X crashes when VirtualBox starts

[SweetBella]

Everytime that I use VirtualBox, the Xorg server crashes.
Is there any reason why this is happening.

[Perryg]

Not enough information to be able to help.
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• Please provide host and guest memory.
• What are the VBox settings (all of them) for the guest?
• What (if any) error messages are you getting?

[SweetBella]

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1786m host
512m guest
32m vram guest

vbox 2.4

<!-- Sun xVM VirtualBox Machine Configuration -->
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<VirtualBox version="1.3-linux">
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<Machine uuid="{043c1255-d287-43f5-a2bd-b7d1b8bfbff8}" name="debian" OSType="linux26" lastStateChange="2009-06-20T15:59:44Z" aborted="true">
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<ExtraData>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SaveMountedAtRuntime" value="yes"/>
</ExtraData>
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<Hardware>
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<CPU>
<HardwareVirtEx enabled="false"/>
<PAE enabled="false"/>
</CPU>
<Memory RAMSize="512"/>
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<Boot>
<Order position="1" device="Floppy"/>
<Order position="2" device="DVD"/>
<Order position="3" device="HardDisk"/>
</Boot>
<Display VRAMSize="32" MonitorCount="1"/>
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<BIOS>
<ACPI enabled="true"/>
<IOAPIC enabled="false"/>
<Logo fadeIn="true" fadeOut="true" displayTime="0"/>
<BootMenu mode="MessageAndMenu"/>
<TimeOffset value="0"/>
<PXEDebug enabled="false"/>
<IDEController type="PIIX4"/>
</BIOS>
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<DVDDrive passthrough="false">
<Image uuid="{dafcdb86-52c4-4c86-e58b-9074e69e987e}"/>
</DVDDrive>
<FloppyDrive enabled="true"/>
<USBController enabled="false" enabledEhci="false"/>
<SATAController enabled="false" PortCount="30" IDE0MasterEmulationPort="0" IDE0SlaveEmulationPort="1" IDE1MasterEmulationPort="2" IDE1SlaveEmulationPort="3"/>
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<Network>
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<Adapter slot="0" enabled="true" MACAddress="0800279B1522" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973">
<NAT/>
</Adapter>
<Adapter slot="1" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027508604" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="2" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027F1DA64" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="3" enabled="false" MACAddress="08002798D40F" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
</Network>
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<UART>
<Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected"/>
<Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected"/>
</UART>
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<LPT>
<Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4"/>
<Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4"/>
</LPT>
<AudioAdapter controller="AC97" driver="Null" enabled="true"/>
<SharedFolders/>
<Clipboard mode="Bidirectional"/>
<Guest memoryBalloonSize="0" statisticsUpdateInterval="0"/>
</Hardware>
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<HardDiskAttachments>
<HardDiskAttachment hardDisk="{eba6469e-4ec3-48d2-3a8a-5f6d83d3d469}" bus="IDE" channel="0" device="0"/>
<HardDiskAttachment hardDisk="{9bab1458-0c26-4b0c-438b-156d4d2c60f6}" bus="IDE" channel="0" device="1"/>
</HardDiskAttachments>
</Machine>
</VirtualBox>

When VBox starts, X-crashes. Automatic restarts are not part of X unless a key combination is hit.
GDB on an active X-server will cause a crash.
No other application causes this behavior.

[Perryg]

First thing I would try to do is update your version of VirtualBox Version 1.3 is really old.
The other thing you would need to do is look at the xorg.0.log for stated errors.

[SweetBella]

The upgrade fixed the VirtualBox problem.

[Perryg]

Great! Enjoy.