Installing virtualbox yields "Job for vboxweb.service failed because the service did not take the steps required by its unit configuration."

Bug #1878448 reported by Nicolas Damgaard Larsen
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
virtualbox (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Installing virtualbox yields "Job for vboxweb.service failed because the service did not take the steps required by its unit configuration." during install.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: virtualbox 6.1.6-dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-29.33-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed May 13 18:16:02 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-09 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
SourcePackage: virtualbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Nicolas Damgaard Larsen (ndl101) wrote :
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Nicolas Damgaard Larsen (ndl101) wrote :

Output from journalctl -xe

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Nicolas Damgaard Larsen (ndl101) wrote :

Output from systemctl status vboxweb.service

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Nicolas Damgaard Larsen (ndl101) wrote :

vboxweb.service subsequently fails to start during boot as well as on any manual attempts.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Pratik Prasad Devkota (pratikdevkota7) wrote :

Can i use a virtual OS safely while this bug exists, though?

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