I tried to use the run file of 7.0.4 today, and installed it as root, but as it was installing I got several lines of this:
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Is this a first time install or an upgrade? If the former, there are a few setup steps required. What groups does your user belong to? Does it launch as root? |
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This is a first time install on this up-to-date 15.0 x64 system (updated every few days with slackpkg). I'm using the .run version of virtualbox, in case that makes any difference, as it used to work pretty well in my 14.2 x64 system. Since KDE doesn't have the kuser thing anymore, I've lost my way in figuring out groups and such and don't know how to do that (sorry, but my memory just isn't what it used to be and trying to remember commands is too frustrating, unfortunately). It starts the same as with user when trying it as root, with a bunch of lines of 'Qt WARNING: Numeric mode unsupported in the posix collation implementation' and 'Qt WARNING: QSortFilterProxyModel: index from wrong model passed to mapToSource', but when I try to start the appliance, it does exactly the same thing as with user - a window for a second, then the same thing about the AMD-V thing. **edit: After looking things up on the internet, I found out how to add myself to the vboxusers group. After that, I did an Code:
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Bleh...I went back into the BIOS in the hopes that it was something simple, and found that my BIOS has a search function. I found the SRV thing that I couldn't find spending an hour in there looking for such things.
Anyway, I 'enebled' it, and viola!...VBox now works like a charm. Sorry for all the garbage added to this thread, and thanks to fourtysixandtwo for trying to help. |
Is anyone else finding Virtualbox 7.0 not ready for prime time? It is understandable since it is a new major version so there is bound to be bugs that need to be worked out. I almost immediately dropped back down to 6.1.40 after trying it, but I thought I would see how you guys are doing with it?
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I m using VBox 7.0.4 last 2 days for Gnome building. I have on my VBox one installation of slackware 15 stable and 2 installation of slack current everything works fine so far. 2 days about 30 hours of hard use...
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Once I figured out my problem (my own fault, not VBox), I had it up for several hours earlier today playing an online RP game I've been on since 1997 (It started out as Gemstone III on AOL (UGH!), and is now Gemstone IV *not* on AOL). It didn't give one hiccup or burp or any kind of problems for me. Oh, using 7.0.4-154605.
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A new test build-6.1.41-154912, with extension pack-6.1.41-154909,
and a new development snapshot-7.0.5-154910, with extension pack-7.0.5-154905, have been posted at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds |
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I've glanced at a couple pages here in this thread didn't see any comments regarding the sidebar/toolbox thingy when I open a vm.
I don't care for it, can't find anything in preferences, not sure what's it's called. Anyone? Thanks |
A new test build-6.1.41-155125, with a companion extension pack,
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As the post suggest you can switch to text interface in lilo. You will need to comment out the bitmap and bmp lines in lilo.conf Code:
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Oracle today released a 7.0 maintenance release which improves stability and fixes regressions. See the Changelog for details.
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A new test build-6.1.43-155278, with extension pack-6.1.43-155246,
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6.1.42 running like a champ here on 15.0. I tried 7.0 on its initial release and found it not ready for prime time IMO. I'm keeping Virtualbox around for my Windows VM's, but finally made the switch to Qemu/Kvm via Virt-Manager for all my Linux/BSD VM's and I am so glad I did. It is superior in so many ways its absurd, but like all virtualization software there is not perfect solution and I still like Virtualbox for desktop Windows VM's.
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A new test build-6.1.43-155609, with extension pack-6.1.43-155587,
and a new development snapshot-7.0.7-155584, with extension pack-7.0.7-155601, have been posted at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds |
A new development snapshot-7.0.97-155730, and extension pack-7.0.97-155728,
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A new development snapshot-7.0.97-155973, along with extension pack-7.0.97-155968,
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A new development snapshot-7.0.97-156054, along with extension pack-7.0.97-156053,
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Hello fellow Slackers and VBox users!
I have been troubleshooting recent problems running Firefox in a VBox VM. VirtualBox is 6.1.32 running on a Slackware64-15.0 host. The VM guest is also Slackware64-15.0. The host is i7 8 core, 32GB RAM, Intel graphics. Both the host and the VM had been updated via slackpkg Dec 21 2022 and have been trouble free since initial installation sometime after mid 2021, and since the December updates. Both were still running kernel 5.15.19. I updated everything to the Slackware mirrors as of February 28, and also upgraded to kernel 5.15.94 at the same time, both host and guest. My trouble began shortly after this. Since that upgrade Firefox in the guest has been unstable to the point of being unusable. I initially downgraded to Firefox 102.7.0 and that ran most of a full day, so I thought that was the problem, but then it folded up too. I am now back to 102.8.0 and still experiencing regular crashes. This VM is used almost exclusively for web browsing and has no notable software installed beyond the full Slackware installation. From the most recent crash... Code:
$ firefox I have disabled hardware acceleration in Firefox and disabled GLX in Xorg, all without much effect (some modes seem to crash less frequently, but not sure if that means anything at all - it stil crashes). And I have experienced a similar crash in another VM on the same host, also updated at the same time to the same configuration, but without internet exposure. I am now looking for non-Firefox causes. I have used VBox for quite some time, but beyond setting it up I have not had to troubleshoot much with it and don't really know my way around it in any depth, but the manual is at hand. So, two questions for those more familiar with these things: 1. I am attempting to upgrade to VBox 6.1.42, but after several downloads the checksum sum differs from that on the Oracle website... are Oracle known for neglecting to keep the builds and the sums in sync? 2. Any suggestions for how to most quickly decide whether it may be a VBox problem, or a pproblem with the OS update? I would have simply reinstalled by now except that I see the same problem on a second VM and think it worth getting to the actual cause. Thanks for any and all suggestions! After posting I realized this may not be the right place - if so please ask that it be moved to its own thread. |
I know this doesn't help but seems to be working here with the following, using ruario/latest-firefox.sh.
HOST:PRETTY_NAME="Slackware 15.0 x86_64" all up to date using script from oracle VirtualBox Graphical User Interface Version 7.0.2 r154219 (Qt5.15.2) Copyright © 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates. GUEST:PRETTY_NAME="Slackware 15.0 x86_64" all up to date firefox 110.0.1 (64-bit) is up and running |
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Not sure what the checksum difference resulted from, but later yesterday I downloaded and verified Virtualbox-6.1.42 (with wget as fortysixandtwo).
I uninstalled the 6.1.32 then installed 6.1.42, then installed the extpack with VBoxManage extpack install --replace, reboot host and all my VMs are fine. Mounted guest additions ISO and updated them after booting the VM. At the point I reinstalled VBox I had reverted one guest to the 5.15.19 kernel and another with 5.15.94, and both appeared to work well. I watched a few videos and scrolled around like a crazy person (scroll gestures had been noted to trigger the crash), and saw no crashes for the remainder of the night. Notably, scrolling and video controls were smoother than they had been which I take as a good sign also. I have had both open with video playing continuously when not otherwise in use through the day, and have seen no more crashes, now more than 24 hours. I do still see a few messages when started from a terminal, but no segfaults. Code:
$ firefox So, for the moment, the crashes appear to have been related in some way to the 6.1.32 VBox in combination with my hardware and configs, and were fixed by update to 6.1.42. Thanks for the replies above! @glorsplitz: I am tempted to continue to the 7.0.x VBox, but in reading through the thread I see a few posts by early adopters as late as January saying they had reverted to 6.1.4x due to problems encountered... so another day! I'll follow this thread more closely now! |
A new test build-6.1.43-156228, with matching extension pack,
and a new development snapshot-7.0.7-155262, with matching extension pack, have been posted at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds |
They have added a category, so it is now:
"Latest 6.1.x test builds," "Latest 7.0.x test builds" and "Development snapshots." As of the moment we have, Latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.43-156228, and Latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.7-156262, and Development snapshot-7.0.97-156271. All available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds |
A new test build-6.1.43-156565, and a matching extension pack have been posted at,
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A new test build and a new development snapshot with matching extension packs, have been posted at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds.
test build-7.0.7-156678. development snapshot-7.0.97-156683. |
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New test builds and a new development snapshot have been made available for testing.
Latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.45-156947, and Latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.9-156993, and Development snapshot-7.0.97-156983. All available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds |
One new test build and a new development snapshot have been made available for testing.
Test build-7.0.9-157071, and Development snapshot-7.0.97-157070, are available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds |
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New test build-7.0.9-157502, and a companion extension pack are available at,
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If i want to try newer virtualbox (7.0.8) i just build it using slackbuilds?
https://slackbuilds.org/repository/1...em/virtualbox/ https://slackbuilds.org/repository/1...ualbox-kernel/ I've been using 6.1.40 from SBO so far. |
New test builds and a new development snapshot have been made available for testing.
Latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.45-157688, and Latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.9-157689, and Development snapshot-7.0.97-157682. All available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds |
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i tried to build from sources, according to instructions below, but it was failing - i was able to compile and install kernel module tho. Code:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux%20build%20instructions I thought I lost virtualbox for kernel 6.1.29, but no - it compiled a kernel module at boot time and works with 7.0.8 Code:
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New test builds and a new development snapshot have been made available for testing.
Latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.45-157777, and Latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.9-157775, and Development snapshot-7.0.97-157803. All available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds |
Two new test builds and a new development snapshot are ready for testing.
The latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.45-158079, and the latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.9-158070, and development snapshot-7.0.97-158092, are all available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds |
Two new test builds and a new development snapshot are ready for testing.
The latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.45-158243, and the latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.9-158223, and development snapshot-7.0.97-158251, are all available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds |
Two new stable releases. Both can be found at, https://www.virtualbox.org/
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@cwizardone, since this seems to your thread, maybe you know.
What happened to virtualbox download page just recently? Used to be download linux for all distributions, can't seem to find it now, I found this by accident. Like if I click the link you provided in #493, click Download VirtualBox 7.0, where is the download? In the attachment, last several versions of vbox, I've been getting that bar thing on the right, can't see lilo menu, I've just ignored as it's either bug or feature and my vm's are fine. Anyone else getting this, what is it. I keep thinking with each vbox release it might go away but hasn't. |
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Someone has been tinkering with the web site the last few weeks.
One time everything is in order, the next time something is missing. Your are correct, i.e., when the page is working properly, you click on "downloads" and then you want the last on the list, "All Linux..." or whatever it is called. Doesn't come to mind at the moment. You right click on it and pick "save link as." I first noticed the trouble on the test build page. Sometimes there are no test builds or development snapshots listed. At the moment there are two test builds listed, but no development snapshots. The heading is there, but nothing listed beneath it. All we can do, is keep checking back. For what it worth, the 7 series test build works well on this box. BTW, of the test builds and developement snapshos you want the one labeled, Linux 64-bit, for Slackware. |
Quite strange, have noticed the same for quite some time---past two weeks perhaps.
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