phpVirtualbox console not working - blank

ryecoaaron · May 24th 2017

Does virtualbox web service start now?

Tii · May 24th 2017

unfortunately not :

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root@backup-nas:~# date
Wed 24 May 15:52:13 CEST 2017
root@backup-nas:~# service vboxweb-service status
● vboxweb-service.service
   Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)
   Active: inactive (dead)
root@backup-nas:~# service vboxweb-service start
Failed to start vboxweb-service.service: Unit vboxweb-service.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
root@backup-nas:~#

ryecoaaron · May 24th 2017

I would try uninstalling and reinstalling.

Tii · May 24th 2017

since Virtualbox is functioning, except for the Console, I guess I'd better leave it alone.

One quirk that might hold some clue :
the VM directory is /srv/dev-disk-by-id-md-name-nas-softraid/VM
The virtual machines are stored in /srv/dev-disk-by-id-md-name-nas-softraid/VM/virtual_machines
This directory is a symlink to /VM on the OS drive because SSD.

Could this be causing the issue as per OP ??

iamneo2416 · Dec 26th 2018

I also meet same issue on OMV 4.X.
phpvirtualbox small preview can see vm is running, but CONSOLE cannot see anything.
besides, I can use RealVNC to connect without error, but no images show up. Black on realvnc screen.

vktRus · Nov 7th 2019

New name of systemd unit vboxweb (/lib/systemd/system/vboxweb.service)
Replace this

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service vboxweb-service start

to this

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service vboxweb start

e_henning · Nov 7th 2019

You can also try this,
worked for me after fresh install of OMV 4
Keep in mind that it will remove VNC, but RDP and console is working perfectly after installing this.
Check Vbox version upfront, newest from OMV Extra repo is Vitualbox 5.2.24:

Upgrade Ext Pack:

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wget https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.24/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.2.24.vbox-extpack
vboxmanage extpack install --replace /root/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.2.24.vbox-extpack

Remove VNC, use RDP instead:

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vboxmanage list extpacks
vboxmanage extpack uninstall VNC
vboxmanage extpack cleanup

Maybe you can skip the update, but I didn`t try

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