vbnovice2 wrote:Why do these vms start using the command line, but not via the VirtualBox Manager?
That would indicate most probably a problem with the Qt libraries, some sort of incompatibility between your setup and what's expected/compiled/linked.
From the
Downloads »
Linux distributions » download the "
All distributions (built on EL5 and therefore do not require recent system libraries)", the last one of the list. This build contains the Qt libraries within the distribution, so there shouldn't be any issues,
*if* the issues are Qt based.
vbnovice2 wrote:What would cause these vms to run for a week or so and then shut down?
A gazillion of things, mainly your host running out of resources and the VM just dying. Too difficult (way too difficult) to replicate, identify and troubleshoot, mainly because of the time it takes the issue to manifest.
And BTW, is this something reproducible? If not, forget it. One-offs are not even considered close to a bug, more like ... increased entropy in the universe.
vbnovice2 wrote:Ah! So "We" refers to forum monitors, who are NOT associated with Oracle?
On the right-side, under anyone's username, it shows its primary identification. For you it says nothing, and your color is
dark-blue, therefore you're a user. For me it says "Moderator" and my color is
green.
*If* anyone is associated with the VirtualBox team, it's going to say "Oracle Corporation", regardless of whether they are an
Admin,
Moderator,
Volunteer or
User.