[OpenIndiana-discuss] VirtualBox VM error

[Stephan Althaus]

On 6/4/25 07:46, russell wrote:
> Hi
>
> I tried to start a VM "No Disk" using VBoxManage startvm which failed
>
> $ sh -x VBoxManage startvm "No Disk"
> + isainfo -k
> + CURRENT_ISA=amd64
> + test amd64 '=' amd64
> + INSTALL_DIR=/opt/VirtualBox/amd64
> + basename VBoxManage
> + APP=VBoxManage
> + exec /opt/VirtualBox/amd64/VBoxManage startvm 'No Disk'
> Waiting for VM "No Disk" to power on...
> VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'No Disk' has terminated 
> unexpectedly during startup because of signal 11
> VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), 
> component MachineWrap, interface IMachine
>
>
> I tried to start as root but forgot to set DISPLAY but generates the 
> same error as when starting a VM myself
>
> $ xhost +local:
> non-network local connections being added to access control list
>
> root at tesla:~# sh -x VBoxManage startvm Test
> + isainfo -k
> + CURRENT_ISA=amd64
> + test amd64 '=' amd64
> + INSTALL_DIR=/opt/VirtualBox/amd64
> + basename VBoxManage
> + APP=VBoxManage
> + exec /opt/VirtualBox/amd64/VBoxManage startvm Test
> Waiting for VM "Jackie" to power on...
> VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'Test' has terminated 
> unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)
> VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), 
> component MachineWrap, interface IMachine
>
>
> I tried to start as root after setting DISPLAY which works!
>
> root at tesla:~# export DISPLAY=:0.0
> root at tesla:~# sh -x VBoxManage startvm Test
> + isainfo -k
> + CURRENT_ISA=amd64
> + test amd64 '=' amd64
> + INSTALL_DIR=/opt/VirtualBox/amd64
> + basename VBoxManage
> + APP=VBoxManage
> + exec /opt/VirtualBox/amd64/VBoxManage startvm Test
> Waiting for VM "Jackie" to power on...
> VM "Test" has been successfully started.
>
>
> After stopping the Test VM I tried setting DISPLAY for myself it does 
> not fix the issue
>
> russell at tesla:/home/russell$ export DISPLAY=:0.0
> russell at tesla:/home/russell$ sh -x VBoxManage startvm "No Disk"
> + isainfo -k
> + CURRENT_ISA=amd64
> + test amd64 '=' amd64
> + INSTALL_DIR=/opt/VirtualBox/amd64
> + basename VBoxManage
> + APP=VBoxManage
> + exec /opt/VirtualBox/amd64/VBoxManage startvm 'No Disk'
> Waiting for VM "No Disk" to power on...
> VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'No Disk' has terminated 
> unexpectedly during startup because of signal 11
> VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), 
> component MachineWrap, interface IMachine
>
>
> Does this make sense to anyone?
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
>
> Russell
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Hello!

Just used your command to test this at my side, no error here:

$ sh -x VBoxManage startvm "aLinux"
+ isainfo -k
+ CURRENT_ISA=amd64
+ test amd64 '=' amd64
+ INSTALL_DIR=/opt/VirtualBox/amd64
+ basename VBoxManage
+ APP=VBoxManage
+ exec /opt/VirtualBox/amd64/VBoxManage startvm aLinux
Waiting for VM "aLinux" to power on...
VM "aLinux" has been successfully started.

I did this within a mate-terminal within X.

You are doing this remote ?

Regards,
Stephan