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ash

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Registered: 2008-12-17

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virtualbox does not work - empty windows

i installed vbox ose + added my used + modprobed the driver

when i run it (from either kde 3 and 4) it just shows empty windows and does not respond when i click the X of the windw

there is no text output if i run it from the console

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/1323/snapshot2k.png

Barghest

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From: Hanau/Germany

Registered: 2008-01-03

Posts: 563

Re: virtualbox does not work - empty windows

Is qt properly installed?

# pacman -S qt

ash

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Registered: 2008-12-17

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Re: virtualbox does not work - empty windows

both kde 3 and 4 seem to work ok

bidigo

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From: Stuttgart, Germany

Registered: 2008-09-01

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Re: virtualbox does not work - empty windows

The same here on Gnome. Reinstalled qt as well, didn't help.

toad

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Registered: 2008-12-22

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Re: virtualbox does not work - empty windows

Have you tried rebuilding the kernel module? The 686 kernel was just updated, the 86_64 is still lagging behind a bit...

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ash

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Registered: 2008-12-17

Posts: 134

Re: virtualbox does not work - empty windows

i retried reinstalling it and the kernel (i am in 2.6.29.2 now)

still same problem and no solution found

enragedchip

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Registered: 2005-07-02

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Re: virtualbox does not work - empty windows

try launching virtualbox with either

VirtualBox --rmode sdl

or

VirtualBox --rmode image

Depending on the phase of the moon, one of those should work

On my Old Man's machine --rmode sdl was working and now today --rmode image works but not sdl, VirtualBox itself hasn't been updated, but the old man has been doing a semi regular pacman -Syu

hope this helps

robmaloy

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-05-14

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Re: virtualbox does not work - empty windows

as i already said in another thread,
the same thing happens to me ABSOLUTELY RANDOMLY.
~ 5 of 6 (or even more) starts fail,
i just kill it and try again. dunno if that works for other ppl.

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ash

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Registered: 2008-12-17

Posts: 134

Re: virtualbox does not work - empty windows

opened konsole and entered there

while true ; do VirtualBox ; done

killed a few failed attempts with alt ctrl esc

now works with all of image / sdl / nothing

what the heck . . (but atleast it seems to start now)

thanks all

salous

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Registered: 2009-03-09

Posts: 25

Re: virtualbox does not work - empty windows

I have exactly the same problem with the origianl poster. I already have qt properly installed. By the way, I use gnome.

wonder

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Re: virtualbox does not work - empty windows

did you guys tried to change theme? use qtconfig for that

Last edited by wonder (2009-05-07 20:24:49)

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ash

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Registered: 2008-12-17

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Re: virtualbox does not work - empty windows

idk i did what i wrote above and it seems to work now without changing theme

maybe pipe some evanescence music into it can work too

salous

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Registered: 2009-03-09

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Re: virtualbox does not work - empty windows

What the heck... I start virtualbox from command-line and it works now. and I just updated my qt to 4.5.1-2. I wonder if that is related...

EDIT:
it has nothing to do with it, I start virtualbox another time and it's an empty window again.

Last edited by salous (2009-05-08 16:04:30)