Intel HD audio driver fails to boot

[kived]

Tested in VirtualBox 5.0.4 (Ubuntu-distributed) and 5.0.8 (Oracle-distributed via PPA) on Ubuntu 15.10. Using the Intel HD Audio driver results in a failure to start the VM:

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Kivy Windows 7.

General failure - DON'T USE THIS!!!. (VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE).

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}

This happens to me in Windows guests, though I don't think that matters as it never got to a POST screen. Switching to ICH AC97 fixes the issue. These VMs worked without issue before upgrading to 5.0.

[kived]

VBox.log with VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE

[Frank Mehnert]

Unfortunately this error message is not visible in the VBox.log file. Could you also attach the VBoxSVC.log file which can be found in /home/ryan/.VirtualBox or /home/ryan/.config/VirtualBox? Please make sure that the most recent VM session failed in the way you reported.

[kived]

That's odd. I checked the log beforehand to find the error, maybe I attached the wrong file by mistake. Since then I reinstalled my OS to switch to an SSD, and I can no longer reproduce the issue.

[Frank Mehnert]

Ok. Please reopen if necessary.