Ubuntu VM then Admin Console greyscreens virtualbox-ose 3.2.8 through 4.0.4
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Virtualbox |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose
1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
2) apt-cache policy virtualbox-ose
virtualbox-ose:
Installed: 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1
Candidate: 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
3) What is expected to happen is when one launches VirtualBox-OSE via Applications -> Accessories -> VirtualBox OSE, it does so without greyscreening.
4) What happens instead is immediately after launching, it greyscreens. This started to consistently occur after attempting to close a Lucid VM, right before the GUI popup giving the opportunity to close, shutdown, or send shutdown signal showed, the VM greyscreened. Then I clicked the X on the top left and Force Quit the VM. Then the VirtualBox main window greyscreened. Then I clicked it's X on the top left, then Force Quit it. Now every time afterwards VirtualBox-OSE greyscreens upon launch.
WORKAROUND: Use virt-manager.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: virtualbox-ose 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 14 00:03:29 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: virtualbox-ose
summary: |
- virtualbox-ose greyscreens immediately after launching + Ubuntu VM then Admin Console greyscreens virtualbox-ose 3.2.8 through + 4.0.2 |
Changed in virtualbox: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Update, after restarting the host, VirtualBox-OSE launched without greyscreening and the VM launched without problems. This phenomenon seems rare and not consistently reproducible.