[Invalid] VBoxService not working solaris 11.4

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[Invalid] VBoxService not working solaris 11.4

Post by wojtekk »

Hi Guys,

I recently installed VirtualBox 6.0.14 on Solaris 11.4 GA. I'm having issues while installing VBoxGuestAdditions.
## Executing postinstall script.
Uncompressing files...
Configuring VirtualBox guest kernel module...
devfsadm: driver failed to attach: vboxguest
Warning: Driver (vboxguest) successfully added to system but failed to attach
VirtualBox guest kernel module failed to attach.
VirtualBox pointer integration module loaded.
devfsadm: driver failed to attach: vboxguest
Creating links...
Enabling services...
svcadm: Instance "svc:/application/virtualbox/vboxservice:default" is in maintenance state.
svcadm: Instance "svc:/application/virtualbox/vboxmslnk:default" is in maintenance state.
Updating boot archive...
Done.
If you have just un-installed the previous guest additions a REBOOT is required.

Installation of <SUNWvboxguest> was successful.
Installer completes but VBoxService gives error.
VBoxService: error: VbglR3Init failed with rc=VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
It looks like /devices/pci@0,0/pci80ee,cafe@4 device is missing even when driver is loaded
267 fffffffff8438000 582a8  244  1   vboxdrv (VirtualBox HostDrv 6.0.14r13389)
268 fffffffff7c5c590 d08    245  1   vboxnet (VirtualBox NetAdp 6.0.14r133895)
270 fffffffff8483000 3a18   246  1   vboxbow (VirtualBox NetBow 6.0.14r133895)
271 fffffffff8487000 47e8   247  1   vboxusbmon (VirtualBox USBMon 6.0.14r133895
272 fffffffff848c000 6e00   248  1   vboxusb (VirtualBox USB 6.0.14r133895)
287 fffffffff7d95000 4930   250  1   vboxms (VBoxMouseIntegr 6.0.14r133895)
288 fffffffff7d0e000 31070  249  1   vboxguest (VirtualBox GstDrv 6.0.14r133895)

# ls -la /dev/vboxguest 
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     other         43 Oct 19 22:11 /dev/vboxguest -> ../devices/pci@0,0/pci80ee,cafe@4:vboxguest
#
# ls -la  /devices/pci@0,0/pci80ee,cafe@4
 /devices/pci@0,0/pci80ee,cafe@4: No such file or directory
#
Did a test and installed s11.4 as guest on VirtualBox and tried VBoxGuestAdditions. To my surprise everything goes smoothly and driver gets loaded properly.
# ls -la /dev/vboxguest 
    1 root     other         43 Oct 19 21:47 /dev/vboxguest -> ../devices/pci@0,0/pci80ee,cafe@4:vboxguest
# ls -la  /devices/pci@0,0/pci80ee,cafe@4:vboxguest
 crw-rw-rw-   1 root     sys      281,  0 Oct 20 02:23 /devices/pci@0,0/pci80ee,cafe@4:vboxguest
# ls -la  /devices/pci@0,0/pci80ee,cafe@4
Is my hardware bad ? This is strange that some platforms won't work as expected

Cheers
Last edited by socratis on 20. Oct 2019, 17:40, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: VBoxService not working solaris 11.4

Post by socratis »

wojtekk wrote:I recently installed VirtualBox 6.0.14 on Solaris 11.4 GA. I'm having issues while installing VBoxGuestAdditions.
wojtekk wrote:Did a test and installed s11.4 as guest on VirtualBox and tried VBoxGuestAdditions. To my surprise everything goes smoothly and driver gets loaded properly.
Excuse me, but... are you trying to install the GUEST Additions by any chance on your HOST?
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wojtekk

Re: VBoxService not working solaris 11.4

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Last edited by wojtekk on 22. Jan 2020, 00:11, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: VBoxService not working solaris 11.4

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No problem, marking as [Invalid].
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