Can't get virtualbox plugin to work

tomko · 6. März 2017

Hi,

I am having trouble getting virtualbox plugin to work. I get the following errors when installing it (see attachment).
I tried the following post but that didn't solve it. Then I tried these

Also noticed there is a sticky for 'Abandoned Plugins' where virtualbox is mentioned. Is this no longer supported? Would be great to get a version working.

Thanks ahead of time!

ryecoaaron · 6. März 2017

Read this thread - Virtualbox 5.1.8 and kernel 4.9 error

tomko · 6. März 2017

That's one of the threads I linked.

So if I understood correctly - virtualbox plugin doesn't work on 4.9 kernel. Is the only way to get this to work to downgrade to 4.8?
Will this plugin ever work for 4.9, or is it 'abandoned' and we are on our own?

Thanks again

ryecoaaron · 6. März 2017

Zitat von tomko

Will this plugin ever work for 4.9, or is it 'abandoned' and we are on our own?

This isn't a plugin problem. It can't fix this. I did add the packages to the omv-extras repo and upgraded omv-extras to pin them higher. The 5.1.14 packages do work with the 4.9 kernel. You need to purge everything including the vbox user and try again.

ryecoaaron · 6. März 2017

Zitat von tomko

That's one of the threads I linked.

I didn't see your link. Dim screen.

tomko · 6. März 2017

Could you be so kind to show me how? I'm still relatively noob when it comes to fixing packages.

I did the following:

Code

94  rm -rf /etc/default/openmediavault-virtualbox
95  rm -rf /etc/default/virtualbox
96  apt-cache pkgnames virtualbox
97  apt-get purge virtualbox
98  apt-cache pkgnames virtualbox
99  cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd
100  userdel vbox
101  cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd
102  apt-get purge virtualbox-source
103  rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
104  history

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But I still see openmediavault-virtualbox 3.0.6 showing under Plugins. I would have expected to see a newer version

ryecoaaron · 6. März 2017

I didn't update the plugin because it doesn't need it. Do the following:

apt-get purge openmediavault-virtualbox
omv-update
apt-get install openmediavault-virtualbox

tomko · 6. März 2017

The first time around I did this I saw that the Plugins finally showed a newer version of virtualbox was installed, but the VirtualBox service did not appear.
Looking at the console I saw this afer a apt-get install openmediavault-virtualbox (see attached image).

Unfortunately I decided to uninstall everything over again to try to reinstall... this time around I got same error but with 3.0.6 version showing up in Plugins.

Should I be manually installing the other packages as well as implied?

ryecoaaron · 6. März 2017

You shouldn't have to manually install other packages. Not sure what went wrong this time. Try: apt-get install --reinstall virtualbox-dkms

tomko · 6. März 2017

Plugins reports openmediavault-virtualbox 3.0.6 every time now which i'm not sure if I should be concerned. But important is that VirtualBox is now working!

Thank you so much for your support! I will mark this thread as resolved.

In phpVirtualBox i get this message which i presume one can safely ignore:
This version of phpVirtualBox (5.0-5) is incompatible with VirtualBox 5.1.14_Debian. You probably need to download the latest phpVirtualBox 5.1-x.

For future reference. Do I need to be worried with how I use OMV's updates? Do I need to be careful of not do any specific updates going forward, or anything I should be cautious of?

ryecoaaron · 6. März 2017

Zitat von tomko

Plugins reports openmediavault-virtualbox 3.0.6 every time now which i'm not sure if I should be concerned.

That is the most recent version of the plugin.

Zitat von tomko

In phpVirtualBox i get this message which i presume one can safely ignore:

Yes, you can ignore. There is no phpvirtualbox 5.1-x release.

Zitat von tomko

Do I need to be worried with how I use OMV's updates?

Newer kernel versions (not updates) can cause problems with programs that compile their modules (zfs, virtualbox, iscsi, etc). I normally install all updates though. I don't think the kernel version will be changed though. If you are worried about an update, make a backup (clonezilla is good) before doing the update.

tomko · 6. März 2017

Zitat von ryecoaaron

Newer kernel versions (not updates) can cause problems with programs that compile their modules (zfs, virtualbox, iscsi, etc). I normally install all updates though. I don't think the kernel version will be changed though. If you are worried about an update, make a backup (clonezilla is good) before doing the update.

When does the kernel get updated through the GUI, if not through the updates? Might be worth turning kernel updates off somehow

I used to clone the entire drive to another physical drive using dd from a livedisc, but that's very time consuming. I will explore clonezilla since I'm sure that will be more convenient.

Cheers!

ryecoaaron · 6. März 2017

Zitat von tomko

When does the kernel get updated through the GUI, if not through the updates? Might be worth turning kernel updates off somehow

You want kernel updates (same major and minor version ie 4.9) but should be more cautious of upgrades (4.10 would be an upgrade). That said, I don't think Jessie Backports is going to get an kernel upgrade since it uses the standard Debian Stretch kernel which is now frozen (should stay 4.9).

mudkic · 14. März 2017

hello I have followed the above and now I receive this error thanks

Error #0:
exception 'OMV\ExecException' with message 'Failed to execute command 'export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin; export LANG=C; systemctl start virtualbox-web 2>&1' with exit code '1': A dependency job for virtualbox-web.service failed. See 'journalctl -xn' for details.' in /usr/share/php/openmediavault/system/process.inc:175
Stack trace:
#0 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/system/systemctl.inc(83): OMV\System\Process->execute(Array, 1)
#1 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/system/systemctl.inc(101): OMV\System\SystemCtl->exec('start', NULL, false)
#2 /usr/share/openmediavault/engined/module/virtualbox.inc(107): OMV\System\SystemCtl->enable(true)
#3 /usr/share/openmediavault/engined/rpc/config.inc(189): OMV\Engined\Module\VirtualBox->startService()
#4 [internal function]: OMVRpcServiceConfig->applyChanges(Array, Array)
#5 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/serviceabstract.inc(124): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#6 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/serviceabstract.inc(150): OMV\Rpc\ServiceAbstract->callMethod('applyChanges', Array, Array)
#7 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/serviceabstract.inc(528): OMV\Rpc\ServiceAbstract->OMV\Rpc\{closure}('/tmp/bgstatus38...', '/tmp/bgoutputGY...')
#8 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/serviceabstract.inc(151): OMV\Rpc\ServiceAbstract->execBgProc(Object(Closure))
#9 /usr/share/openmediavault/engined/rpc/config.inc(208): OMV\Rpc\ServiceAbstract->callMethodBg('applyChanges', Array, Array)
#10 [internal function]: OMVRpcServiceConfig->applyChangesBg(Array, Array)
#11 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/serviceabstract.inc(124): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#12 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/rpc.inc(86): OMV\Rpc\ServiceAbstract->callMethod('applyChangesBg', Array, Array)
#13 /usr/sbin/omv-engined(536): OMV\Rpc\Rpc::call('Config', 'applyChangesBg', Array, Array, 1)
#14 {main}

tomko · 15. März 2017

I'm not sure how to help. but here are the commands I went though before I got it to work.

151 apt-get purge openmediavault-virtualbox
152 apt-get purge virtualbox
153 apt-get purge virtualbox-source
154 rm -rf /etc/default/openmediavault-virtualbox
155 rm -rf /etc/default/virtualbox
156 userdel vbox
157 rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
158 apt-get install --reinstall virtualbox-dkms
159 apt-get purge openmediavault-virtualbox
160 omv-update
161 apt-get install openmediavault-virtualbox
162 history

Also note that it works perfectly when starting with a fresh OMV install

siulman · 5. Dezember 2017

Zitat von tomko

I'm not sure how to help. but here are the commands I went though before I got it to work.

151 apt-get purge openmediavault-virtualbox
152 apt-get purge virtualbox
153 apt-get purge virtualbox-source
154 rm -rf /etc/default/openmediavault-virtualbox
155 rm -rf /etc/default/virtualbox
156 userdel vbox
157 rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
158 apt-get install --reinstall virtualbox-dkms
159 apt-get purge openmediavault-virtualbox
160 omv-update
161 apt-get install openmediavault-virtualbox
162 history

Also note that it works perfectly when starting with a fresh OMV install

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Hello,

just did a fresh install of OMV 3 with the lastest release and virtualbox is not starting.

I just posted here:
Virtualbox 5.1.8 and kernel 4.9 error

(please check, there is screenshots)

I also followed the procedure you just put above but not ok....

What can I do?

-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module: virtualbox
Version: 5.1.26
Kernel: 4.9.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 (x86_64)
-------------------------------------

DKMS: install completed.
Setting up virtualbox (5.1.26-dfsg-2) ...
Setting up phpvirtualbox (5.0-5-2) ...
Setting up virtualbox-ext-pack-installer (5.1.26) ...

0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Successfully installed "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack".
Setting up openmediavault-virtualbox (3.0.8) ...
useradd: warning: the home directory already exists.
Not copying any file from skel directory into it.
Updating configuration database ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u10) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u7) ...
Processing triggers for openmediavault (3.0.94) ...
Updating locale files ...
Updating file permissions ...
Purging internal cache ...
Restarting engine daemon ...
root@omv:/tmp#

CreZo · 24. Dezember 2017

I have also a problem to connect over VNC. "Failed To Connect: The connection was refused by the host computer"

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