control: tags -1 moreinfo Hi, I would say you hit this bug https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/14296can you please help upstream in fixing it if it is the case?
(also trying upstream workaround fixes might help you and them) thanks! Gianfranco Il Sabato 16 Aprile 2016 8:33, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. <[email protected]> ha scritto: Package: virtualbox Version: 5.0.16-dfsg-2+b1 Severity: normal *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? # Qemu failed to install Windows 10 as a guest. # Some on-line reviewers wrote that VirtualBox # is better. # I decided to try it. root:~ apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') virtualbox km:~ virtualbox # VirtualBox failed to run because it's kernel # module was missing. root:~ apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` root:~ aptitude install linux-source-4.4 apt-listchanges linux-image-686-pae # OK, now try running VirtualBox as a normal # user km:~ virtualbox # VirtualBox openied a small window saying # VirtualBox - Critical Error # Failed to create the # VirtualBoxClient COM object # The application will now terminate. # When I used the mouse's pointer to click on a # small blue triangle in the small window, the # following Details were revealed # Error in /home/kingsley/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml (line 3) -- Cannot handle settings version '1.2-linux'. # /build/virtualbox-f0lC84/virtualbox-5.0.16-dfsg/src/VBox/Main/src-server/VirtualBoxImpl.cpp[534] (nsresult VirtualBox::init()). # Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) # Component: VirtualBoxWrap # Interface: IVirtualBox {0169423f-46b4-cde9-91af-1e9d5b6cd945} # See the attached screen shot. * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? # I'm not certain, but I wonder if trying # to run VirtualBox without its kernel # module corrupted ~/.VirtualBox # I seem to have fixed it by doing km:~ rm ~/.VirtualBox/* km:~ rmdir ~/.VirtualBox km:~ virtualbox # See the attached screen shot. * What was the outcome of this action? # I danced back and forth from one foot to # another, like a troll under a bridge. * What outcome did you expect instead? # Colorado's Republican Party to cancel # voting. # Oops # Wait # They actually did that. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages virtualbox depends on: ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii init-system-helpers 1.24 ii libc6 2.22-6 ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.47.0-1 ii libgcc1 1:5.3.1-11 ii libgsoap8 2.8.28-2 ii libpng16-16 1.6.21-2 ii libpython2.7 2.7.11-3 ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.15-12 ii libssl1.0.2 1.0.2g-1 ii libstdc++6 5.3.1-11 ii libvncserver1 0.9.10+dfsg-3 ii libvpx3 1.5.0-2 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.3-1 ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.14-1+b1 ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1 ii libxml2 2.9.3+dfsg1-1 ii libxmu6 2:1.1.2-1 ii libxt6 1:1.1.5-1 ii procps 2:3.3.10-4 ii python 2.7.9-1 ii python2.7 2.7.11-3 pn python:any <none> ii virtualbox-dkms [virtualbox-modules] 5.0.16-dfsg-2 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 Versions of packages virtualbox recommends: ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 11.1.2-1 ii libqt4-opengl 4:4.8.7+dfsg-3 ii libqtcore4 4:4.8.7+dfsg-3 ii libqtgui4 4:4.8.7+dfsg-3 ii virtualbox-qt 5.0.16-dfsg-2+b1 Versions of packages virtualbox suggests: pn vde2 <none> pn virtualbox-guest-additions-iso <none> -- no debconf information
