I'm using Virtualbox Version 5.2.22 r126460
Host is Windows 7 professional 64 bit 16GB ram
Guest is Ubuntu 18.04 64 bit 8GB ram
I must preface this post by mentioning that I'm new to VirtualBox and Linux so please forgive me if there's something obvious I have missed.
There have been previous posts about this problem (or at least similar symptoms) but I think I've been though all of them and still haven't been able to solve the issue.
After installing the VirtualBox guest additions in Ubuntu I now get an error message when booting Ubuntu that the VBoxadd-service.service failed. I Followed instructions I found for guest additions install on Ubuntu 18.04 and ran this prior to doing the additions installation:
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the guest additions without any luck.sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential dkms
What I find strange is when I check the status of vboxadd-service right after installing it reports that everything is running fine...
On reboot, vboxadd-service.service fails and when I check the status using systemctl I get this...●vboxadd-service.service Loaded: loaded (/opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-5.2.22/init/vboxadd-service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2019-03-05 12:28:29 EST; 3min 25s ago Process: 11895 ExecStart=/opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-5.2.22/init/vboxadd-service start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Tasks: 8 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/vboxadd-service.service └─11909 /usr/sbin/VBoxService --pidfile /var/run/vboxadd-service.sh Mar 05 12:28:29 munro-VirtualBox systemd[1]: Starting vboxadd-service.service... Mar 05 12:28:29 munro-VirtualBox vboxadd-service[11895]: vboxadd-service.sh: Starting VirtualBox Guest Addition service. Mar 05 12:28:29 munro-VirtualBox vboxadd-service.sh[11910]: VirtualBox Guest Addition service started. Mar 05 12:28:29 munro-VirtualBox systemd[1]: Started vboxadd-service.service.
Thanks in advance for any input or advice anyone can give!● vboxadd-service.service Loaded: loaded (/opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-5.2.22/init/vboxadd-service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2019-03-05 14:11:57 EST; 50s ago Process: 917 ExecStart=/opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-5.2.22/init/vboxadd-service start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Mar 05 14:11:56 munro-VirtualBox systemd[1]: Starting vboxadd-service.service... Mar 05 14:11:57 munro-VirtualBox vboxadd-service[917]: vboxadd-service.sh: Starting VirtualBox Guest Addition service. Mar 05 14:11:57 munro-VirtualBox systemd[1]: vboxadd-service.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1 Mar 05 14:11:57 munro-VirtualBox systemd[1]: vboxadd-service.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Mar 05 14:11:57 munro-VirtualBox systemd[1]: Failed to start vboxadd-service.service.