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Hi,

For many years I use Virtualbox without issues on any system that has a regular GUI running
Now, the plan was to move towards my GUI-less Ubuntu server but despite trying about anything ... I keep hitting the fact I cannot start any VM !

System 16.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64)
Virtualbox : (latest) 5.1.4

Followed different websites for installing a "headless" server for Virtualbox.
Note that I do not have *any* X system running, my $DISPLAY variable is empty !

vbox@datavault:/home/jvanham$ echo $DISPLAY

vbox@datavault:/home/jvanham$


I found some reference from many years ago about a similar bug, but it seems it was never looked at ? Fixed ?

User "vbox" is member of "vboxusers"
Extension-pack correctly installed without issues.

vbox@datavault:/home/jvanham$ VBoxManage list systemproperties
API version: 5_1
Minimum guest RAM size: 4 Megabytes
Maximum guest RAM size: 2097152 Megabytes
Minimum video RAM size: 0 Megabytes
Maximum video RAM size: 256 Megabytes
Maximum guest monitor count: 64
Minimum guest CPU count: 1
Maximum guest CPU count: 32
Virtual disk limit (info): 2199022206976 Bytes
Maximum Serial Port count: 4
Maximum Parallel Port count: 2
Maximum Boot Position: 4
Maximum PIIX3 Network Adapter count: 8
Maximum ICH9 Network Adapter count: 36
Maximum PIIX3 IDE Controllers: 1
Maximum ICH9 IDE Controllers: 1
Maximum IDE Port count: 2
Maximum Devices per IDE Port: 2
Maximum PIIX3 SATA Controllers: 1
Maximum ICH9 SATA Controllers: 8
Maximum SATA Port count: 30
Maximum Devices per SATA Port: 1
Maximum PIIX3 SCSI Controllers: 1
Maximum ICH9 SCSI Controllers: 8
Maximum SCSI Port count: 16
Maximum Devices per SCSI Port: 1
Maximum SAS PIIX3 Controllers: 1
Maximum SAS ICH9 Controllers: 8
Maximum SAS Port count: 255
Maximum Devices per SAS Port: 1
Maximum PIIX3 Floppy Controllers:1
Maximum ICH9 Floppy Controllers: 1
Maximum Floppy Port count: 1
Maximum Devices per Floppy Port: 2
Default machine folder: /home/vbox/VirtualBoxVM
Raw-mode Supported: yes
Exclusive HW virtualization use: on
Default hard disk format: VDI
VRDE auth library: VBoxAuth
Webservice auth. library: VBoxAuth
Remote desktop ExtPack: Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Log history count: 3
Default frontend:
Default audio driver: ALSA
Autostart database path:
Default Guest Additions ISO: /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
Logging Level: all

vbox@datavault:/home/jvanham$ systemctl status vboxdrv
● vboxdrv.service - VirtualBox Linux kernel module
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Sun 2016-08-21 18:55:21 CEST; 2h 18min ago
Process: 3250 ExecStart=/usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Tasks: 0
Memory: 0B
CPU: 0

vbox@datavault:/home/jvanham$ VBoxManage list vms
"CACTI" {aa769b93-b8ab-4243-bf02-6eb1ff085af5}
"ESX6" {fe3e6855-3776-481e-9024-871650c73f39}
"UNIFI_UBUNTU16LTS" {1e45d0fb-381e-490a-8c87-8bde94fff479}
"UNIFI_UBUNTU16LTS_BETA" {ff2f0616-dbb8-4a1b-a927-fea380b99996}
"XENSERVER7" {05be818c-608c-47de-a991-97b515fde78c}
"TESTGUEST" {12815481-42e8-4bcb-9705-4654fcf1957e}

vbox@datavault:/home/jvanham$ VBoxManage startvm "CACTI" --type headless
Waiting for VM "CACTI" to power on...
VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'CACTI' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine
vbox@datavault:/home/jvanham$


I am completely lost, worked the whole day on this without any success ;-(
Didn't think it was gonna be THAT difficult & annoying!

Any tips ??

I am assuming that these guests were carry overs from a working install of VirtualBox and that they probably were used on a version that did have a GUI, please state differently if that assumption is not correct.

Post the guests log file ( as an attachment ). Right click on the guest in the Main Manager then click show log. Save and post as an attachment. Compress if it is too large to post.

Hi,

Today, after some more reading left & right I decided to completely flush & clean my system from any Vbox remanents and re-installed everything (including dkms etc)
This seems to be a good decision, now I got thing working better.
While cleaning up the systems it seems various files from a 5.0.24 where still around on the system for some reason.

I also ditched RemoteBox binariy and went for the "phpvirtualbox" approach and works "OK" enough for now.

Thx anyway