[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#833782: /usr/sbin/VBoxService: VBoxService exits immediately

Sam Morris sam at robots.org.uk
Mon Aug 8 15:45:41 UTC 2016 

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils
Version: 5.0.24-dfsg-2
Severity: normal
File: /usr/sbin/VBoxService

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Sometimes when I boot my VM, the virtualbox-guest-utils service fails.
It appears to start and then immediately exit with status 0.

$ systemctl status virtualbox-guest-utils
● virtualbox-guest-utils.service - VirtualBox Guest Additions
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/virtualbox-guest-utils.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: start-limit-hit) since Mon 2016-08-08 16:35:24 BST; 7s ago
     Docs: man:VboxService(8)
  Process: 4105 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/VBoxService (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 4108 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Aug 08 16:35:24 wintermute systemd[1]: virtualbox-guest-utils.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Aug 08 16:35:24 wintermute systemd[1]: Stopped VirtualBox Guest Additions.
Aug 08 16:35:24 wintermute systemd[1]: virtualbox-guest-utils.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Aug 08 16:35:24 wintermute systemd[1]: Failed to start VirtualBox Guest Additions.
Aug 08 16:35:24 wintermute systemd[1]: virtualbox-guest-utils.service: Unit entered failed state.
Aug 08 16:35:24 wintermute systemd[1]: virtualbox-guest-utils.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.

Launching VBoxService -vvvvv produces the following:

Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute systemd[1]: Starting VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: VBoxService 5.0.24_Debian r108355 (verbosity: 5) linux.amd64 (Jun 30 2016 08:54:14) release log
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.000058 main     Log opened 2016-08-08T15:41:58.695068000Z
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.000190 main     OS Product: Linux
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.000231 main     OS Release: 4.6.0-1-amd64
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.000265 main     OS Version: #1 SMP Debian 4.6.4-1 (2016-07-18)
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.000298 main     Executable: /usr/sbin/VBoxService
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.000299 main     Process ID: 5049
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.000300 main     Package type: LINUX_64BITS_GENERIC (OSE)
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.002396 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.002713 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.003020 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-latency-factor not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.003315 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-max-latency not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.003605 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.003898 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-start not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.004191 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.004660 main     5.0.24_Debian r108355 started. Verbose level = 5
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5049]: 00:00:00.004724 main     Daemonizing...
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute systemd[1]: Started VirtualBox Guest Additions.
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute systemd[1]: virtualbox-guest-utils.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute systemd[1]: Stopped VirtualBox Guest Additions.
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute systemd[1]: Starting VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: VBoxService 5.0.24_Debian r108355 (verbosity: 5) linux.amd64 (Jun 30 2016 08:54:14) release log
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.000112 main     Log opened 2016-08-08T15:41:58.964933000Z
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.000313 main     OS Product: Linux
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.000401 main     OS Release: 4.6.0-1-amd64
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.000479 main     OS Version: #1 SMP Debian 4.6.4-1 (2016-07-18)
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.000557 main     Executable: /usr/sbin/VBoxService
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.000560 main     Process ID: 5066
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.000561 main     Package type: LINUX_64BITS_GENERIC (OSE)
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.003452 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.003836 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.004268 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-latency-factor not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.004672 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-max-latency not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.005075 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.005583 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-start not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.005964 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore not found
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.006563 main     5.0.24_Debian r108355 started. Verbose level = 5
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute VBoxService[5066]: 00:00:00.006656 main     Daemonizing...
Aug 08 16:41:58 wintermute systemd[1]: Started VirtualBox Guest Additions.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: virtualbox-guest-utils.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: Stopped VirtualBox Guest Additions.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: Starting VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: VBoxService 5.0.24_Debian r108355 (verbosity: 5) linux.amd64 (Jun 30 2016 08:54:14) release log
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.000110 main     Log opened 2016-08-08T15:41:59.214571000Z
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.000510 main     OS Product: Linux
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.000599 main     OS Release: 4.6.0-1-amd64
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.000782 main     OS Version: #1 SMP Debian 4.6.4-1 (2016-07-18)
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.000866 main     Executable: /usr/sbin/VBoxService
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.000869 main     Process ID: 5071
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.000871 main     Package type: LINUX_64BITS_GENERIC (OSE)
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.002473 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.002854 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.003283 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-latency-factor not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.003838 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-max-latency not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.004228 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.004609 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-start not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.004980 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.005401 main     5.0.24_Debian r108355 started. Verbose level = 5
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5071]: 00:00:00.005490 main     Daemonizing...
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: Started VirtualBox Guest Additions.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: virtualbox-guest-utils.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: Stopped VirtualBox Guest Additions.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: Starting VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: VBoxService 5.0.24_Debian r108355 (verbosity: 5) linux.amd64 (Jun 30 2016 08:54:14) release log
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.000111 main     Log opened 2016-08-08T15:41:59.462668000Z
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.000355 main     OS Product: Linux
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.000445 main     OS Release: 4.6.0-1-amd64
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.000525 main     OS Version: #1 SMP Debian 4.6.4-1 (2016-07-18)
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.000603 main     Executable: /usr/sbin/VBoxService
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.000605 main     Process ID: 5076
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.000607 main     Package type: LINUX_64BITS_GENERIC (OSE)
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.002403 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.002845 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.003258 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-latency-factor not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.003670 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-max-latency not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.003883 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.004694 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-start not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.004964 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.005450 main     5.0.24_Debian r108355 started. Verbose level = 5
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5076]: 00:00:00.005542 main     Daemonizing...
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: Started VirtualBox Guest Additions.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: virtualbox-guest-utils.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: Stopped VirtualBox Guest Additions.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: Starting VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: VBoxService 5.0.24_Debian r108355 (verbosity: 5) linux.amd64 (Jun 30 2016 08:54:14) release log
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.000083 main     Log opened 2016-08-08T15:41:59.712697000Z
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.000267 main     OS Product: Linux
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.000327 main     OS Release: 4.6.0-1-amd64
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.000380 main     OS Version: #1 SMP Debian 4.6.4-1 (2016-07-18)
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.000435 main     Executable: /usr/sbin/VBoxService
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.000437 main     Process ID: 5081
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.000438 main     Package type: LINUX_64BITS_GENERIC (OSE)
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.001543 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.001840 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.002002 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-latency-factor not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.002111 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-max-latency not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.002466 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.002636 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-start not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.002933 main     Guest Property: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore not found
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.003293 main     5.0.24_Debian r108355 started. Verbose level = 5
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute VBoxService[5081]: 00:00:00.003357 main     Daemonizing...
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: Started VirtualBox Guest Additions.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: virtualbox-guest-utils.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: Stopped VirtualBox Guest Additions.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: virtualbox-guest-utils.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: Failed to start VirtualBox Guest Additions.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: virtualbox-guest-utils.service: Unit entered failed state.
Aug 08 16:41:59 wintermute systemd[1]: virtualbox-guest-utils.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (555, 'testing'), (520, 'unstable'), (510, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable-debug')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages virtualbox-guest-utils depends on:
ii  adduser   3.115
ii  libc6     2.23-4
ii  libpam0g  1.1.8-3.3
ii  pciutils  1:3.3.1-1.1

Versions of packages virtualbox-guest-utils recommends:
ii  virtualbox-guest-dkms [virtualbox-guest-modules]  5.0.24-dfsg-2
ii  virtualbox-guest-x11                              5.0.24-dfsg-2

virtualbox-guest-utils suggests no packages.

- -- no debconf information

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