Opened 14 years ago
Closed 14 years ago
#5876 closed defect (fixed)
have to reinstall VBox regularly
| Reported by: | Alastair Scott | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 3.1.0 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Linux |
Description
I am running openSUSE 11.2 x64, using KDE 4.3 as my desktop. My VBox guest is XP.
I regularly find that I need to uninstall and reinstall VBox (3.1.0.55467), after which everything works fine as if nothing had happened (i.e. I don't need to reconnect my VDI - it works without any further intervention).
This is an intermittent issue and seems to happen after rebooting the host, although not always. I have attached the most recent log file.
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Change History (9)
by , 14 years ago
| Attachment: | VBox.log.1 added |
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comment:1 by , 14 years ago
I don't see an error description. Why do you need to reinstall VBox from time to time? What does not work if you don't reinstall it?
comment:2 by , 14 years ago
Nothing works at all - I don't get the GUI to start my virtual machine. Re-installation gives me the GUI and everything works as normal - until the next time when it won't start at all.
comment:3 by , 14 years ago
Cannot reproduce. Did you already try VBox 3.1.2? You say that at some time, the VBox GUI will refuse to start. Any idea of an action which you did before VBox got unusable? What happens if you try to start the GUI manually, e.g. enter VirtualBox in a terminal window?
comment:4 by , 14 years ago
Hi
I don't recall the upgrade to 3.1.2 making any difference. I've usually not done any specific or unique action before trying VBox. I'll try the manual option when I get home and let you know.
Starting to think that it's more likely to be something with my OS/hardw
comment:5 by , 14 years ago
Hi
I don't recall the upgrade to 3.1.2 making any difference. I've usually not done any specific or unique action before trying VBox. I'll try the manual option when I get home and let you know.
Starting to think that it's more likely to be something with my OS/hardware settings rather than VirtualBox - it works fine on my office laptop.
comment:6 by , 14 years ago
Think that I have resolved the problem.
I had copied my .VirtualBox directory from another PC and it seemed to work once only before needing a reinstall. However, I've since done a clean install and created a new virtual machine and attached the virtual disk to it. That seems to have done the trick - so far....
VBox log