Public bug reported: Following upgrade from Trusty to Utopic, tried to start an existing (and working under Trusty) VM. VM window appears but after a few seconds silently disappears, and virtualbox UI shows VM status as "aborted". dmesg reports
[ 1320.804118] capability: warning: `VirtualBox' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use) [ 1364.148785] EMT[4955]: segfault at 618 ip 00007ff41a8b9261 sp 00007ff443c29c60 error 4 in VBoxDD.so[7ff41a80c000+178000] Tried to start a different existing (and working under Trusty) VM. Similar visual result, dmesg reports [ 1593.971944] EMT[5243]: segfault at 618 ip 00007f82a480f261 sp 00007f82ac763c40 error 4 in VBoxDD.so[7f82a4762000+178000] Tried to create a new VM. Again, similar visual result, dmesg reports [ 1729.754063] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 [ 1729.775026] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A [ 1729.781830] init: ureadahead-other main process (5455) terminated with status 2 [ 1764.884704] EMT[5469]: segfault at 618 ip 00007f8746ab9261 sp 00007f8785960c40 error 4 in VBoxDD.so[7f8746a0c000+178000] Using apt-get, removed and reinstalled all virtualbox modules. No change in results. user@node:/home/user# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.10 Release: 14.10 user@node:/home/user# apt-cache policy virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11 virtualbox: Installed: 4.3.18-dfsg-1 Candidate: 4.3.18-dfsg-1 Version table: *** 4.3.18-dfsg-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/multiverse amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status virtualbox-dkms: Installed: 4.3.18-dfsg-1 Candidate: 4.3.18-dfsg-1 Version table: *** 4.3.18-dfsg-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/multiverse amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status virtualbox-qt: Installed: 4.3.18-dfsg-1 Candidate: 4.3.18-dfsg-1 Version table: *** 4.3.18-dfsg-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/multiverse amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status virtualbox-guest-additions-iso: Installed: 4.3.18-1 Candidate: 4.3.18-1 Version table: *** 4.3.18-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/multiverse amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status virtualbox-guest-dkms: Installed: 4.3.18-dfsg-1 Candidate: 4.3.18-dfsg-1 Version table: *** 4.3.18-dfsg-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/multiverse amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status virtualbox-guest-utils: Installed: 4.3.18-dfsg-1 Candidate: 4.3.18-dfsg-1 Version table: *** 4.3.18-dfsg-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/multiverse amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status virtualbox-guest-x11: Installed: 4.3.18-dfsg-1 Candidate: 4.3.18-dfsg-1 Version table: *** 4.3.18-dfsg-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/multiverse amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386445 Title: virtualbox VM segfaults while starting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1386445/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs