This may be a noob question, sorry....
I have an old Mac Pro running Mac OS 10.7.5. Sadly thats the OS highest version it will run.
Im running Virtual Box 4.0.36 r104075, as I beleive that the highest release I can run on my old OS.
I have Windows XP/7/10, Cent OS and Mint 19 guests built. Every one of these guests does the same thing when launched - "A critical error has occured while running the virtual machine and the machine execution has been stopped"
The log ends with -
00:00:01.414 2D video acceleration is enabled.
00:00:02.256 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005) aIID={09eed313-cd56-4d06-bd56-fac0f716b5dd} aComponent={Display} aText={Could not take a screenshot (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)}, preserve=false
00:00:02.290 Changing the VM state from 'RUNNING' to 'GURU_MEDITATION'.
00:00:02.293 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005) aIID={09eed313-cd56-4d06-bd56-fac0f716b5dd} aComponent={Display} aText={Could not take a screenshot (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)}, preserve=false
Has anyone seen this before? Have I made a noob error?
Mac OS compatability?
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Re: Mac OS compatability?
Partial logs are not that helpful I'm afraid. Please ZIP and attach the full log. See the "Upload attachment" tab below the reply form.
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Re: Mac OS compatability?
Ooops sorry.
Some OS's do seem to work - Windows XP for example. Thats not very useful though.
Windows 10 complains that my processor isnt 64 bit even though it is..
Some OS's do seem to work - Windows XP for example. Thats not very useful though.
Windows 10 complains that my processor isnt 64 bit even though it is..
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Re: Mac OS compatability?
This is your actual error :-
VMX (aka VT-x) is required for all 64bit VMs. Make sure it is enabled in your host BIOS and not used by anything else running at the time.VBox.log wrote: 00:00:01.384 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
00:00:01.384 !!
00:00:01.384 !! Guru Meditation -4010 (VERR_VMX_VMXON_FAILED)
00:00:01.384 !!
00:00:01.384 !!
00:00:01.384 !! {mappings, <NULL>}
00:00:01.384 !!
00:00:01.384
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Re: Mac OS compatability?
Then, according to my notes, you're talking about a MacPro1,1 or MacPro2,1. In the best case scenario, you have a MacPro2,1 which has a Intel Xeon 5300 series ("Clovertown") in there. And according to the log:Koos wrote:I have an old Mac Pro running Mac OS 10.7.5. Sadly thats the OS highest version it will run.
Right on the money!00:00:00.661 DMI Product Name: MacPro2,1 00:00:00.766 Full Name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5355 @ 2.66GHz
The Xeon 5355 CPU is capable enough, including the most important feature, VT-x.
But, I believe that neither the OS (from 2012-10-04), nor VirtualBox could manage with the latest guest OSes. BTW, have you tried to run anything higher than 4.0.36? Because the manual states:
which means that you could run up to 4.3.40, from 2016-08-22. A whole lot newer version!Support for Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) and earlier was removed with VirtualBox 5.0.
Of course the manual also states:
which is completely bogus, because that's where I'm compiling and running VirtualBox on!Support for Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) was removed with VirtualBox 5.2.
Edit: Just got dev clarification; "it's not supported" doesn't mean "it won't run". I should have known better... |
I haven't seen one of those for ages. Not sure why you got the 32-bit one, because after 10.6, the whole thing was 64-bit...00:00:00.663 Package type: DARWIN_32BITS_GENERIC
Not only you have a way too old version, but you're using unsupported, experimental (even today) settings! Why did you enable the ICH9 chipset? Can you hover over the Chipset and read the tooltip?00:00:00.758 [/Devices/ich9pci/0/] (level 3) 00:00:00.758 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
So, in summary:
- Uninstall VirtualBox 4.0.36, install version 4.3.40.
- Remove the VM, including all its files (you got nothing to lose at this point) and create a new VM from scratch. Stick with the defaults!!!
- If none of the above works, try an older Mint release, your hardware/software combination is too old for the latest and the greatest.
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Re: Mac OS compatability?
Thanks for all the info!
So, in summary:
There doesn't seem to be a way to check the BIOS to make sure VTX s enabled...
So, in summary:
Done!Uninstall VirtualBox 4.0.36, install version 4.3.40.
Done!Remove the VM, including all its files (you got nothing to lose at this point) and create a new VM from scratch. Stick with the defaults!!!
Its not just Mint that wont run - Win 7 & 10, Ubuntu and others wont run either.If none of the above works, try an older Mint release, your hardware/software combination is too old for the latest and the greatest.
There doesn't seem to be a way to check the BIOS to make sure VTX s enabled...
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Re: Mac OS compatability?
There is no "BIOS" on a Mac.Koos wrote:There doesn't seem to be a way to check the BIOS
Unfortunately...
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