: 9495)
        Memory: 219.5M (peak: 358.4M)
            CPU: 28.979s
        CGroup: /system.slice/vboxadd.service
                ├─1158 /usr/bin/VBoxDRMClient
                └─1160 /usr/sbin/VBoxService --pidfile /var/run/vboxadd-service.sh
    
    Mar 29 06:06:07 flip vboxadd-service.sh[1161]: VirtualBox Guest Addition service started.
    Mar 29 06:06:16 flip vboxadd[1871]: VirtualBox Guest Additions: kernel modules were not reloaded
    Mar 29 06:06:17 flip vboxadd[329]: VirtualBox Guest Additions: kernel modules and services were not reloaded
    Mar 29 06:06:17 flip vboxadd[329]: The log file /var/log/vboxadd-setup.log may contain further information.
    Mar 29 06:06:17 flip systemd[1]: vboxadd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
    Mar 29 06:06:17 flip systemd[1]: vboxadd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
    Mar 29 06:06:17 flip systemd[1]: vboxadd.service: Unit process 1158 (VBoxDRMClient) remains running after unit stopped.
    Mar 29 06:06:17 flip systemd[1]: vboxadd.service: Unit process 1160 (VBoxService) remains running after unit stopped.
    Mar 29 06:06:17 flip systemd[1]: Failed to start vboxadd.service.
    Mar 29 06:06:17 flip systemd[1]: vboxadd.service: Consumed 12.988s CPU time, 358.4M memory peak, 0B memory swap peak.