VirtualBox for Slackware Users

bitfuzzy · 06-20-2026, 04:57 PM

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Oh, it will build and install, but won't start the "machine." The error message is simply,"Can't start machine."

Anything useful in the VBox logs?

I don't know it'll be useful in this case, but usually Virtualbox will provide output when it errors with "Can't start machine."
Anything useful?

I've found it (the output information) helpful in the past in resolving "start" errors.
Which in my case were usually due to something changing in the image config (name.vbox) file (Identifier, path, resource etc).

cwizardone · 06-26-2026, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bitfuzzy

Anything useful in the VBox logs?

I don't know it'll be useful in this case, but usually Virtualbox will provide output when it errors with "Can't start machine."
Anything useful?

I've found it (the output information) helpful in the past in resolving "start" errors.
Which in my case were usually due to something changing in the image config (name.vbox) file (Identifier, path, resource etc).

thanks for the suggestion.
Found this,

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Failed to open virtual machine located in /home/VirtualBox VMs/Xp3-Scan/Xp3-Scan-1.19-linux.vbox.
Trying to open a VM config '/home/VirtualBox VMs/Xp3-Scan/Xp3-Scan-1.19-linux.vbox' which has the same UUID as an existing virtual machine.
Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
MachineWrap
Interface:
IMachine {e36a5081-a82a-40bd-9e4e-42a44d6ce50f}
Callee:
IVirtualBox {2ce10519-3c09-45d8-a12d-e887786146b7}

bitfuzzy · 06-26-2026, 04:15 PM

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Trying to open a VM config '/home/VirtualBox VMs/Xp3-Scan/Xp3-Scan-1.19-linux.vbox' which has the same UUID as an existing virtual machine.

Yup! That's your culprit, should be simple enough to resolve

cwizardone · 06-30-2026, 02:42 PM

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June 30th, 2026. VirtualBox 7.2.12 released! Oracle today released a 7.2 maintenance release which improves stability and fix regressions. See the Changelog for details.

The change log, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.2#v12

Download page, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

For Slackware you want the one labeled, "All distributions".

Documentation, "how to-s" and tutorials can be found at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Documentation

cwizardone · Today, 02:56 PM

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July 21st, 2026. VirtualBox 7.2.14 released! Oracle today released a 7.2 maintenance release which improves stability and fix regressions.

The change log, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.2#v14

The download page, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

For Slackware you want the one labeled, "All distributions".

Documentation, "how to-s" and tutorials can be found at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Documentation