Problem with ubuntu 8.10 and VirtualBox

[Dario]

Trying to boot with default options of language and keyboard i tryed to install ubuntu linux with 386 mb of RAM and the result was
 [10.776031] BUG: unable to handle kernel <1> BUG: unable to handle kernel <1> BUG: unable to handle kernel <1> BUG: unable to handle kernel <1> BUG: unable to handle kernel <1> BUG: unable to handle kernel <1> BUG: unable to handle kernel .....

[Thomas Novin (thomasn80)]

+1

I got the same problem. Tried with today's (080708) daily with the same result.

There also is a thread on the subject on the ubuntu-devel-discuss ML.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2008-June/004648.html + https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2008-July/thread.html

[skep (skep)]

Same problem here:

First I installed Hardy Heron in Virtualbox without problems and then I upgraded Heron to Intrepid. Now if I boot Intrepid it fails with the "unable to handle kernel" message (except if I use the old kernel from the Hardy Heron install, which was still available - 2.6.24*).

My second try was with the intrepid alpha 1 Install CD, but this fails from the beginning with the "unable to handle kernel" message.

[Thomas Novin (thomasn80)]

Workaround:

Boot the VM with something within it selected ie. just press inside the VM-window with the mouse then press enter so that the mouse is captured. Then don't change the focus until the installation is completed and the OS is installed.

I just booted up with this method.

Tip from 'jasperus' at #ubuntu+1

[Thomas Novin (thomasn80)]

After booting the system I did a full upgrade and got a new kernel (2.6.26-3). Booting that one gives me another crash but now a different kind. Please see attached screenshot for full details.

Kernel panic: Not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

[Thomas Novin (thomasn80)]

Also attaching log from VB.

[Niels Egberts (nielsegberts)]

@ThomasNovin:

Your problem may have something to do with this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/246067/

[Alexandre Kraft (alexandre-kraft)]

@Dario:
Same problem using (X/K)Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 2 on my VirtualBox 1.6.0 and 1.6.2 (on a 8.04 AMD64 system).

@ThomasNovin:
This workaround doesn't work on my system....

[Milan Boers (milan-boers)]

+1
same problem

[Alexandre Kraft (alexandre-kraft)]

Same problem with the Alpha 3 release (i386 desktop image on a Virtualbox AMD64 system).

Do you think it is an Ubuntu bug or maybe a Virtualbox's one?

[Alexandre Kraft (alexandre-kraft)]

Additionally, I have also the same problem with the alternate install image.

[caspar_wrede (caspar-wrede)]

Grrrrrrrrrr. Me too with Intrepid Alpha 3 (i 386 desktop release)

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 246067, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.