Oh no something has gone wrong (Guest Additions CD)
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I tried searching for similar problems in forum but search function keeps giving me bad gateway error. I've installed Oracle Virtual Box and created an instance of CentOS7. I'm pretty much newbie and still learning how to install and configure linux for day to day operations. After making all the software updates, i ran the Guest Additions CD from devices menu of Oracle VM, which includes bunch of features. But the problem is, after installing these features i can't reboot system again. When i try, i get the "Oh no something has gone wrong :(" message. Any ideas? |
Did you make a snapshot or export the VM before running Guest Additions?
If not, start again from scratch. At each important stage, make a snapshot. If anything goes wrong and you can't resolve it, revert to the previous snapshot. This doesn't solve your problem, but it will make it easier for you in the future. As for the problem itself, please list your original VM settings here (those that you changed from the defaults). Also your host system and version of VirtualBox. |
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Floppy: Disabled Processor: 2 Video Memory: 64 Enable 3D Acceleration: Yes Network Adapter Type: Paravirtualized Network I install the Gnome Desktop, install yum update, yum install kernel-devel and yum install gcc* Until that point everything is fine. When i run guest additions it installs successfully but i can no longer reboot the system. |
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. General->Advanced->Shared Clipboard & Drag'n'Drop: Bidirectional. Just before you tried to install Guest Additions, and after the steps you mentioned, did you restart the VM and confirm that it started up ok? We need to isolate the Guest Additions as being the real problem. |
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What is probably more important is how both CentOS and your host system handle having 3D acceleration switched off. If things look smooth/fast enough then I would leave it as it is. If not, you will need to trawl around and see if you can find any solutions (the mix of kernel and VirtualBox version may have some effect). If that doesn't turn up anything, then try VMWare. For the moment, I would just carry on and see how it goes. If you do go the VMWare route, you can always export your virtual machine/disk and import it into VMWare. |
Okay, i will switch to VMware if the system doesn't operate smoothly. Thanks for the assist.
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So to clarify, you have installed linux and you can restart that without issue, but then you install the guest additions and get a successfully installed message to say it is done and the
system is still working, but when you now restart the vm it no longer starts? |
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Would seem to be the likely culprit :)
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In a more basic case, are the "guest additions" actually necessary?
I mean that if I skip that stage, what do I lose? |
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Straight from the horse's mouth: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html |
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