VirtualBox upgrade 2.0.4 no longer works on Fedora 9

[swannjohn]

Operating System is Fedora 9.
I installed the update 2.0.4 to version 2.0.2
Every thing worked fine in version 2.0.2 untill the update.
There are no error messages listed the program just does not open.
I tried to open the program from the short cut in the system menu and also directly from the program file with no luck.
The service configuration window shows that VirtualBox startup processes (vboxdrv and vboxnet) have stared during system start up.
Any ideas on what to look for and how to solve (troble shoot) this issue.

[sej7278]

Operating System is Fedora 9.
I installed the update 2.0.4 to version 2.0.2
Every thing worked fine in version 2.0.2 untill the update.
There are no error messages listed the program just does not open.
I tried to open the program from the short cut in the system menu and also directly from the program file with no luck.
The service configuration window shows that VirtualBox startup processes (vboxdrv and vboxnet) have stared during system start up.
Any ideas on what to look for and how to solve (troble shoot) this issue.

it worked fine for me, i downloaded the rpm and did "rpm -Uvh..." didn't use the updater built-into vbox.

have you done "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup" as root?

have you tried launching from the console to see if there are error messages?

do the vboxdrv and vboxnet modules load without error on boot?

[fastie81]

Hi Got got the same problem
I ran it from the terminal and this is the error I am getting.
I also tried to un-install it an reinstall it again

[fastie@ChrisVR ~]$ VirtualBox
VirtualBox: supR3HardenedMainGetTrustedMain: dlopen("/usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox.so",) failed: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox.so: undefined symbol: _ZN7QRegionpLERK5QRect


Chris

[Sasquatch]

If any of you run the 2.6.25 kernel, please try an update to a newer kernel. Use at least 2.6.26. IIRC, VB and 2.6.25 didn't work nicely sometimes. I'm not sure if it would actually fix it, but it's worth a shot. Be sure to run the kernel module compiler again (/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup, or /etc/rc.d/init.d/vboxdrv setup).

[fastie81]

Hmm that is weird.. just to get it working I need to update the kernel.
well as far as I know there is now kernel update available so I must be on the newest..

[Sasquatch]

I've seen a few others posts about this too. Might be a bug in 2.0.4. Please file a bug report in the Bug Tracker. You can find a link to it in the Forum Posting Guide. You can't use your forum account, so you have to create a separate account for it.

[vb_newbie]

[root@localhost Download]# VirtualBox
VirtualBox: supR3HardenedMainGetTrustedMain: dlopen("/usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox.so",) failed: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox.so: undefined symbol:
_ZN10QStatusBar9showEventEP10QShowEvent

[root@localhost Download]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.27.4-51.fc10.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Oct 26 20:40:00 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Sasquatch,
I confirm seeing the error with an updated kernel.

Fastie,
Would you be filing the bug report?

[sej7278]

you're running a fedora 10 kernel - so your host is either running fedora 10 beta or you've enabled the development repository and are running a fedora 10 kernel in fedora 9.

in either case its a bit much to expect virtualbox to work properly.

[Sasquatch]

I run the 2.6.27 kernel myself on Ubuntu 8.10 without any problems, so it has to be a VB issue with Fedora, or Fedora itself is causing this error. Any similar responses on the Fedora forums?

[vb_newbie]

sej7278
I had the test repositories enabled which I now turned off and scaled back to 2.6.25 kernel.

So a stupid question. I am using fedora, updates and livna repositories. How do I update to a 2.6.26 kernel? Am I missing any repository?

[sej7278]

sej7278
I had the test repositories enabled which I now turned off and scaled back to 2.6.25 kernel.

So a stupid question. I am using fedora, updates and livna repositories. How do I update to a 2.6.26 kernel? Am I missing any repository?

dunno, my fedora9 64-bit install is running 2.6.26, just from the regular updates repository.

try a yum update and see if the new kernel comes down....

i had no problems with 2.6.25 though as i recall (or 2.6.23 fedora7 or 2.6.18 centos 5) maybe i was just lucky.

[fastie81]

Well I am running 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686
like I said 2.0.2 worked but 2.0.4 not.. So I don't know if it is really a problem at fedora's end
I have not had time to put in a bug so if you want please do and let me know then I will add my findings on it.

[koifans]

It's a fresh install, not upgrading from previous version. I'm not sure if I can solve the problem by upgrading kernel but I"ll try ...

- OS info:
[root@Fedora64 Download]# uname -a
Linux Fedora64.fogera.com 2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu May 1 06:06:21 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

- vbox info:
VirtualBox-2.0.4_38406_fedora9-1.x86_64.rpm

- error message:
[root@Fedora64 Download]# VirtualBox
VirtualBox: supR3HardenedMainGetTrustedMain: dlopen("/usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox.so",) failed: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox.so: undefined symbol: _ZN10QStatusBar9showEventEP10QShowEvent

[ytsamy]

I've just upgraded to VB 2.0.4 from 2.0.0, and it does work for me.
My setup:
Fedora 9
Linux ????????????? 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 17 14:20:33 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[sej7278]

koifans and fastie - i'm pretty sure its been said on this board before that virtualbox doesn't work well with kernel 2.6.25 with any distribution - suse, ubuntu, fedora....

just try 2.6.26 as it works for me and ytsamy so its not a fedora problem.