Error message in Guest VBoxClient: Failed to register support, rc=VERR_INVALID_FUNCTION

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Jonners59
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Error message in Guest VBoxClient: Failed to register support, rc=VERR_INVALID_FUNCTION

Post by Jonners59 »

I had to restore my guest image after a power failure, but now I get this error message

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VBoxClient: Failed to register support, rc=VERR_INVALID_FUNCTION
Anyone any ideas, please?
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Re: Error message in Guest VBoxClient: Failed to register support, rc=VERR_INVALID_FUNCTION

Post by scottgus1 »

How did you restore the guest image?

is the error message inside the VM's OS?


Start the VM from full normal shutdown, not save-state. Run until you see the problem happen, then shut down the VM from within the VM's OS if possible. If not possible, close the Virtualbox window for the VM with the Power Off option set.

Right-click the VM in the main Virtualbox window's VM list, choose Show Log. Save the far left tab's log, zip it, and post the zip file, using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.
Jonners59
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Re: Error message in Guest VBoxClient: Failed to register support, rc=VERR_INVALID_FUNCTION

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FYI as requested. Shut down the OS (Debian3CX) within the Guest and then rebooted.

Off the top of my heaD. tRIED LOADS OF STUFF, BUT ALL FAILED. oNLY METHOD THAT WORKED WAS TO CREATE A NEW EMPTY gUEST AND THEN (sorry caps lock) put the image in the folder and import
is the error message inside the VM's OS?
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Jonners59
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Re: Error message in Guest VBoxClient: Failed to register support, rc=VERR_INVALID_FUNCTION

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This seems to be the contentious log, near the end...

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00:00:29.972096 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.509577 main     VBoxService 6.1.26 r145957 (verbosity: 0) linux.amd64 (Jul 28 2021 18:25:57) release log
00:00:29.974016 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.509515:36:31.511444 main     OS Product: Linux
00:00:29.974816 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.513177 main     OS Release: 4.19.0-21-amd64
00:00:29.975897 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.513908 main     OS Version: #1 SMP Debian 4.19.249-2 (2022-06-30)
00:00:29.978182 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.514996 main     Executable: /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-6.1.26/sbin/VBoxService
00:00:29.978707 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.514999 main     Process ID: 675
00:00:29.985565 VMMDev: Guest Log: 115:36:31.524136 main     6.1.26 r145957 started. Verbose level = 0
00:00:29.988510 GUI: UISession::sltAdditionsChange: GA state change event came, notifying listeners
00:00:29.988529 GUI: UIMachineLogicNormal::sltCheckForRequestedVisualStateType: Requested-state=0, Machine-state=5
00:00:29.989262 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.527878 main     vbglR3GuestCtrlDetectPeekGetCancelSupport: Supported (#1)
00:00:29.989464 ASSERT_GUEST_LOGREL /home/vbox/tinderbox/ubuntu22.04-amd64-build-VBox-6.1/svn/src/VBox/HostServices/GuestControl/VBoxGuestControlSvc.cpp(1134) int GstCtrlService::clientMakeMeMaster(ClientState*, VBOXHGCMCALLHANDLE, uint32_t): fRequestor != VMMDEV_REQUESTOR_LEGACY
00:00:29.989474 Guest is using outdated VBoxGuest w/o requestor support.
00:00:29.989475 Please update guest additions (or restart guest if you just did)!
00:00:30.022916 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.561565 main     Error: Failed to become guest control master: VERR_VERSION_MISMATCH
00:00:30.024722 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.563334 main     Error: Service 'control' failed to initialize: VERR_VERSION_MISMATCH
00:00:30.024934 GUI: UISession::sltAdditionsChange: GA state change event came, notifying listeners
00:00:30.024953 GUI: UIMachineLogicNormal::sltCheckForRequestedVisualStateType: Requested-state=0, Machine-state=5
00:00:30.025058 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.563906 main     Session 0 is about to close ...
00:00:30.025333 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.564151 main     Stopping all guest processes ...
00:00:30.025657 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.564473 main     Closing all guest files ...
00:00:30.025826 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.564760 main     Ended.
seems to imply a guest additions mismatch... odd 6.1.38 r153438 (Qt5.15.3)
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Re: Error message in Guest VBoxClient: Failed to register support, rc=VERR_INVALID_FUNCTION

Post by scottgus1 »

Jonners59 wrote:Shut down the OS (Debian3CX) within the Guest and then rebooted.
A VM reboot wasn't part of the instructions for getting the log. The posted log is incomplete.

However, there may be a damaged Guest Additions installation inside the VM:
00:00:24.400987 VMMDev: Guest Additions information report: Version 5.2.0 r68940 '5.2.0'
00:00:29.972096 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.509577 main VBoxService 6.1.26 r145957 (verbosity: 0) linux.amd64 (Jul 28 2021 18:25:57) release log
00:00:29.978182 VMMDev: Guest Log: 15:36:31.514996 main Executable: /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-6.1.26/sbin/VBoxService
Try purging everything re Guest Additions inside the VM, then reinstall. Note that there are prerequisites https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04. ... ions-linux and https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02. ... nux-prereq
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