[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#836965: virtualbox-5.1: No VM starts, only error "RCR3initEx failed with rc=-1912"

[Thomas Hackert]

Hello Gianfranco,
On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 08:21:53AM +0000, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> Hi, can you please provide more details?

I hope so ... ;)

> (sorry for the late answer)

No problem :)

> >When I start an VM, I am getting the message mentioned in the subject, but also
> >another error with
> ><quote>
> >Für die virtuelle Maschine pfSense konnte keine neue Sitzung eröffnet werden.
> >
> >The virtual machine 'pfSense' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with
> >exit code 1 (0x1).
> >
> >Fehlercode:NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
> >Komponente:MachineWrap
> >Interface:IMachine {b2547866-a0a1-4391-8b86-6952d82efaa0}
> ></quote>
> >... :(
> 
> >Trying to find a solution in the web, trying to reinstall all installed>virtualbox packages (virtualbox, virtualbox-guest-dkms, virtualbox-guest-utils,
> >virtualbox-guest-x11, virtualbox-guest-additions-iso and virtualbox-qt),
> >changing all /dev/vbox files with "chmod 666 /dev/vbox*" (a tip I found
> >somewhere in the web) did not change anything ... :(
> 
> 
> please remove all the virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-dkms and virtualbox-guest-x11
> (they are needed inside the VM, not outside)

[done]

> and do
> apt-get install --reinstall virtualbox virtualbox-dkms and post the result
> here
> (or a simple
> dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms)

I did the "dpkg-reconfigure" command. Does this make any difference?

> after that an
> lsmod |grep vbox

# lsmod |grep vbox
vboxpci                24576  0
vboxnetadp             28672  0
vboxnetflt             28672  0
vboxdrv               450560  3 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpci

> and 
> 
> find /lib/modules/ -name "*vbox*.ko*" -exec modinfo "{}" \;

I will attach the output as a file on this mail, if this is OK ...
;)

> this will give me a clue about the kernel module build, and the reason for having a bad /dev/vbox* device
> 
> also
> ls /dev/vboxdrv -l

crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 58 Sep  4 12:08 /dev/vboxdrv

> and last thing:
> dpkg-query -l |grep virtualbox

ii  virtualbox                                    5.1.4-dfsg-1+b1
amd64        x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
ii  virtualbox-dkms                               5.1.4-dfsg-1
all          x86 virtualization solution - kernel module sources for
dkms
ii  virtualbox-qt                                 5.1.4-dfsg-1+b1
amd64        x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface

> thanks,

You are welcome :)
Have a nice day
Thomas.

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