[OpenIndiana-discuss] VirtualBox fails to start with last updated Build 151a

[Ewald Ertl]

Hi,
Am 16.09.2011 19:47 schrieb "Alex Viskovatoff" <viskovatoff at imap.cc>:
>
> On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 10:21 +0200, Ewald Ertl wrote:
> > I've a laptop running since an OpenSolaris build and just upgraded to
> > each version.
> > Now I've updated to the latest dev-il Package Repository and switched
> > the sfe repository and upgraded.
> >
> > I still have problems with the kvm module, so I'm using VirtualBox and
> > unload the kvm module, because otherwise VirtualBox didn't start.
> >
> > But "suddenly " ( I do not know whats the real reason ) VirtualBox
> > stops with the attached Screenshot.
>
> Hi Ewald,
>
> That's very interesting. We were aware of this problem, and have our own
> workaround, described here:
> http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Spec+Files+Extra+Repository
>
Thanks for your hint. I've seen the page, but have not recogniced the
described problem.

> But I can confirm that the workaround described in the link you give
> (http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1840) also works, although on amd64
> systems, the file VBoxSVC that needs to be modified is now in
> /opt/VirtualBox/amd64.
>
> This problem is indeed caused my your using the new SFE repository,
> specifically, installing runtime/gcc. This VirtualBox bug is the only
> problem we have run into so far with runtime/gcc placing symbolic links
> in /usr/lib, so that old VirtualBox bug report is very useful, in that
> it may help us understand what is going wrong with VirtualBox here.
Fine to hear, that it is for help.

Thanks to all for their good work.
Ewald
>
> Regards,
> Alex
>
>
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