VirtualBox

Opened 17 years ago

Closed 16 years ago

Last modified 14 years ago

#425 closed defect (worksforme)

VERR_VM_DRIVER_VERSION_MISMATCH

Reported by: anyware Owned by:
Component: other Version: VirtualBox 1.4.0
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: other

Description

I'm using debian lenny: Linux mms-014 2.6.18-4-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 19:17:44 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux I'm using VBox 1.4.0 installed using deb ​http://www.virtualbox.org/debian etch non-free

Installed correctly, failed to load module, asking to add nmi_watchdog=0 to kernel command line.

I added the parameter, restarted. I then purged VBox, installed again (it deleted and compiled the module).

I created a VM (windows XP), but when I try to start it, it says:

Unknown error initializing kernel driver (VERR_VM_DRIVER_VERSION_MISMATCH). VBox status code: -1912 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_VERSION_MISMATCH).

Código de Resultado: 0x80004005 Componente: Console Interface: IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}

I read some thread saying that it's cause by an old kernel module version (My installation is brand new). I still did execute "modprobe -r vboxdrv && modprobe vboxdrv", as they said. No better luck after that.

Change History (20)

comment:1 by Frank Mehnert, 17 years ago

That is really strange. Which vboxdrv module is used? The module in /lib/modules/uname -r/misc/vboxdrv.ko? Could you try to rmmod and insmod this module manually?

comment:2 by Sander van Leeuwen, 17 years ago

Resolution: → fixed
Status: new → closed

No reply for a month. Reopen if it is still a problem.

comment:3 by dronT78, 17 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: closed → reopened

I have such problem on Debian Lenny x86 32-bit with optimized kernel 2.6.21-2-amd64. /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup normally builds a vboxdrv.ko file rmmod/insmod woks greate. alse with 32-bit i686/K7 kernel all works fine.

comment:4 by Amit Gurdasani, 17 years ago

I have this issue on Debian sid i386 (with an x86_64 kernel). 

[0:46|~]
amitg@athena. uname -a
Linux athena 2.6.22-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 29 16:28:31 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[0:48|~]
amitg@athena. modinfo vboxdrv
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.22-1-amd64/misc/vboxdrv.ko
version:        1.4.1_OSE (0x00050000)
license:        GPL
description:    VirtualBox Support Driver
author:         innotek GmbH
srcversion:     7F1FC81A0363D6C8FD8F5AB
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.22-1-amd64 SMP mod_unload

A screenshot of the ​GUI's about box is available.

A screenshot of the ​error is also available.

As the previous commenter tried, I too tried to rmmod and modprobe vboxdrv, but it didn't help.

Could it be that the issue is that I am running a 64-bit kernel and 32-bit userspace binary? 

[0:57|~]
amitg@athena. file /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox
/usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 
1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
[0:58|~]
amitg@athena. LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/virtualbox ldd /usr/lib/virtualbox/Virtua
lBox
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
        VBoxKeyboard.so => /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxKeyboard.so (0xf7fd0000)
        libqt-mt.so.3 => /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 (0xf77a7000)
        VBoxRT.so => /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxRT.so (0xf7746000)
        VBoxREM.so => /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxREM.so (0xf5e97000)
        VBoxVMM.so => /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxVMM.so (0xf5db3000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xf5da5000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xf5cb9000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xf5ca2000)
        VBoxXPCOM.so => /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxXPCOM.so (0xf5baa000)
        libSDL-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 (0xf5af9000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xf5a0e000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xf59e9000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf59de000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xf5896000)
        libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xf588c000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xf5883000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xf587f000)
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xf5854000)
        libaudio.so.2 => /usr/lib/libaudio.so.2 (0xf583e000)
        libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0xf57ee000)
        libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0xf57cd000)
        libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xf57aa000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xf5795000)
        libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xf578d000)
        libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xf5785000)
        libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xf577f000)
        libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xf577b000)
        libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0xf5769000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xf56fa000)
        libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xf56f2000)
        libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xf56db000)
        libutil.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/libutil.so.1 (0xf56d6000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xf56d3000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xf56ce000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7fda000)
        libasound.so.2 => /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 (0xf5608000)
        libdirectfb-0.9.so.25 => /usr/lib/libdirectfb-0.9.so.25 (0xf55b2000)
        libfusion-0.9.so.25 => /usr/lib/libfusion-0.9.so.25 (0xf55ab000)
        libdirect-0.9.so.25 => /usr/lib/libdirect-0.9.so.25 (0xf559c000)
        libvga.so.1 => /usr/lib/libvga.so.1 (0xf553c000)
        libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xf5537000)
        libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xf5517000)

comment:5 by Amit Gurdasani, 17 years ago

I also get it with VirtualBox 1.5.0 packaged in Debian sid. 

filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.22-1-amd64/misc/vboxdrv.ko
version:        1.5.0_OSE (0x00050001)
license:        GPL
description:    VirtualBox Support Driver
author:         innotek GmbH
srcversion:     7FE9F91D362016317AD0A65
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.22-1-amd64 SMP mod_unload

comment:6 by Amit Gurdasani, 17 years ago

Apparently VirtualBox really likes the userspace and kernel driver to be the same architecture. Within a sid amd64 chroot, I no longer get this issue.

However, VirtualBox aborts with a segmentation fault -- 

VirtualBox[18185]: segfault at 0000003000000030 rip 00002b20c66ca836 rsp 0000000
0411225b0 error 4
VirtualBox[18245]: segfault at 0000003000000030 rip 00002b4bfff95836 rsp 0000000
0411225b0 error 4
VirtualBox[18336]: segfault at 0000003000000030 rip 00002aee285e8836 rsp 0000000
0411225b0 error 4
VirtualBox[18384]: segfault at 0000003000000030 rip 00002b1c5235b836 rsp 0000000
0411225b0 error 4
VirtualBox[18461]: segfault at 0000003000000030 rip 00002b4155023836 rsp 0000000
0411225b0 error 4

were five tries to start the virtual machine.

comment:7 by serialx, 17 years ago

I am having same problems listed here. Currently using the modified Ubuntu Dapper release with mixed 64-32 kernel. 

[sungjinhong@doldol ~]$ uname -a
Linux **** 2.6.18.5-gg10-mixed64-32 #1 SMP Tue May 8 22:29:42 PDT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[sungjinhong@doldol ~]$ modinfo vboxdrv
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.18.5-gg10-mixed64-32/misc/vboxdrv.ko
author:         innotek GmbH
description:    VirtualBox Support Driver
license:        GPL
version:        1.5.0 (0x00050001)
vermagic:       2.6.18.5-gg10-mixed64-32 SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1
depends:
srcversion:     7FE9F91D362016317AD0A65

comment:8 by Amit Gurdasani, 17 years ago

I tried using the amd64 version of VirtualBox packaged at the apt repository at ​http://www.virtualbox.org/debian instead of the one built and distributed by Debian. Still no luck. 

[4:27|~]
amitg@athena. modinfo vboxdrv
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.22-1-amd64/misc/vboxdrv.ko
version:        1.5.0 (0x00050001)
license:        GPL
description:    VirtualBox Support Driver
author:         innotek GmbH
srcversion:     7FE9F91D362016317AD0A65
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.22-1-amd64 SMP mod_unload
[4:30|~]
amitg@athena. LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/virtualbox ldd /usr/lib/virtualbox/Virtua
lBox
        VBoxKeyboard.so => /usr/lib/VBoxKeyboard.so (0x00002b09b0d61000)
        libqt-mt.so.3 => /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 (0x00002b09b0f59000)
        VBoxRT.so => /usr/lib/VBoxRT.so (0x00002b09b1b79000)
        VBoxREM.so => /usr/lib/VBoxREM.so (0x00002b09b1ce4000)
        VBoxVMM.so => /usr/lib/VBoxVMM.so (0x00002b09b1def000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x00002b09b1fdc000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002b09b20ed000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00002b09b22f7000)
        VBoxXPCOM.so => /usr/lib/VBoxXPCOM.so (0x00002b09b2512000)
        libSDL-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 (0x00002b09b2732000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00002b09b29e9000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00002b09b2cf1000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002b09b2f72000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002b09b3181000)
        libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00002b09b34d8000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0x00002b09b36e2000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002b09b38ec000)
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00002b09b3af0000)
        libaudio.so.2 => /usr/lib/libaudio.so.2 (0x00002b09b3c24000)
        libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x00002b09b3e3d000)
        libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0x00002b09b409e000)
        libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0x00002b09b41c0000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00002b09b43e5000)
        libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0x00002b09b45fc000)
        libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x00002b09b4805000)
        libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00002b09b4a0f000)
        libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00002b09b4b16000)
        libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0x00002b09b4c18000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00002b09b4d2c000)
        libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x00002b09b4fa9000)
        libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x00002b09b51b1000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x00002b09b53cd000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00002b09b54cf000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002b09b0d3b000)
        libasound.so.2 => /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 (0x00002b09b55d5000)
        libdirectfb-0.9.so.25 => /usr/lib/libdirectfb-0.9.so.25 (0x00002b09b58b4
000)
        libfusion-0.9.so.25 => /usr/lib/libfusion-0.9.so.25 (0x00002b09b5b14000)
        libdirect-0.9.so.25 => /usr/lib/libdirect-0.9.so.25 (0x00002b09b5d1b000)
        libvga.so.1 => /usr/lib/libvga.so.1 (0x00002b09b5f2b000)
        libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00002b09b6092000)
        libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0x00002b09b6198000)
[4:31|~]
amitg@athena. file /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox
/usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SY
SV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
[4:32|~]
amitg@athena. dmesg | tail -3
vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog permanently...
vboxdrv: Successfully done.
VirtualBox[22323]: segfault at 0000003000000030 rip 00002b6cd3e592ff rsp 0000000
041122650 error 4

comment:9 by Frank Mehnert, 17 years ago

At first yes, when running an AMD64 kernel you must use the 64-bit binary of VirtualBox. The segfaults are strange. Are there any other messages, e.g. security-related? Do you have SELinux enabled or a similar kernel extension?

in reply to:  9 comment:10 by dronT78, 17 years ago

Replying to frank:

At first yes, when running an AMD64 kernel you must use the 64-bit binary of VirtualBox. It's very bad for me :( Is it possible to add 32/64-mix support in Virtual Box in next versions?

in reply to:  9 comment:11 by Amit Gurdasani, 17 years ago

Replying to frank:

At first yes, when running an AMD64 kernel you must use the 64-bit binary of VirtualBox. The segfaults are strange. Are there any other messages, e.g. security-related? Do you have SELinux enabled or a similar kernel extension?

No, SELinux is disabled. I get no messages in dmesg or syslog aside from the segmentation faults.

Debian just pushed out another kernel (2.6.22.5 based). I get the same issue. 

[2:29|~]
amitg@athena. dmesg | tail -4
vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog permanently...
vboxdrv: Successfully done.
sr0: CDROM not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
VirtualBox[10788]: segfault at 0000003000000030 rip 00002b93c9ed62ff rsp 0000000041122650 error 4
[2:29|~]
amitg@athena. uname -a
Linux athena 2.6.22-2-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Aug 31 02:15:40 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

comment:12 by Amit Gurdasani, 17 years ago

This is the modinfo output for the vboxdrv module: 

[2:32|~]
amitg@athena. sudo modinfo vboxdrv
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.22-2-amd64/misc/vboxdrv.ko
version:        1.5.0 (0x00050001)
license:        GPL
description:    VirtualBox Support Driver
author:         innotek GmbH
srcversion:     7FE9F91D362016317AD0A65
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.22-2-amd64 SMP mod_unload

comment:13 by Amit Gurdasani, 17 years ago

Here is a backtrace in gdb from your build. I'll try building the open source version with debugging symbols built in and get you a backtrace with that too. 

Core was generated by `/usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox -comment Windows XP -start
vm daf3206b-a6f4-4b32-'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0  0x00002ab2e5ff42ff in ?? () from /usr/lib/VBoxRT.so
(gdb) where
#0  0x00002ab2e5ff42ff in ?? () from /usr/lib/VBoxRT.so
#1  0x00002ab2e5fecbe7 in RTStrFormatV () from /usr/lib/VBoxRT.so
#2  0x00002ab2e5feccad in RTStrFormatV () from /usr/lib/VBoxRT.so
#3  0x00002aaaabc8120c in ?? () from /usr/lib/virtualbox//components/VBoxC.so
#4  0x00002aaaabc5c84e in ?? () from /usr/lib/virtualbox//components/VBoxC.so
#5  0x00002aaaabc43e9c in ?? () from /usr/lib/virtualbox//components/VBoxC.so
#6  0x00002ab2e62854cf in ?? () from /usr/lib/VBoxVMM.so
#7  0x00002ab2e62872a7 in VMR3Create () from /usr/lib/VBoxVMM.so
#8  0x00002aaaabc55b73 in ?? () from /usr/lib/virtualbox//components/VBoxC.so
#9  0x00002ab2e5ff0914 in ?? () from /usr/lib/VBoxRT.so
#10 0x00002ab2e5ff9972 in ?? () from /usr/lib/VBoxRT.so
#11 0x00002ab2e6742317 in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#12 0x00002ab2e7699bad in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6
#13 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
(gdb)

comment:14 by Amit Gurdasani, 17 years ago

OK, here's the backtrace from a debug build of virtualbox OSE 1.5.0 (as packaged in Debian sid): 

amitg@athena. gdb /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox core.11482
GNU gdb 6.6-debian
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GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
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Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu"...
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxKeyboard.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxKeyboard.so
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxRT.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxRT.so
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxREM.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxREM.so
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxVMM.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxVMM.so
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXext.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXext.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libpthread.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libpthread.so.0
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxXPCOM.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxXPCOM.so
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libgcc_s.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/librt.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/librt.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libaudio.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libaudio.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXt.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXi.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXi.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXft.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXft.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libSM.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libSM.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libICE.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libICE.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXau.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXau.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libasound.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdirectfb-0.9.so.25...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libdirectfb-0.9.so.25
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libfusion-0.9.so.25...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libfusion-0.9.so.25
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdirect-0.9.so.25...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libdirect-0.9.so.25
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libvga.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libvga.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_compat.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_compat.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libnsl.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnsl.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_nis.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_nis.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/virtualbox/components/VBoxXPCOMIPCC.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/virtualbox//components/VBoxXPCOMIPCC.so
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/virtualbox/components/VBoxSVCM.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/virtualbox//components/VBoxSVCM.so
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/imageformats/libqmng.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/imageformats/libqmng.so
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libmng.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libmng.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/virtualbox/components/VBoxC.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/virtualbox//components/VBoxC.so
Core was generated by `/usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox -comment Windows XP -start
vm daf3206b-a6f4-4b32-'.
Program terminated with signal 5, Trace/breakpoint trap.
#0  0x00002b0b599c9f05 in CFGMR3Init (pVM=0x2aaaac254000,
    pfnCFGMConstructor=0x2aaaabeaa2d0 <Console::configConstructor(VM*, void*)>, 
pvUser=0xa48ec0)
    at /home/amitg/virtualbox-ose-1.5.0-dfsg2/src/VBox/VMM/CFGM.cpp:140
140             AssertMsgFailed(("Constructor failed with rc=%Vrc pfnCFGMConstru
ctor=%p\n", rc, pfnCFGMConstructor));
(gdb) where
#0  0x00002b0b599c9f05 in CFGMR3Init (pVM=0x2aaaac254000,
    pfnCFGMConstructor=0x2aaaabeaa2d0 <Console::configConstructor(VM*, void*)>, 
pvUser=0xa48ec0)
    at /home/amitg/virtualbox-ose-1.5.0-dfsg2/src/VBox/VMM/CFGM.cpp:140
#1  0x00002b0b599520de in vmR3Create (pVM=0x2aaaac254000,
    pfnVMAtError=0x2aaaabe7b934 <Console::setVMErrorCallback(VM*, void*, int, ch
ar const*, unsigned int, char const*, char const*, __va_list_tag*)>,
    pvUserVM=0x99d750,
    pfnCFGMConstructor=0x2aaaabeaa2d0 <Console::configConstructor(VM*, void*)>, 
pvUserCFGM=0xa48ec0)
    at /home/amitg/virtualbox-ose-1.5.0-dfsg2/src/VBox/VMM/VM.cpp:393
#2  0x00002b0b59948fe9 in vmR3ReqProcessOne (pVM=0x2aaaac254000, pReq=0xa76370)
    at /home/amitg/virtualbox-ose-1.5.0-dfsg2/src/VBox/VMM/VMReq.cpp:770
#3  0x00002b0b59949745 in VMR3ReqProcess (pVM=0x2aaaac254000)
    at /home/amitg/virtualbox-ose-1.5.0-dfsg2/src/VBox/VMM/VMReq.cpp:698
#4  0x00002b0b5994c0ea in vmR3EmulationThread (ThreadSelf=0x992120,
    pvArgs=0x41123bc0)
    at /home/amitg/virtualbox-ose-1.5.0-dfsg2/src/VBox/VMM/VMEmt.cpp:93
#5  0x00002b0b59454dbd in rtThreadMain (pThread=0x992120,
    NativeThread=1092778320, pszThreadName=0x9921a8 "EMT")
    at /home/amitg/virtualbox-ose-1.5.0-dfsg2/src/VBox/Runtime/thread.cpp:591
#6  0x00002b0b59466232 in rtThreadNativeMain (pvArgs=0x992120)
    at /home/amitg/virtualbox-ose-1.5.0-dfsg2/src/VBox/Runtime/r3/posix/thread-p
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
osix.cpp:135
#7  0x00002b0b59fe7317 in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#8  0x00002b0b5b0dabad in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6
#9  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
(gdb) print rc
$1 = -3100
(gdb) print pfnCFGMConstructor
$2 = (
    PFNCFGMCONSTRUCTOR) 0x2aaaabeaa2d0 <Console::configConstructor(VM*, void*)>
(gdb)

comment:15 by Amit Gurdasani, 17 years ago

AHH 

amitg@athena. cat ~/.VirtualBox/Machines/Windows\ XP/Logs/VBox.log
00:00:00.317 VirtualBox 1.5.0_OSE r4471 (Sep 16 2007 06:33:48) release log
00:00:00.317 Log opened 2007-09-16T01:10:45.149674000Z
00:00:00.337 Configuration error: Failed to open /dev/net/tun rc=VERR_ACCESS_DEN
IED
00:00:00.337 ERROR [COM]: aRC=0x80004005 aIID={1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64e
c45} aComponent={Console} aText={Failed to open '/dev/net/tun' for read/write ac
cess. Please check the permissions of that node. Either do 'chmod 0666 /dev/net/
tun' or change the group of that node and get member of that group. Make sure th
at these changes are permanently in particular if you are using udev.
00:00:00.337 VBox status code: -3100 (VERR_HOSTIF_INIT_FAILED)} aPreserve=false
00:00:00.338
00:00:00.338 !!Assertion Failed!!
00:00:00.338 Expression: <NULL>
00:00:00.338 Location  : /home/amitg/virtualbox-ose-1.5.0-dfsg2/src/VBox/VMM/CFG
M.cpp(140) int CFGMR3Init(VM*, int (*)(VM*, void*), void*)
00:00:00.338 Constructor failed with rc=VERR_HOSTIF_INIT_FAILED pfnCFGMConstruct
or=00002aaaabeaa2d0

Figures. Let me try chmodding /dev/net/tun and trying again.

comment:16 by Amit Gurdasani, 17 years ago

Well, turns out /dev/net/tun already had mode 0666, and even running it with root privileges didn't help. 

[6:39|~]
amitg@athena. ls -ld /dev/net/tun
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 200 2007-09-18 06:31 /dev/net/tun
[6:39|~]
amitg@athena. LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/virtualbox /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSDL -v
m "Windows XP"
VirtualBox SDL GUI 1.5.0_OSE built Sep 16 2007 06:34:57
Type Manifest File: /home/amitg/.VirtualBox/xpti.dat
nsNativeComponentLoader: autoregistering begins.
nsNativeComponentLoader: autoregistering succeeded
nNCL: registering deferred (0)

!!Assertion Failed!!
Expression: (null)
Location  : /home/amitg/virtualbox-ose-1.5.0-dfsg2/src/VBox/Main/ConsoleImpl2.cp
p(973) static int Console::configConstructor(VM*, void*)
Could not attach to host interface! Bad!
[1]    27055 trace trap (core dumped)  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/virtualbox /usr/
lib/virtualbox/VBoxSDL -vm
[6:39|~]
amitg@athena. sudo mv .VirtualBox /root
[6:39|~]
amitg@athena. sudo sh -c 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/virtualbox /usr/lib/virtualbo
x/VBoxSDL -vm "Windows XP"'
VirtualBox SDL GUI 1.5.0_OSE built Sep 16 2007 06:34:57
Type Manifest File: /root/.VirtualBox/xpti.dat
nsNativeComponentLoader: autoregistering begins.
nsNativeComponentLoader: autoregistering succeeded
nNCL: registering deferred (0)

!!Assertion Failed!!
Expression: (null)
Location  : /home/amitg/virtualbox-ose-1.5.0-dfsg2/src/VBox/Main/ConsoleImpl2.cp
p(973) static int Console::configConstructor(VM*, void*)
Could not attach to host interface! Bad!
[1]    27093 trace trap (core dumped)  sudo sh -c

comment:17 by Amit Gurdasani, 17 years ago

Oh, here we go.

Apparently with kernels 2.6.18 and onward, TAP devices can no longer be configured without root access. The VM was failing because I was running it without root privileges. Once I moved my .VirtualBox over to root's home directory and ran it as root, it came up properly.

I had instrumented the code to find out why it was failing; turns out that the ioctl in src/VBox/Main/ConsoleImpl.cpp: 

                rcVBox = ioctl(maTapFD[slot], TUNSETIFF, &IfReq);

was failing with EPERM. Googling, I came across ​this, and sure enough, with it properly configured and running as root, it comes up nicely with the TAP device being configured properly.

comment:18 by Amit Gurdasani, 17 years ago

So, in summary (for the benefit of anyone else who comes across these issues), if you get the VERR_VM_DRIVER_VERSION_MISMATCH error yet your kernel driver and VirtualBox userland version are the same, but you're running a 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace, create a 64-bit chroot environment: 

sudo debootstrap --arch amd64 sid /var/64 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian

Configure it: 

sudo ln /etc/hostname /var/64/etc/hostname
sudo ln /etc/environment /var/64/etc/environment
sudo ln /etc/passwd /var/64/etc/passwd
sudo ln /etc/group /var/64/etc/group
sudo ln /etc/shadow /var/64/etc/shadow
sudo ln /etc/sudoers /var/64/etc/sudoers
sudo ln /etc/localtime /var/64/etc/localtime
sudo ln /etc/timezone /var/64/etc/timezone
sudo ln /etc/resolv.conf /var/64/etc/resolv.conf
sudo ln /etc/apt/sources.list /var/64/etc/apt/sources.list

Ensure various stuff is bound to the chroot environment; for this, add lines to your /etc/fstab: 

/sys            /var/64/sys         none    bind                            0      0
/proc           /var/64/proc        none    bind                            0      0
/dev            /var/64/dev         none    bind                            0      0
/home           /var/64/home        none    bind                            0      0
/tmp            /var/64/tmp         none    bind                            0      0
/var/tmp        /var/64/var/tmp     none    bind                            0      0
/usr/src        /var/64/usr/src     none    bind                            0      0
/lib/modules    /var/64/lib/modules none    bind                            0      0

Then mount them: 

for i in /var/64/{sys,proc,dev,home,tmp,var/tmp,usr/src,lib/modules}; do sudo mount $i; done

chroot into the environment: 

sudo chroot /var/64 su - ${LOGNAME}

Set up the environment so you can launch X applications: 

export XAUTHORITY=${HOME}/.Xauthority DISPLAY=:0

Install VirtualBox (I'm presuming you've already built modules outside of the chroot environment using m-a auto-install virtualbox-ose, which will pull virtualbox-ose-source out of apt and build the modules for you): 

sudo touch /etc/init.d/udev
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose

Add yourself to the vboxusers group and load the driver: 

sudo adduser ${LOGNAME} vboxusers
sudo modprobe vboxdrv

Create a symbolic link from ${HOME}/.VirtualBox to ~root/.VirtualBox: 

sudo ln -s ${HOME}/.VirtualBox ~root/.VirtualBox

For bridged networking, create two scripts that will be used to bring up and down the TAP interfaces and install brctl: 

sudo apt-get install uml-utilities bridge-utils
cat > vbox-ifup.sh <<EOF
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ifconfig $2 up
/usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 $2
EOF
cat > vbox-ifdown.sh <<EOF
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 $2
/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ifconfig $2 down
EOF
chmod a+x vbox-ifup.sh vbox-ifdown.sh

Then start up the VirtualBox GUI using something like 

sudo virtualbox &

and configure your VM to connect to a host interface named (e.g.) tap1. Point the startup and shutdown scripts at vbox-ifup.sh and vbox-ifdown.sh respectively.

Outside of the chroot, it would help to edit /etc/network/interfaces and make a bridged interface your primary network interface, and add the ethernet adapter as its slave: 

auto br0
iface br0 inet dhcp
      bridge_ports eth0
      bridge_fd 9
      bridge_hello 2
      bridge_maxage 12
      bridge_stp off

Bring down the ethernet interface and bring up the bridge: 

sudo ifdown eth0
sudo ifconfig eth0 up
sudo ifup br0

At this juncture VirtualBox should work when launched from the 64-bit chroot environment and provide bridged access to the VM.

comment:19 by Amit Gurdasani, 17 years ago

Oh yeah, you'll also want to add root into the vboxusers group, since that's what VirtualBox will actually run as: 

sudo adduser root vboxusers

comment:20 by Frank Mehnert, 16 years ago

Resolution: → worksforme
Status: reopened → closed

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