*Do not install/update to VirtualBox version 5.1.34 that is now available*
Due to problems affecting the computers of Mint users who have installed or updated to the latest VirtualBox release in the Ubuntu repos, 5.1.34, I highly recommend that you do not install this update until the problem has been resolved.
See here for information from folk affected by the problem: https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ds-4175626369/ https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtop...?f=47&t=266431 https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...pc-4175626377/ I will update this thread with any further news. |
As posted just now on the Linux Mint forums:
We believe the following updates prevent the issue from happening for people who didn't get it yet: - Linux Mint 18 sarah: mintupdate 5.1.0.5 - Linux Mint 18.1 serena: mintupdate 5.2.1.2 - Linux Mint 18.2 sonya: mintupdate 5.2.9.1 - Linux Mint 18.3 sylvia: mintupdate 5.3.2.1 These mintupdate updates trigger the removal of virtualbox-guest-utils, virtualbox-guest-x11 and virtualbox-guest-dkms. These packages are not needed if you're running Linux Mint on a computer. If you are running Linux Mint as a guest OS within Virtualbox, proceed with the removal of these packages and then install the Virtualbox Guest Additions (In the guest virtual machine, choose Devices -> Install Guest Additions from the menubar). If you already applied the virtualbox-guest* updates and you're unable to log in: - Drop to console by pressing CTRL+ALT+F1 - Login in text mode - Remove the virtualbox guest packages with the command below: Code:
sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11 |
Good! I wondered about that the last few years whenever I noticed those packages being updated with other updates for Mint on real machines. Whenever I thought about it, and had time to spare (and was annoyed enough ;-} ) I would uninstall those packages with no ill effects. Thanks for the tidying up.
FYI, I also see other pending updates after running mintupdate, which is what I was expecting as usual. |
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