VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE

[ginkobonsai]

Hi,

when trying to start a Windows 10 image a colleague prepared for me on my Dell Precision M3800 running OpenSUSE 13.2 x64, I got a "general failure".

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine W10.

General failure - DON'T USE THIS!!!. (VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE).

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}

Here's what the logs said:

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00:00:00.274566 NAT: zone(nm:mbuf_ext_refcnt, used:0)
00:00:00.280206 GIM: HyperV: Resetting MMIO2 regions and MSRs
00:00:00.282498 VMSetError: /home/vbox/tinderbox/lnx64-rel/src/VBox/VMM/VMMR3/VM.cpp(367) int VMR3Create(uint32_t, const VMM2USERMETHODS*, void (*)(UVM*, void*, int, const char*, unsigned int, const char*, const char*, __va_list_tag*), void*, int (*)(UVM*, VM*, void*), void*, VM**, UVM**); rc=VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE
00:00:00.282512 VMSetError: General failure - DON'T USE THIS!!!.
00:00:00.282869 ERROR [COM]: aRC=NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) aIID={872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed} aComponent={ConsoleWrap} aText={General failure - DON'T USE THIS!!!. (VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE)}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:00:00.282993 Console: Machine state changed to 'PoweredOff'

I finally figured out that my problem could be fixed simply by disabling Audio for the VM and wanted to share the fix in case somebody has the same problem.

I would also hope for more... descriptive error messages in the future

BTW: I tried VirtualBox-5.0-5.0.2_102096_openSUSE132-1.x86_64.rpm and the latest test build (Linux 64-bit 5.0.x revision 102219) and got the general error with both of them.

[dldeskins]

Thank you!!

I have been running headless virtual machines for 3 months or so. When updated the host OS, I got this same error when trying to start up the machines. After reading your post, I tried and it worked. The funny thing is that all 3 machines were working for months and all 3 machines never required sound.

Thanks again.

[nkotb]

One Thousand thank yous for posting this!!!

[bodqhrohro]

Had the similar issue on Ubuntu 14.04. It has been resolved by disabling the audio in VM settings. Probably this is somehow related to PulseAudio.