[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#821922: virtualbox: Cannot boot any VM

[Jean-Philippe MENGUAL]

Package: virtualbox
Version: 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?

Hi upgraded from 4.3.32 to 4.3.36.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

After several failures, where I removed hdd (closemedium disk),
re-attached and
re-registered it, with vdi file, etc., I re-built a full new VM. Removed
~/.VirtualBox and ^ÃŽirtualBox VMs. Then:
VBoxManage createvm --name xp --ostype WindowsXP --register
VBoxManage modifyvm xp --memory "2000" --acpi on --boot1 dvd --boot2
disk --boot3 net --nic1 nat --nic2 hostonly --hostonlyadapter2 vboxnet0
 --audio pulse

VBoxManage storagectl xp --name ide --add ide
VBoxManage storageattach xp --storagectl ide --port 0 --device 0 --type
disk --medium ./xp2.vdi
VBoxManage storageattach xp --storagectl ide --port 0 --device 0 --type
hdd --medium ./xp2.vdi
VBoxManage storageattach xp --storagectl sata --port 0 --device 1 --type
dvddrive --medium host:/dev/sr0

VBoxManage storageattach xp --storagectl ide --port 0 --device 0 --type
hdd --medium ./xp2.vdi
VBoxManage storageattach xp --storagectl sata --port 0 --device 1 --type
dvddrive --medium host:/dev/sr0

   * What was the outcome of this action?

Here's attached file cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1
virtual machines. Nonsense, since I've no
other sessions, a single VM, a single disk.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

Should start VM.

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Thanks for your help. I reproduce on 5.0 here, on testing.

Ready to give you any needed info.

Regards,


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.4
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages virtualbox depends on:
ii  adduser          3.113+nmu3
ii  libc6            2.19-18+deb8u4
ii  libcurl3-gnutls  7.38.0-4+deb8u3
ii  libgcc1          1:4.9.2-10
ii  libgsoap5        2.8.17-1
ii  libpng12-0       1.2.50-2+deb8u2
ii  libpython2.7     2.7.9-2
ii  libsdl1.2debian  1.2.15-10+b1
ii  libssl1.0.0      1.0.1k-3+deb8u4

ii  libvncserver0    0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u1
ii  libvpx1          1.3.0-3
ii  libx11-6         2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxcursor1      1:1.1.14-1+b1
ii  libxext6         2:1.3.3-1
ii  libxml2          2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u1
ii  libxmu6          2:1.1.2-1
ii  libxt6           1:1.1.4-1+b1
ii  python           2.7.9-1
ii  python2.7        2.7.9-2
pn  python:any       <none>
ii  virtualbox-dkms  4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1
ii  zlib1g           1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

Versions of packages virtualbox recommends:
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]  10.3.2-1+deb8u1
ii  libqt4-opengl             4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1
ii  libqtcore4                4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1
ii  libqtgui4                 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1
ii  virtualbox-qt             4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1
Versions of packages virtualbox suggests:
pn  vde2                            <none>
ii  virtualbox-guest-additions-iso  4.3.18-3

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