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Quote:

Originally Posted by glorsplitz (Post 6443841)

@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.

Switching to the text boot menu in lilo.conf is a solution. Vbox 7 does not like the bitmap menu.

I've been meaning to cut the cord on vbox too, just haven't yet.

Two new test builds and a new development snapshot are ready for testing.
The latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.47-158685,
and the latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.11-158681,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-158691,
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-6.1.47-158777,
and the latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.11-158813,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-158812,
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-6.1.47-159040,
and the latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.11-159210,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-159220,
are all available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

Documentation, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Documentation

One new test build is available for testing.
The latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.47-159049, is available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

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

One new test build and one new development snapshot are available for testing.
The latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.11-159359,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-159365,
are both available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

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

Two new test builds and a new development snapshot are ready for testing.
The latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.47-159400,
and the latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.11-159409,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-159415,
are all available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

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

Two new stable releases of VirtualBox can be found at, https://www.virtualbox.org/

Quote:

VirtualBox 7.0.12 (released October 17 2023)

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.0#v12

and

Quote:

VirtualBox 6.1.48 (released October 17 2023)

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1#v48

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone (Post 6459337)

Two new stable releases of VirtualBox can be found at, https://www.virtualbox.org/

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.0#v12

and

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1#v48

I upgraded VirtualBox to 7.0.12 on a slackware64-current & a slackware64-15.0 host -- rock solid so far -- no issues with windoze & slackware VM's.

Two new test builds and a new development snapshot are ready for testing.
The latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.49-159590,
and the latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.13-159587,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-159608,
are all available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

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

Two new test builds and a new development snapshot are available for testing.
The latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.49-159675,
and the latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.13-159676,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-159680,
are all available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

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

Two new test builds and a new development snapshot are available for testing.
The latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.49-160154,
and the latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.13-160164,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-160167,
are all available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

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

One new test build and a new development snapshot are available for testing.
The latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.13-160260,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-160259, are available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

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

Two new test builds and a new development snapshot are available for testing.
The latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.49-160457,
and the latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.13-160458,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-160500,
are all available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

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

VirtualBox for Slackware Users

Does 7.0.13 work and virtualbox-kernel compile for 6.6.3?

Quote:

Originally Posted by kermitdafrog8 (Post 6467689)

Does 7.0.13 work and virtualbox-kernel compile for 6.6.3?

Yes.
You will want the file simply named, "Linux 64-bit".
Download the file, move to that directory and, as root, run,
sh ./VirtualBox-7.0.13-160458-Linux_amd64.run

You will also need the extension pack.

See the previously posted link to the documentation.

VirtualBox for Slackware Users

What about build from source?

Two new test builds and a new development snapshot are available for testing.
The latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.49-160545,
and the latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.13-160643,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-160702,
are all available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone (Post 6469304)

I've been struggling getting the SBo virtualbox to build after the 6.6.6 kernel upgrade. I saw your post and gave it a go - it took about 10 mins to get VirtualBox-7.0.13-160767 up and running. Thank you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by amikoyan (Post 6470998)

You are welcome.
:)

One new test build and a new development snapshot are available for testing.
The latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.13-160767,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-160770,
are available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

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

One new test build and a new development snapshot are available for testing.
The latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.13-160845,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-160850,
are available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

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

A new development snapshot-7.0.97-160981, is available for testing and can be found at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

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

Two new test builds and a new development snapshot are available for testing.
The latest 6.1.x test build-6.1.49-161009,
and the latest 7.0.x test build-7.0.13-161020,
and
development snapshot-7.0.97-161018,
are all available at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

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

One new test build and a new development snapshot are available for testing at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

For Slackware you want the one simply labeled, Linux 64-bit.

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

Two new stable releases of VirtualBox can be found at, https://www.virtualbox.org/

Quote:

VirtualBox 7.0.14 (released January 16 2024)

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.0#v14

and

Quote:

VirtualBox 6.1.50 (released January 16 2024)

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1#v50

For Slackware users:
1. Click on the link above for the version you want.
2. On the left side of the page you will see the word, "Downloads." Click on it.
3. In the list of "VirtualBox x.y.z platform packages," click on, "Linux Distributions."
4. In the list of "VirtualBox x.y.z for linux," right click on "All Distributions," and then "save link as" to wherever you want to store it on your computer.
5. Go to wherever you stored it and, as root, run,
sh ./virtualbox-x.y.z.run

You will also need the extension pack.

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

Thank you for these helpful links cwizardone.
I am using VirtualBox-7.0.13-160767 which I installed using sh ./virtualbox-x.y.z.run.

If I want to upgrade to VirtualBox 7.0.14 do I need to uninstall 7.0.13 first?

Also I can't find the extension pack you mention. Where is it and do I need it?

Quote:

Originally Posted by amikoyan (Post 6477260)

No; the installer will handle that for you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by amikoyan (Post 6477260)

Also I can't find the extension pack you mention. Where is it and do I need it?

From https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads:

Quote:

VirtualBox 7.0.14 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack

All supported platforms

Support VirtualBox RDP, disk encryption, NVMe and PXE boot for Intel cards. See this chapter from the User Manual for an introduction to this Extension Pack. The Extension Pack binaries are released under the VirtualBox Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL). Please install the same version extension pack as your installed version of VirtualBox.

Two new test builds and a new development snapshot are available for testing at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

For Slackware you want the one simply labeled, Linux 64-bit.

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

There is a new 7.0.x test build available for testing at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

For Slackware you want the one simply labeled, Linux 64-bit.

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

Interesting...

Quote:

VirtualBox KVM public release

Today we are announcing the open-source release of our KVM backend for Virtualbox.

Quote:

For the past few months we have been working hard to provide a fast, reliable and secure KVM backend for VirtualBox. VirtualBox is a multi-platform Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) with a great feature set, support for a wide variety of guest operating systems, and a consistent user interface across different host operating systems.

Cyberus Technology’s KVM backend allows VirtualBox to run virtual machines utilizing the Linux KVM hypervisor instead of the custom kernel module used by standard VirtualBox. Using KVM comes with a number of benefits.

Our customers use virtualization to isolate different security domains from each other. They rely on further hardening of the host system for additional security. This kind of hardening is needed to get certification from government bodies and as a result a hard requirements for our customers.

In client scenarios, Windows is often the guest system of choice. A lot of the security features that get built into Windows rely on virtualization. In cases where Windows is already virtualized, additional support from the Hypervisor is needed to enable those features. KVM provides a lot of the needed support to improve Windows’ security in virtualized environments.

In addition, modern hardware comes with many features that enhance virtualization performance, such as interrupt virtualization. All of the use cases above are currently difficult to support with the stock VirtualBox kernel module. However, the open-source KVM module, which is included in the Linux kernel by default, supports these use cases easily.

https://cyberus-technology.de/articl...public-release

https://github.com/cyberus-technology/virtualbox-kvm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pixxt (Post 6482278)

Interesting...

https://cyberus-technology.de/articl...public-release

https://github.com/cyberus-technology/virtualbox-kvm

I am going to try to compile this when I get home. If anyone gets this to compile reply to this thread. I am interested in seeing how it performs.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daedra (Post 6482324)

I am going to try to compile this when I get home. If anyone gets this to compile reply to this thread. I am interested in seeing how it performs.

So far, my progress. Included --disable-vmmraw in the ./config. Had to utilize the xml.patch from the 7.0 VBox slackbuild. Had to utilize "VBOX_WITH_RAW_MODE := 1" to get past the second failure to build.

I don't have much time to devote to it tonight, I'd be curious how it would go on a multilib system, is this defaulted for both sets of libraries?

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianW (Post 6482350)

I just gave it a try, using the modified SlackBuild provided by ponce here is where I am at.
https://pastebin.com/RrnzXA88

Not using the SlackBuild and following their instructions
https://pastebin.com/bErq5CLT

I also had to apply the xml patch to get past the first error.

One new series 7.0.x test build and a new development snapshot are available for testing at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

For Slackware you want the one simply labeled, Linux 64-bit.

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianW (Post 6482350)

I got it to compile, I had to use the xml patch and a gcc 13 patch located here. I used these build options

Code:

./configure --with-kvm --disable-kmods --disable-docs --disable-hardening --disable-vmmraw --disable-java

Now I am going to work on making a proper SlackBuild for it.

I have a current vbox vm to be able to see the current state of affairs if need be.

I actually watched it boot and found attached. Anyone else see anything similar and what's it mean?

I'm aware it's possible current and the current state of vbox might not play nice and there might be some catching up on either side.

One new series 7.0.x test build and a new development snapshot are available for testing at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

For Slackware you want the one simply labeled, Linux 64-bit.

It would appear the 6.x.x series has been "retired."

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

Thank you cwizardone.

The post #526 was helpful. It just works out of the box on Slackware64 15.0. Was able to produce a .vdi image with "enable efi" working network and three partitions efi,swap,linuxfilesystem.

The virtual-box slack-build may have some upsides but the VirtualBox-7.0.14-161095-Linux_amd64.run method is straightforward.

Attempting to replace a freebsd droplet on digital ocean by a Slackware one. w-i-p.

I am using the liwjatan scripts.

https://repo.liwjatan.org/pprkut/cur...ce/virtualbox/
https://repo.liwjatan.org/pprkut/cur...ualbox-addons/
https://repo.liwjatan.org/pprkut/cur...ualbox-kernel/

Even virtualbox-kernel works with kernel 6.8.1. But I had to write my own rc.vboxdrv because for some
reason the original rc.vboxdrv script didn't work.

Code:

kernel_requires_modules_signature: command not found

Possibly the script required the

Code:

CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE

kernel module.

FWIW: The most recent test build and development snapshot will not install (build and install) with the new 6.9-rc1 kernel.
Tomorrow I'll take another run at it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone (Post 6491966)

FWIW: The most recent test build and development snapshot will not install (build and install) with the new 6.9-rc1 kernel.
Tomorrow I'll take another run at it.

A new test build was released just twenty minutes ago, but, unfortunately, it does
not solve problem, i.e., it will not install/build.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone (Post 6491966)

FWIW: The most recent test build and development snapshot will not install (build and install) with the new 6.9-rc1 kernel.
Tomorrow I'll take another run at it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone (Post 6492098)

A new test build was released just twenty minutes ago, but, unfortunately, it does
not solve problem, i.e., it will not install/build.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

OK, a new development snapshot, revision 162463, was released about ten minutes ago and it works. It spit out the same errors while installing, but did work afterwards.
YMMV.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone (Post 6492103)

OK, a new development snapshot, revision 162463, was released about ten minutes ago and it works. It spit out the same errors while installing, but did work afterwards.
YMMV.

I created a patch for virtualbox-kernel-7.0.14 with Kernel 6.9.0-rc1.

I was able to build and all modules were loaded.

Code:

[  168.738105] vboxdrv: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.

[  168.755225] vboxdrv: Found 4 processor cores/threads

[  168.770800] vboxdrv: TSC mode is Invariant, tentative frequency 2903999163 Hz

[  168.770805] vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version 7.0.14 r161095 (interface 0x00330004)

[  199.414888] VBoxNetAdp: Successfully started.

[  226.852703] VBoxNetFlt: Successfully started.

In action it doesn't look very well. :D

Code:

[  168.738105] vboxdrv: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.

[  168.755225] vboxdrv: Found 4 processor cores/threads

[  168.770800] vboxdrv: TSC mode is Invariant, tentative frequency 2903999163 Hz

[  168.770805] vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version 7.0.14 r161095 (interface 0x00330004)

[  199.414888] VBoxNetAdp: Successfully started.

[  226.852703] VBoxNetFlt: Successfully started.

[ 1800.239155] warning: `nspr-2' uses wireless extensions which will stop working for Wi-Fi 7 hardware; use nl80211

[ 2182.233327] SUPR0GipMap: fGetGipCpu=0x1b

[ 2183.219184] ------------[ cut here ]------------

[ 2183.219188] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 26107 at /tmp/snuk/virtualbox-kernel-7.0.14/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:564 rtR0MemObjLinuxApplyPageRange+0x58/0xa0 [vboxdrv]

[ 2183.219245] Modules linked in: vboxnetflt(O) vboxnetadp(O) vboxdrv(O) rfcomm snd_seq_dummy snd_hrtimer snd_seq snd_seq_device fuse 8021q garp mrp xt_CHECKSUM xt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_tcpudp ip6table_mangle ip6table_nat ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_mangle iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables bridge stp llc vhost_net vhost vhost_iotlb tap tun algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep ipv6 snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_ctl_led snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_scodec_component joydev snd_sof_pci_intel_skl snd_sof_intel_hda_common soundwire_intel snd_sof_intel_hda_mlink soundwire_cadence snd_sof_intel_hda snd_sof_pci snd_sof_xtensa_dsp snd_sof snd_sof_utils soundwire_generic_allocation snd_soc_avs uvcvideo snd_soc_hda_codec uvc videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops snd_soc_skl videobuf2_v4l2 snd_soc_hdac_hda intel_rapl_msr snd_hda_ext_core snd_soc_sst_ipc intel_rapl_common videodev snd_soc_sst_dsp intel_uncore_frequency

[ 2183.219318]  intel_uncore_frequency_common snd_soc_acpi_intel_match videobuf2_common btusb snd_soc_acpi btrtl intel_pmc_core_pltdrv mc mei_pxp mei_hdcp snd_soc_core ee1004 intel_pmc_core btintel snd_compress intel_vsec btbcm btmtk snd_pcm_dmaengine pmt_telemetry i915 ac97_bus uas pmt_class intel_tcc_cooling snd_hda_intel x86_pkg_temp_thermal bluetooth intel_powerclamp drm_buddy snd_intel_dspcfg snd_intel_sdw_acpi usb_storage coretemp ecdh_generic ttm ecc snd_hda_codec drm_display_helper iwlmvm snd_hda_core kvm_intel cec ledtrig_audio mac80211 rc_core snd_hwdep drm_kms_helper kvm snd_pcm thinkpad_acpi iwlwifi intel_gtt rapl nvram snd_timer mei_me platform_profile agpgart intel_cstate psmouse cfg80211 snd think_lmi firmware_attributes_class i2c_i801 wmi_bmof intel_wmi_thunderbolt mei i2c_algo_bit rfkill soundcore intel_pch_thermal tpm_crb intel_xhci_usb_role_switch i2c_smbus drm i2c_core tpm_tis evdev acpi_pad tpm_tis_core loop crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul polyval_clmulni polyval_generic ghash_clmulni_intel

[ 2183.219401]  sha512_ssse3 sha256_ssse3 ucsi_acpi sha1_ssse3 xhci_pci typec_ucsi serio_raw xhci_pci_renesas roles e1000e xhci_hcd typec video wmi

[ 2183.219415] CPU: 0 PID: 26107 Comm: EMT-0 Tainted: G          O      6.9.0-rc1 #1

[ 2183.219418] Hardware name: LENOVO 20HDCTO1WW/20HDCTO1WW, BIOS N1QET92W (1.67 ) 08/24/2021

[ 2183.219420] RIP: 0010:rtR0MemObjLinuxApplyPageRange+0x58/0xa0 [vboxdrv]

[ 2183.219466] Code: aa 69 c9 48 c1 f8 06 83 e6 42 48 c1 e0 0c 48 83 fe 40 74 16 48 89 c6 48 21 fe 48 85 d2 75 0d 31 c0 48 89 31 5d c3 cc cc cc cc <0f> 0b f6 c2 01 75 1d 48 f7 d0 5d 48 21 f8 48 25 00 f0 ff ff 48 09

[ 2183.219469] RSP: 0018:ffffbc914b8cfd50 EFLAGS: 00010246

[ 2183.219472] RAX: 0000000181792000 RBX: ffff978ce61ea588 RCX: ffff978ce61ea580

[ 2183.219474] RDX: 0000000000000061 RSI: 0000000000000040 RDI: 000fffffffffffff

[ 2183.219476] RBP: ffffbc914b8cfd50 R08: ffffbc9150667000 R09: ffffbc9150600000

[ 2183.219478] R10: ffffbc9150667000 R11: ffff978c80000228 R12: ffffffffc194b7b0

[ 2183.219480] R13: ffffbc914b8cfdf8 R14: ffffbc9150600000 R15: ffffbc91504b0000

[ 2183.219482] FS:  00007f2f765806c0(0000) GS:ffff978fef400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000

[ 2183.219484] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033

[ 2183.219487] CR2: 00007f2f626c0000 CR3: 000000019b9f2004 CR4: 00000000003706f0

[ 2183.219489] Call Trace:

[ 2183.219492]  <TASK>

[ 2183.219494]  ? __warn+0x7c/0x120

[ 2183.219500]  ? rtR0MemObjLinuxApplyPageRange+0x58/0xa0 [vboxdrv]

[ 2183.219543]  ? report_bug+0x18d/0x1c0

[ 2183.219548]  ? handle_bug+0x3a/0x70

[ 2183.219552]  ? exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x60

[ 2183.219555]  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20

[ 2183.219559]  ? __pfx_rtR0MemObjLinuxApplyPageRange+0x10/0x10 [vboxdrv]

[ 2183.219612]  ? rtR0MemObjLinuxApplyPageRange+0x58/0xa0 [vboxdrv]

[ 2183.219654]  __apply_to_page_range+0x286/0x700

[ 2183.219660]  rtR0MemObjNativeProtect+0x73/0xb0 [vboxdrv]

[ 2183.219700]  VBoxHost_RTR0MemObjProtect+0x87/0xc0 [vboxdrv]

[ 2183.219743]  supdrvIOCtl+0x2d69/0x31e0 [vboxdrv]

[ 2183.219785]  VBoxDrvLinuxIOCtl_7_0_14+0x14d/0x240 [vboxdrv]

[ 2183.219823]  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x90/0xd0

[ 2183.219828]  do_syscall_64+0x4d/0x110

[ 2183.219832]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6c/0x74

[ 2183.219835] RIP: 0033:0x7f2f94d14ef8

[ 2183.219838] Code: 00 00 48 8d 44 24 08 48 89 54 24 e0 48 89 44 24 c0 48 8d 44 24 d0 48 89 44 24 c8 b8 10 00 00 00 c7 44 24 b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <89> c2 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 07 89 d0 c3 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 15 d9 be 0d

[ 2183.219840] RSP: 002b:00007f2f7657ed88 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010

[ 2183.219844] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000030 RCX: 00007f2f94d14ef8

[ 2183.219846] RDX: 00007f2f62400010 RSI: 0000000000005684 RDI: 0000000000000007

[ 2183.219848] RBP: 00007f2f7657ed90 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007f2f7657ec10

[ 2183.219849] R10: 00007f2f62400010 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f2f7731e237

[ 2183.219851] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f2f14000b70 R15: 0000000000000000

[ 2183.219855]  </TASK>

[ 2183.219856] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

[ 2183.226397] vboxdrv: 00000000710d3484 VMMR0.r0

[ 2183.335517] vboxdrv: 00000000a73b53ab VBoxDDR0.r0

A new series 7.0.x test build and a new development snapshot, both dated yesterday the 28th, are available for testing at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

For Slackware you want the one simply labeled, Linux 64-bit.

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

A new stable release of VirtualBox can be found at, https://www.virtualbox.org/

Quote:

April 16th, 2024
VirtualBox 7.0.16 released!
Oracle today released a 7.0 maintenance release which improves stability and fixes regressions.

The change log, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.0#v16

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone (Post 6496446)

A new stable release of VirtualBox can be found at, https://www.virtualbox.org/

The change log, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.0#v16

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

BEWARE

A warning has been issued that there is the possibility of the host crashing when VM's make use of bridged networking et al

ATTENTION: PLEASE REFRAIN FROM UPGRADING TO 7.0.16 FOR NOW. THIS RELEASE HAS AN ISSUE WHICH MIGHT CAUSE HOST OS CRASH WHEN VM IS CONFIGURED TO USE BRIDGED OR HOST-ONLY NETWORKING. WE WILL SEND AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAILING LISTS WHEN FIX WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.

I did upgrade yesterday morning before there was a warning. So far it is stable in bridged networking mode but I am willing to restrict my usage of VM's before a fix is available.

I do usually install / upgrade using the script package install

https://download.virtualbox.org/virt...inux_amd64.run

When I installed yesterday morning I did encounter the following when installing:

Code:

        Verifying archive integrity...  100%  MD5 checksums are OK. All good.

        Uncompressing VirtualBox for Linux installation  100%  

        VirtualBox Version 7.0.16 r162802 (2024-04-12T20:16:59Z) installer

        Installing VirtualBox to /opt/VirtualBox

        Python found: python2.7, installing bindings...

        Python found: python3, installing bindings...

        /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py:66: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated.

        !!

        

                ********************************************************************************

                Please avoid running ``setup.py`` directly.

                Instead, use pypa/build, pypa/installer or other

                standards-based tools.

        

                See https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html for details.

                ********************************************************************************

        

        !!

          self.initialize_options()

        /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py:66: EasyInstallDeprecationWarning: easy_install command is deprecated.

        !!

        

                ********************************************************************************

                Please avoid running ``setup.py`` and ``easy_install``.

                Instead, use pypa/build, pypa/installer or other

                standards-based tools.

        

                See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/917 for details.

                ********************************************************************************

        

        !!

          self.initialize_options()

        ERROR setuptools_scm._file_finders.git listing git files failed - pretending there aren't any

        zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...

        

        VirtualBox has been installed successfully.

        

        You will find useful information about using VirtualBox in the user manual

          /opt/VirtualBox/UserManual.pdf

        and in the user FAQ

          http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ

        

        We hope that you enjoy using VirtualBox.