Opened 16 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
#3453 closed defect (fixed)
can't boot solaris guest on WinXP after installing guest additions
| Reported by: | Stephen Clamage | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 2.1.4 |
| Keywords: | solaris guest additions | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Solaris | Host type: | Windows |
Description
I upgraded to Vbox 2.1.4 on two computers: WinXP laptop, Vista/64 desktop. Open Solaris 2008.11 is installed as a guest on both.
On the Vista/64 system, everything works perfectly.
On the WinXP system, Solaris will not boot after installing the Solaris guest additions. The guest additions are the ones that came with Vbox 2.1.4. When I boot Solaris, it hangs at the "happy face" and never completes. If I boot in text mode, I get several complaints about "/usr/bin/VBoxService failed with exit status 1." The boot process seems to complete, and I can log in in text mode (no window manager).
After the failed normal boot, Windows is left in a bad state. The mouse and selection buttons don't seem to work right, and I have to reboot windows.
I uninstalled vbox, removed the .VirtualBox folder, and cleaned all references to vbox from the Windows registry (using a registry clean tool).
I reinstalled vbox 2.1.4, then installed Open Solaris, same problems. Solaris works fine until I install Solaris Guest Additions.
Attachments (1)
Change History (2)
by , 16 years ago
| Attachment: | opensolaris-2009-02-27-09-42-55.log added |
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comment:1 by , 15 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Please reopen if still relevant with a recent VBox release (3.1.8 or 3.2.0).
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