VirtualBox for Slackware Users

cwizardone · 06-24-2021, 10:08 AM

A new test build, 6.1.23-revision 145326 and a companion extension pack version 6.1.23-145326, have been posted at,
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

rkelsen · 06-25-2021, 04:51 AM

Does it finally fix the update crash?

Daedra · 06-25-2021, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

A new test build, 6.1.23-revision 145326 and a companion extension pack version 6.1.23-145326, have been posted at,
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

Working fine here, Still can't compile guest additions cleanly on Slackware-current (32bit). And for some reason the VM preview window is just a grey box, not that matters though.

marav · 07-05-2021, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

A new test build, 6.1.23-revision 145326 and a companion extension pack version 6.1.23-145326, have been posted at,
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

Works well here
Host:
- slackware64-current, kernel 5.13.0
VMs :
- slackware64-currrent, kernel 5.12.14 generic
- slackware64 14.2, kernel 5.12.13

@rkelsen
nope ...

kermitdafrog8 · 07-05-2021, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

A new test build, 6.1.23-revision 145326 and a companion extension pack version 6.1.23-145326, have been posted at,
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

Is there any place that would have the source code to compile?

marav · 07-06-2021, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kermitdafrog8

Is there any place that would have the source code to compile?

https://www.virtualbox.org/browser

phalange · 07-06-2021, 12:20 PM

I can't tell from above comments, but are people able to run VirtualBox 6.1.22-144080?

I'm on current (5.12.14 etc) and VBox segfaults. It does it on all -current installs so it's not hardware.

Code:

(process:4714): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 13:18:04.577: cannot register existing type 'NMAgentManagerError'

(process:4714): GLib-CRITICAL **: 13:18:04.577: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result != 0' failed

(process:4714): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 13:18:04.577: cannot retrieve class for invalid (unclassed) type '<invalid>'
Segmentation fault

brobr · 07-06-2021, 12:51 PM

Version 6.1.22 r144080 (Qt5.6.1) is running here on current (after install with the VirtualBox-6.1.22-144080-Linux_amd64.run download); a VM with WinXP as guest works.

FTIO · 07-06-2021, 08:55 PM

6.1.22 would consistently segfault on my system up to 5.10.x. As soon as I installed the 'curent' at the time of 5.12.x, it ran fine, then I just removed that and installed the 6.1.23 rxxx just because I again could without it segfaulting, heh.

rkelsen · 07-06-2021, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phalange

I can't tell from above comments, but are people able to run VirtualBox 6.1.22-144080?

I'm on current (5.12.14 etc) and VBox segfaults. It does it on all -current installs so it's not hardware.

Code:

(process:4714): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 13:18:04.577: cannot register existing type 'NMAgentManagerError'

(process:4714): GLib-CRITICAL **: 13:18:04.577: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result != 0' failed

(process:4714): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 13:18:04.577: cannot retrieve class for invalid (unclassed) type '<invalid>'
Segmentation fault

This is the update crash I referred to in my earlier post. You can prevent it from happening by disabling the update check on start up:

Code:

$ VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/UpdateDate never

chrisretusn · 07-07-2021, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phalange

I can't tell from above comments, but are people able to run VirtualBox 6.1.22-144080?

I'm on current (5.12.14 etc) and VBox segfaults. It does it on all -current installs so it's not hardware.

Version 6.1.22 r144080 is working just fine here.

Operating System: Slackware64-current
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.83.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.12.14 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840 Processor
Memory: 7.8 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: GeForce GT 730/PCIe/SSE2

phalange · 07-07-2021, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkelsen

This is the update crash I referred to in my earlier post. You can prevent it from happening by disabling the update check on start up:

Code:

$ VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/UpdateDate never

Outstanding. This fixed it for me. Thanks.

cwizardone · 07-10-2021, 09:48 AM

A new test build, 6.1.23-revision 145620 and a companion extension pack version 6.1.23-145597, have been posted at,
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

cwizardone · 07-13-2021, 03:42 PM

Quote:

VirtualBox Shared Folder With Linux 5.14 Will Open New Files Faster, Fixes "git clone"
Written by Michael Larabel in Virtualization on 13 July 2021 at 04:00 PM EDT.

The article can be found at, https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...ux-5.14-VBOXSF

marav · 07-13-2021, 05:21 PM

VirtualBox + Guest additions + Extension pack
All in ; Version 6.1.23 r145681

no issue with kernel 5.13.1 & 5.14.0-rc1