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[solved] rc=-1912 error even after /sbin/vboxconfig
Posted: 17. Jan 2018, 19:11
by Fabi
Hi,
virtualbox started to freeze on my Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia 64-bit very much like describe elsewhere on this forum. I therefore updated to 5.2 using the sources.list option, and got the rc=-1912 error as described on other posts too.
Unfortunately, running
didn't solve the issue in my case. Any suggestion on how to move forward from here? Thanks!
Re: rc=-1912 error even after /sbin/vboxconfig
Posted: 17. Jan 2018, 20:25
by socratis
You're not quite describing your situation, and trust me, I really don't have the
slightest idea what "other posts" means. To me it could be posts from ArsTechnica, Slashdot or Engadget. For you, it's open to interpretation. Please state your problem clearly next time...
But based on the little that I can guess, you must have installed your distro's fork of VirtualBox. You need to
completely remove/uninstall/delete/purge their version and install the official version from the Downloads section of VirtualBox (
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads). If you get an error message about mixing PUEL and standard versions, you haven't completely removed the fork.
Re: rc=-1912 error even after /sbin/vboxconfig
Posted: 18. Jan 2018, 11:16
by Fabi
trust me, I really don't have the slightest idea what "other posts" means
My apologies, the forum wouldn't allow me to post links on my first post here.
I followed the instructions following the post entitled "[Solved 5.2.6] Freezes on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial, Dell Optiplex 9010" , because my VB also started to freeze everything on my laptop a couple of weeks ago. So I removed my distro's VB with:
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apt purge virtualbox virtualbox-qt virtualbox-ext-pack
Then I added /debian xenial contrib to my sources.list, updated my repos, and installed VB 5.2.6 . After running /sbin/vboxconfig:
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mowglie@flappi-top ~ $ sudo /sbin/vboxconfig
vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
and launching VB, I get the following error:
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I agree that it indicates that something is not OK with my distro's packages, but I don't know how to clean it better than using apt purge ...
Thanks for your help!
Re: rc=-1912 error even after /sbin/vboxconfig
Posted: 18. Jan 2018, 11:59
by socratis
Fabi wrote:I agree that it indicates that something is not OK with my distro's packages, but I don't know how to clean it better than using apt purge ...
Same here, I'm a n00b in the Linux arena, well sort of. I'd try the "apt-get purge" again and do a reboot. Maybe some service didn't want to get unloaded?
But it's best if a Linux guru pops in and guide you through the intricacies of apt-get...
Re: rc=-1912 error even after /sbin/vboxconfig
Posted: 18. Jan 2018, 14:59
by Perryg
apt is a great program and one I use all the time, but it requires you to know a lot and do a lot of things manually ( which I prefer because it has super cow powers ). That said it is not for everyone. If you do not know all of the file names and how they are written ( case ) it does not work properly. You can either search for different variants of Virtual, virtual, VBox, or vbox, or you can use aptitude instead of apt.
Re: rc=-1912 error even after /sbin/vboxconfig
Posted: 20. Jan 2018, 01:14
by Fabi
Purging everything with the name virtualbox in it made the trick:
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apt purge virtualbox-dkms virtualbox virtualbox-dbg virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-guest-source virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11 virtualbox-qt virtualbox-source
Now I still need to find out how to install the ext-pack from the new sources but at least the VB is working fine. Thanks!
Re: [solved] rc=-1912 error even after /sbin/vboxconfig
Posted: 20. Jan 2018, 01:27
by socratis
Am I the only one that does an "apt-get purge virtualbox*", "apt-get purge vbox*"?
"Kill them all" ™
Fabi wrote:Now I still need to find out how to install the ext-pack from the new sources
Sources? There are no sources for the ExtPack, it's closed source.
Re: [solved] rc=-1912 error even after /sbin/vboxconfig
Posted: 13. Feb 2018, 10:58
by VirtualYerong
But what if I what the latest version of virtualbox? With
we can only get virtualbox 5.0.
Re: [solved] rc=-1912 error even after /sbin/vboxconfig
Posted: 13. Feb 2018, 11:17
by socratis
VirtualYerong wrote:But what if I what the latest version of virtualbox?
You head to the official
Linux Downloads page and you read the instructions. I don't think I should be copying/pasting them here...