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On 11/01/2014 10:10 PM, Wilfried Klaebe wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">ineffective:
- click "start" on a VM
- watch it beginning to boot
- see the VM's window vanish
- see the VM's state is now "Aborted"
effective:
- find "segfault", "error 4 in VBoxDD.so" in dmesg
- google
- find solution</pre>
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This is what the extension download page says:<br>
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<li><strong>VirtualBox 4.3.18 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack</strong>
<a class="ext-link"
href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.18/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.18-96516.vbox-extpack"><span
class="icon"> </span>All supported platforms</a> <br>
Support for USB 2.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for
Intel cards. See <a
href="https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#intro-installing">this
chapter from the User Manual</a> for an introduction to this
Extension Pack. The Extension Pack binaries are released under
the <a class="wiki"
href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL">VirtualBox
Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL)</a>.<br>
<em>Please install the extension pack with the same version as
your installed version of VirtualBox! </em><br>
<em>If you are using <strong><a class="wiki"
href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_4_2">VirtualBox
4.2.26</a></strong>, please download the extension pack <strong><a
class="ext-link"
href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.26/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.26-95022.vbox-extpack"><span
class="icon"> </span>here</a></strong>.</em><br>
<em>If you are using <strong><a class="wiki"
href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_4_1">VirtualBox
4.1.34</a></strong>, please download the extension pack <strong><a
class="ext-link"
href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.32/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.34-95024.vbox-extpack"><span
class="icon"> </span>here</a></strong>.</em><br>
<em>If you are using <strong><a class="wiki"
href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_4_0">VirtualBox
4.0.26</a></strong>, please download the extension pack <strong><a
class="ext-link"
href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.24/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.26-95035.vbox-extpack"><span
class="icon"> </span>here</a></strong>.</em>
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I agree that a check for the extension against the version of VBox
would be a good thing. But that's something I'd defer to the
upstream devs. I really don't have the time/enthusiasm to do it. If
you really care about it, please file a bug report upstream.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Ritesh Raj Sarraf
RESEARCHUT - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.researchut.com">http://www.researchut.com</a>
"Necessity is the mother of invention."
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