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During my last updating, I saw Virtual Box was being updated. Now I get a notice when desktop is up that Virtual Box is not running. I did not even know Virtual Box was installed. Does not appear to be causing any problems. What is going on? [img alt=???]https://dfgkh547-jsdfv8.iyhkj.tk/forums/Smileys/default/huh.gif[/img]
Checked with Synaptic and some VB packages are installed. Should I uninstall them or just leave then alone? ???
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When you install any Ubuntu based distro, it also installs Guest Additions.
Why..??
because you maybe installing it into a VM, and having the Guest additions already installed means it is likely to run out of the box.(No pun intended :) )
Yes,
There was three updates for V4.3.XX for Guest components, normally these should not create any issues, because they are only there in the event of this being a VM Guest.
That is why when you are actually running an Ubuntu based Guest you need to keep it up-to-date, and matching the Host, along with matching extensions pack in the Host.(Thanks torreydale :) )
If you are not running VBox, you can remove them via synaptic.
Not sure why this problem occurred now, there have been many updates, the last one only a month or so ago.
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I like to suggest that LL admins re-check the recent updates of VM Virtualbox!?
In my case the extension pack's were left behind what caused that VirtualBox aborted during start-up. This was quickly solved via update, thanx to the LLforum and torreydale. However in watching the system during LL start-up procedure a box appears for a few moments telling that VM VirtualBox Kernel is not running....???
Despite that LL works fine and VirtualBox does, too.
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[size=1em]@Josef
The extension packs are optional, and not "normally" delivered by distro upgrades.[/size]
[size=1em]Also, the Virtualbox components are part of the underlying distro, nothing to do with LL.[/size]
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Unfortunately you need to manually update it, from a download the
Download Page.[/size]
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"VirtualBox 5.0.10 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack All supported platforms."[/size]
[size=1em]If you are still on one of the 4.3.xx versions, the links are just below it.[/size]
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Also like having to update the Guest Additions when there is an update to Virtualbox.[/size]
Upgrades WIP 2.6 to 2.8 - (6 X 2.6 to 2.8 completed on: 20/02/16 All O.K )
Linux Lite 3.0 Humming on a ASRock N3070 Mobo ~ btrfs RAID 10 Install on 4 Disks :)
Computers Early days:
ZX Spectrum(1982) , HP-150 MS-DOS(1983) , Amstrad CPC464(1984) , BBC Micro B+64(1985) , My First PC HP-Vectra(1987)
