I can't access my vm's now that I upgraded to virtual box 7 from 6.1.50

linux-man · 03-05-2024, 08:49 PM

I got this error below:

Code:

RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 (fRtFlags=0x10000) (rc=-1912)

The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing

'/sbin/vboxconfig'

may correct this. Make sure that you are not mixing builds of VirtualBox from different sources.

where: supR3HardenedMainInitRuntime what: 4 VERR_VM_DRIVER_VERSION_MISMATCH (-1912) - The installed support driver doesn't match the version of the user.

I used terminal to upgrade from virtualbox 6.1.40 to 6.1.50 and I could still access all vm's.
I was not able to access any of my vm's after I upgraded from 6.1.50 to 7.0.14-161095~Debian~bullseye_amd64.deb

Now I can't access any of my vm's. I did not use my repo instead I was told here on LQ to download from Oracle for latest vb. Thanks in advance

ferrari · 03-05-2024, 11:24 PM

Start here:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/virtualiz...onfigdata.html

linux-man · 03-06-2024, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ferrari

Start here:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/virtualiz...onfigdata.html

I read the whole article above now what?

The error indicates the virtual machine was installed in a VirtualBox version different to my present installation version 7.0.14.
I didn't install it via official repo I was told here to go to Oracle and download version 7 from there. Is that the problem.
I also never deleted previous virtualbox 6.1.50 because I was told not here as I had vm's on it that I didn't want to lose during transition.

Is there a way to revert back from version to 6.1.50?
will this work to remove version 7 (see below)?

Code:

sudo apt-get autoremove --purge virtualbox-7.0.14 r161095

The Oracle links says:
typical location on Linux and Oracle Solaris is /home/username

So I am meant to be looking here (below):

Code:

linux@linux]─[/home]
└──╼ $pwd
/home
┌─[linux@linux]─[/home]
└──╼ $ls
linux

Quote:

a virtual machine and its settings are described in a virtual machine settings file in XML format

he XML settings file, with a .vbox file extension, and its disk images. This is called the machine folder.

I meant to be looking for one of these two?:
Default machines folder and
$HOME/VirtualBox VMs

Although it says in the link not to:

Quote:

... We therefore strongly suggest that you do not edit these files manually.

And your implying I should be editing?

___ · 03-06-2024, 01:01 AM

Are you 100.00% sure that you removed all traces of other Vbox versions? (man locate)
(not things under your $HOME, which is where your VMs are)

linux-man · 03-06-2024, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ___

Are you 100.00% sure that you removed all traces of other Vbox versions? (man locate)
(not things under your $HOME, which is where your VMs are)

No I did not.
I think I was told not to here on LQ. If I removed all trace of the older virtualbox what would become of all the vm's I had removed?

linux-man · 03-06-2024, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ferrari

Start here:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/virtualiz...onfigdata.html

Would this help?

Quote:

Check if virtualbox-dkms is installed:
If yes, then delete it and install dkms

Should I go ahead with this below?

Code:

dpkg -l | grep virtualbox-dkms

sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-dkms && \
sudo apt-get install dkms
Rebuild VirtualBox kernel modules:

sudo /sbin/vboxconfig

Perhaps a case of two separate versions of VirtualBox installed being on my system? What happens to all my vm's if I did this below?:

Code:

 sudo apt-get autoremove 'virtualbox*'

checked to see if I have vbox modules loaded:

Code:

──╼ $lsmod | grep vbox
vboxnetadp             28672  0
vboxnetflt             32768  0
vboxdrv               561152  2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt

checked to see if correct version below:

Code:

modinfo vboxdrv
filename:       /lib/modules/6.0.0-2parrot1-amd64/updates/dkms/vboxdrv.ko
version:        6.1.40_Parrot r154048 (0x00320000)
license:        GPL
description:    Oracle VM VirtualBox Support Driver
author:         Oracle Corporation
srcversion:     013A6B9C7C5CF3C51AF1D12
depends:        
retpoline:      Y
name:           vboxdrv
vermagic:       6.0.0-2parrot1-amd64 SMP preempt mod_unload modversions 
parm:           force_async_tsc:force the asynchronous TSC mode (int)

Should I remove modules in the dkms folder? Maybe VB 6.1.50 and older places modules in misc while VB 7.0 stores them in dkms folder?

Maybe a case of vb being 32-bit architecture while running 64-bit operation system which can be the cause of this problem? I installed via Oracle site, does it site feed the correct download automatically detecting your 64 bit machine?

Am I meant to be loading any new modules into the kernel. Which kernels which modules?

If the old vboxdrv mod does not get removed with sudo apt autoremove --purge virtualbox*
then I'll have to remove it manually via vboxdrv.ko from "/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates/dkms/".r)/updates/dkms/".
I will need your help doing that so as to not dig myself into a deeper hole.

linux-man · 03-06-2024, 03:41 PM

Can I get some hints on how to solve this please?

Would this be the way to go in terminal or am i able to just use copy and paste in gui?

Quote:

copy your .vdi file to a directory where VirtualBox will be able to access it
run VirtualBox and create a new virtual machine
choose Ubuntu Linux as the operating system and click "Next"
under the "Virtual Hard Disk" option, choose "Use existing hard disk". This will open the "Virtual Media Manager".
in the Virtual Media Manager, click the "Add" button and select the .vdi file that you copied, then click "Next"
configure the rest of the virtual machine as you would like it to be
start the virtual machine
So long as the .vdi file has not been corrupted, it will work just fine.

Would the steps below be the way to go?

Quote:

Create new machine
instead of selection iso you select "Use an existing Virtual Hard Disk File" aka VDI file.
Click the Folder icon to open the Hard Disk Selector window and click Add to browse the VDI file. Once selected, click Choose to proceed.
Once everything looks good, click Finish to continue.

Quote:

VDIs are virtual hard disk images you can import or add to your existing virtual machine.It gets created when you first created a hard disk image and allocated storage during configuration steps or vb wizard process.

VDIs are portable and you can use them to run an operating system without going through the cumbersome installation process.

linux-man · 03-14-2024, 06:45 PM

Can I get some hints?

ferrari · 03-14-2024, 08:07 PM

Cast your support net wider....
https://forums.virtualbox.org/index.php