Oracle Linux 6.6 wont start on init 5 after install guest additions

[Antonio Cesar Rosa]

Recently we upgrade our Oracle Linux 6.4 to Oracle Linux 6.6. Upgrade was fine. We were able to connect with no issues on Linux guest.

Then we try to upgrade the guest additions, in order to use mouse integration. Guest additions was installed successfully. Then we reboot the Linux guest. After this, we are not able anymore to use GUI to start the Linux. We are able to change the init to 3 and start the Linux, but when we use init 5, the Linux just hangs. If we deinstall the guest addition, then we can install Linux in GUI mode.

We are using Windows7 as host, and Oracle Linux 6.6 as guest. Running latest Virtual Box version, 4.3.28 r 100389. We did not find nothing in messages and dmesg output.

[Michael Thayer]

Please attach a log file from a run of the virtual machine. Does Xorg.*.log* on the guest contain anything of interest? If in doubt please attach it too.

[Antonio Cesar Rosa]

Hi,

When I try to start anything related to X11, I am getting these messages, before the system hangs:

# startx
hostname: Unknown host
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.2057
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority


X.Org X Server 1.15.0
Release Date: 2013-12-27
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: ca-build44 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux oel6.acr.com 2.6.32-400.37.6.el6uek.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 24 00:59:00 PDT 2015 x86_64
Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_root-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_root/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_root/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us  rhgb quiet divider=10 numa=off transparent_hugepage=never
Build Date: 09 April 2015  06:14:35PM
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.15.0-26.el6_6
Current version of pixman: 0.32.4
        Before reporting problems, check https://www.redhat.com/apps/support/
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jul  6 08:20:05 2015
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
Initializing built-in extension XTEST
Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
Initializing built-in extension SYNC
Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
Initializing built-in extension RENDER
Initializing built-in extension RANDR
Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
Initializing built-in extension RECORD
Initializing built-in extension DPMS
Initializing built-in extension Present
Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
Initializing built-in extension XVideo
Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
Initializing built-in extension SELinux
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
Initializing built-in extension DRI2
Loading extension GLX

Upload the Xorg.log file and logfiles.

Regards, Cesar

[Michael Thayer]

Could you please give the Additions from 5.0RC3 a try?

​http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.0.0_RC3/VBoxGuestAdditions_5.0.0_RC3.iso

[Antonio Cesar Rosa]

Hello,

I have tried the new GA, 5.0RC3, still not working. It hang when I change to init 5.

Regards, Cesar

[Michael Thayer]

Not reproducible here (Ubuntu 15.04 64-bit host). Could you please investigate a bit more? E.g. does it happen with a new VM, can you reproduce it with a different VM, can you find any other reports which might help understand this?

[Antonio Cesar Rosa]

Hi,

I am using Oracle Linux. Can you try to reproduce the error on Oracle Linux? It is happening with all my Oracle Linux boxes. When I migrate them from 6.4 to 6.6 and reinstall the guest additions, I am not able to open X11 anymore.

Regards, Cesar

[Michael Thayer]

And can you reproduce this with a newly created machine, possibly by installing OL 6.4 on it and upgrading?

[Michael Thayer]

Actually - which kernels and kernel versions are you running before and after the upgrade?

[Michael Thayer]

Interesting - I clearly did not look at your log file properly. X.Org is not finding the Additions driver for some reason, and is using the fall-back set-up with the old VESA driver - and that is crashing. It would be good to know what is going wrong with the Additions installation - could you reinstall them by running the installer on the console inside the guest and provide the console output? - but it looks at least from the log file like this is a bug in OL, probably inherited from RHEL, not in the Additions.