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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0003616Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2016-09-30 07:18
ReporterBaldury Assigned Torhertzog  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
Product Version2016.2 
Summary0003616: Virtualbox VMs wont start
Description

I'm not sure if is the same as 0003615 or not as I was unable to start any Debian based VM (anything else was untested).

The problem seems to be caused by some form of incompatibility when using disparate versions of the software and the extension pack i.e

virtualbox 5.1.6-dfsg-2
virtualbox-ext-pack 5.1.4+repack1-2

This is solved by using virtualbox-ext-pack 5.1.6-110634 available from http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.1.6/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.1.6-110634.vbox-extpack

Steps To Reproduce

Fully upgrade Kali host with Virtualbox and virtualbox-ext-pack installed.
Attempt to open Debian VM from command line or Virtualbox GUI

Activities

rhertzog

rhertzog

2016-09-30 07:18

administrator   ~0006005

virtualbox and virtualbox-ext-pack are now at the same version in kali-rolling.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-09-23 10:06 Baldury New Issue
2016-09-30 07:18 rhertzog Note Added: 0006005
2016-09-30 07:18 rhertzog Status new => closed
2016-09-30 07:18 rhertzog Assigned To => rhertzog
2016-09-30 07:18 rhertzog Resolution open => fixed