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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

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.

Thanks for the heads up. :thumbsup:
I've had some trouble shutting down windowsXp-sp3 in VirtualBox-7.0.16.
Just reverted to 7.0.14 and all has returned to normal.
:)

Quote:

Originally Posted by slack-uke (Post 6496837)

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.

I also install by running their .run file, but I didn't see those errors. The install messages were clean as usual.
IIRC the install said it found python 2.7 and 3.9 (in Slackware64 15.0). That's different from your messages where it said just python 3.
I'm running Slackware64 15.0 with kernel 6.8.7.

VirtualBox 7.0.16 is running OK here two Debian vms with bridged network, but I don't use it often.
Now what they will do? Release a 7.0.16 162803?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulo2 (Post 6496921)

Apologies I should have clarified my platform -- This occurred on a Slackware64 Current host. I did not get such errors when installing on Slackware64 15.0

The WARNING issued by Oracle on the virtualbox.org website appears to apply to all 7.0.16 hosts BUT there seemed to be a flurry of problems on Hosts running Microsoft Windows 11 as reported on the Virtualbox forums there. It is too early to tell if the Hosting is specific to Windows 11 or across the board. I suspect it will take some days to clearly define the source of the problem and design a fix that then will be needed to be tested before released.

In two days I have not encountered any issues running two VMs (Linux) on the Slackware64 Current host using bridged networking except for the errors generated during installation of Virtualbox 7.0.16 itself. I have not tested any of my MS Windows XP, 2K, or 10 Virtual Guests.

Just installed 7.0.16 here (yes, I read the WARNING before installing).

Win11 guest from the OEM raw disk with NAT booted just fine, activation ok in bare metal (dual boot from Slackware's grub2) and VM (from vbox). Guest additions upgraded to 7.0.16 either. No issues at all in either mode.

EDIT: got the python deprecation messages too. No worries here. vbox devs will need to deal with these warnings at some point.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slack-uke (Post 6496925)

No problem. I'm on the safe(-stable) side on this Slackware cycle :D
I do have a spare partition with -current installed to see how things run,
but I don't go there often.