VirtualBox fails to start macosx Mojave 10.14.2

[Beast Of Bodmin]

I decided to post this to at least get it documented on the forum. I did manage to get VB 6.0.0 to install, but it won't start. Should I go back to the latest 5.x? Does anyone have any suggestions?

System and dmg info:

macOS Mojave Version 10.14.2 (18C54)

$ shasum dmg/VirtualBox-6.0.0-127566-OSX.dmg 
6655317818947e478762e56a43e18851635949c7  dmg/VirtualBox-6.0.0-127566-OSX.dmg

Text of error message of the attached screen shot:

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Callee RC: NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK (0x80470007)

This is the error message that pops up every time.

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/var/log/system.log while starting VirtualBox

Jan  4 15:50:24 My-iMac VirtualBox[1192]: DEPRECATED USE in libdispatch client: dispatch source activated with no event handler set; set a breakpoint on _dispatch_bug_deprecated to debug
Jan  4 15:51:05 My-iMac Spotlight[406]: assertion failed: 18C54: libxpc.dylib + 92321 [DC50F33E-C47D-3256-BFE0-F8E9B5AEBE17]: 0x89
Jan  4 15:51:06 My-iMac screencaptureui[1201]: DEPRECATED USE in libdispatch client: dispatch source activated with no event handler set; set a breakpoint on _dispatch_bug_deprecated to debug
Jan  4 15:51:31 My-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.quicklook[1205]): Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook
Jan  4 15:52:27 My-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (org.virtualbox.app.VirtualBox.6120[1192]): Service exited with abnormal code: 1

What I did:

• D/L the dmg
• Ran the installer -> failed
• Went to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General and enabled the vbox kernel extension
• Re-ran the installer -> success
• Started VirtualBox -> failed (see attachment)
• Uninstalled (including support files as found by Hazel)
• Reinstalled -> success
• Started VirtualBox -> failed (see attachment)

Out of desperation I hit this forum and inspired by this thread, decided to decided to Reboot.

After the reboot:

• Started VirtualBox -> failed (see attachment)
• Re-ran the installer -> success
• Went to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General - nothing to enable
• Started VirtualBox -> failed (see attachment)

Update:
I found Fixing Virtualbox and Vagrant in macOS Mojave 10.14 Public Beta 3, which suggested some greppery in the various org.virtualbox.kext.* Info.plist files and much worse besides.

I can see my kexts are loaded.

sh-3.2# kextstat |grep -i vbox
  179    3 0xffffff7f83e35000 0xef000    0xef000    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (6.0.0) 90C5538D-EAA4-3EE0-AFF7-C60B469DCC90 <8 6 5 3 1>
  180    0 0xffffff7f84c63000 0x8000     0x8000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (6.0.0) 05696B73-790D-3AEA-A761-D596A8594380 <179 158 53 8 6 5 3 1>
  181    0 0xffffff7f84b89000 0x5000     0x5000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (6.0.0) B6345263-C6EB-3365-BC16-7594E4B9870A <179 8 6 5 3 1>
  182    0 0xffffff7f84cf6000 0x6000     0x6000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (6.0.0) C12A4634-55F8-39C2-848D-7E358A29E174 <179 6 5 1>
sh-3.2#

But my AppleKextExcludeList.kext is not up to date.

sh-3.2# grep -i vbox -A 1 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleKextExcludeList.kext/Contents/Info.plist
		<key>org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv</key>
		<string>LT 5.2.14</string>
sh-3.2# ls -l /System/Library/Extensions/AppleKextExcludeList.kext/Contents/Info.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  1029992 Aug 18 02:00 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleKextExcludeList.kext/Contents/Info.plist

[socratis]

Out of desperation I hit this forum and inspired by this thread

You replied to the Installation fails on 10.13.x, 10.14.x (rc=-1908) thread (not good), with your own title (good), which is why I split your post.

Is this a fresh 10.14.2 installation?

You might want to print the following steps, or save them in a test file on your desktop, because there are a couple of reboots, and you don't want to go "hunting" in the forums...

1. Download the latest release, or the latest test build (NOT the development snapshot), if you don't already have them.
2. Reboot.
3. Make sure you're part of the "admin" group. If you are logged in with the primary user account/owner, you are part of the admin group.
4. Mount the DMG from the previous step. Run "VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool". Make sure there are no error messages. If there are, please post them, exactly as they appear.
5. Reboot.
6. Mount the DMG from the previous steps. Double-click the "VirtualBox.pkg". As soon as you start the installation, press Cmd+L to show the log. Select "Show All Logs" from the drop-down menu. Before the last step of the installation (Done), click the "Save" in the log window. ZIP and attach that file.
7. Start VirtualBox. If it crashes, open "Console.app" and look at "~/Library/Logs". Is there a VirtualBox related log with the current date/time? ZIP and attach that file as well.

[Beast Of Bodmin]

Out of desperation I hit this forum and inspired by this thread

You replied to the Installation fails on 10.13.x, 10.14.x (rc=-1908) thread (not good), with your own title (good), which is why I split your post.

Sure. I didn't think it warranted another thread.

Is this a fresh 10.14.2 installation?

It was freshly installed with 10.13 in late August I think. That is, the disk was wiped at an Apple Store.

You might want to print the following steps, or save them in a test file on your desktop, because there are a couple of reboots, and you don't want to go "hunting" in the forums...

Good tip.

1. Download the latest release, or the latest test build (NOT the development snapshot), if you don't already have them.
2. Reboot.
3. Make sure you're part of the "admin" group. If you are logged in with the primary user account/owner, you are part of the admin group.
4. Mount the DMG from the previous step. Run "VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool". Make sure there are no error messages. If there are, please post them, exactly as they appear.
5. Reboot.
6. Mount the DMG from the previous steps. Double-click the "VirtualBox.pkg". As soon as you start the installation, press Cmd+L to show the log. Select "Show All Logs" from the drop-down menu. Before the last step of the installation (Done), click the "Save" in the log window. ZIP and attach that file.
7. Start VirtualBox. If it crashes, open "Console.app" and look at "~/Library/Logs". Is there a VirtualBox related log with the current date/time? ZIP and attach that file as well.

This is what I did.

1. Uninstalled 6.0.0
2. Rebooted
3. Downloaded and installed 5.2.22 VirtualBox-5.2.22-126460-OSX.dmg
4. I am in the admin group

   $ id | tr , "\n" | grep admin
   80(admin)
   98(_lpadmin)

5. Ran the 5.2.22 .pkg installer. The ZIP of the log is attached.
   Installation was successful
6. Ran VirtualBox, but same error as last time.
7. Kexts are there.

   Adams-iMac:Desktop adam$ kextstat |grep -i vbox
     180    3 0xffffff7f84c16000 0x64000    0x64000    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (5.2.22) D2696352-336F-361B-8717-797487B076F5 <8 6 5 3 1>
     181    0 0xffffff7f84c87000 0x8000     0x8000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (5.2.22) B3032E66-0313-3B15-AE85-38D3773435BB <180 175 53 8 6 5 3 1>
     182    0 0xffffff7f84c7d000 0x5000     0x5000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (5.2.22) 139430EF-8433-390B-A389-C7DC9B3B50C4 <180 8 6 5 3 1>
     183    0 0xffffff7f84c8f000 0x6000     0x6000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (5.2.22) F11F6B94-BF8D-3841-85BB-EFFBBF27CE29 <180 6 5 1>
   Adams-iMac:Desktop adam$

8. Rebooted
9. kexts are loaded

   Adams-iMac:Desktop adam$ kextstat |grep -i vbox
     106    3 0xffffff7f83e48000 0x64000    0x64000    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (5.2.22) D2696352-336F-361B-8717-797487B076F5 <8 6 5 3 1>
     160    0 0xffffff7f84b03000 0x8000     0x8000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (5.2.22) B3032E66-0313-3B15-AE85-38D3773435BB <159 106 53 8 6 5 3 1>
     169    0 0xffffff7f84bdd000 0x5000     0x5000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (5.2.22) 139430EF-8433-390B-A389-C7DC9B3B50C4 <106 8 6 5 3 1>
     170    0 0xffffff7f84be2000 0x6000     0x6000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (5.2.22) F11F6B94-BF8D-3841-85BB-EFFBBF27CE29 <106 6 5 1>
   Adams-iMac:Desktop adam$

10. Ran VirtualBox -> failed with the same message as ever.

So both 6.0.0 and 5.2.22 fail in the exact same way.

[socratis]

Please post the output of:

• kextstat | grep -v com.apple

[Beast Of Bodmin]

Adams-iMac:Desktop adam$ kextstat | grep -v com.apple
Index Refs Address            Size       Wired      Name (Version) UUID <Linked Against>
  106    3 0xffffff7f83e48000 0x64000    0x64000    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (5.2.22) D2696352-336F-361B-8717-797487B076F5 <8 6 5 3 1>
  160    0 0xffffff7f84b03000 0x8000     0x8000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (5.2.22) B3032E66-0313-3B15-AE85-38D3773435BB <159 106 53 8 6 5 3 1>
  169    0 0xffffff7f84bdd000 0x5000     0x5000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (5.2.22) 139430EF-8433-390B-A389-C7DC9B3B50C4 <106 8 6 5 3 1>
  170    0 0xffffff7f84be2000 0x6000     0x6000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (5.2.22) F11F6B94-BF8D-3841-85BB-EFFBBF27CE29 <106 6 5 1>
Adams-iMac:Desktop adam$

[socratis]

Basics look fine. Which means that we have to dig deeper...
Do you have any system-wide modifying software? HomeBrew, Macports? Post the output of the command (from /Applications/Utilities/Terminal). Note that it's a single command split over several lines:

• 
  ls -laed@ \
    / \
    /Applications \
    /Applications/VirtualBox.app \
    /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBox \
    /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBoxVM \
    /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxRT.dylib \
    /private \
    /private/etc \
    /private/etc/sudoers \
    /private/tmp
  

[Beast Of Bodmin]

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drwxr-xr-x   31 root  wheel      992 Dec 21 19:07 //
drwxrwxr-x+ 100 root  admin     3200 Jan  5 07:05 /Applications/
 0: group:everyone deny delete
drwxr-xr-x    3 root  admin       96 Jan  4 17:05 /Applications/VirtualBox.app/
-rw-r--r--    1 root  admin  5534976 Nov  8 21:01 /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxRT.dylib
-rwsr-xr-x    1 root  admin   157328 Nov  8 21:01 /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBox*
-rwsr-xr-x    1 root  admin   157264 Nov  8 21:01 /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBoxVM*
drwxr-xr-x    6 root  wheel      192 Nov 14 20:06 /private/
drwxr-xr-x  117 root  wheel     3744 Jan  4 17:11 /private/etc/
-r--r-----    1 root  wheel     1563 Feb 19  2018 /private/etc/sudoers
drwxrwxrwt    9 root  wheel      288 Jan  6 14:37 /private/tmp/
Adams-iMac:Desktop adam$ 

Since the machine's "reset" this year, I haven't got round to installing macports. The only major "foreign" software installed is MS Office.

The only other application I can remember, that wants to have a kext enabled is Sony's PlayMemories Home. As it happens, this app complained on Friday when I fired it up to transfer some movies I took earlier in the week.

[socratis]

Although you had to make me downgrade twice (you could have told me that this was 5.2.22), I can't see any differences between the two outputs.

As it happens, this app complained on Friday when I fired it up to transfer some movies I took earlier in the week.

Maybe then you have a more fundamental problem in your hands? Something that doesn't have anything to do with VirtualBox alone? How would you feel about an OS re-installation? You know, boot from the recovery partition and re-install the OS while keeping your apps?

And then uninstall 5.2.22 and install 6.0.0?

[Beast Of Bodmin]

Although you had to make me downgrade twice (you could have told me that this was 5.2.22), I can't see any differences between the two outputs.

I'm sorry if I didn't make it clear. If you go back to my earlier post, you'll see that I explained what I did.

Uninstalled 6.0.0
Rebooted
Downloaded and installed 5.2.22 VirtualBox-5.2.22-126460-OSX.dmg
I am in the admin group
...

As it happens, this app complained on Friday when I fired it up to transfer some movies I took earlier in the week.

Maybe then you have a more fundamental problem in your hands? Something that doesn't have anything to do with VirtualBox alone? How would you feel about an OS re-installation? You know, boot from the recovery partition and re-install the OS while keeping your apps?
And then uninstall 5.2.22 and install 6.0.0?

I ran up PlayMemories Home and it is running fine.

As for a re-stage, I will have to think about that.

[Beast Of Bodmin]

Instead of a restage, I installed macOS on an external drive.

VBox 6.0.4 now starts.

Now to find or create a macOS guest image...

sh-3.2# kextstat |grep -i vbox
  179    3 0xffffff7f8628e000 0xef000    0xef000    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (6.0.4) B3C930F3-E26A-3EAF-A252-107E7A11FBD2 <8 6 5 3 1>
  181    0 0xffffff7f86380000 0x8000     0x8000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (6.0.4) 90FE754B-B46F-32F8-8D2C-02EB31FB78BE <180 179 53 8 6 5 3 1>
  182    0 0xffffff7f86388000 0x5000     0x5000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (6.0.4) 81B0D8D5-7054-3283-9E2A-9F7C6CC34D4C <179 8 6 5 3 1>
  183    0 0xffffff7f8638d000 0x6000     0x6000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (6.0.4) 7565C853-F81D-3BF1-885E-6F5D18282AF5 <179 6 5 1>
sh-3.2# grep -i vbox -A 1 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleKextExcludeList.kext/Contents/Info.plist
		<key>org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv</key>
		<string>LT 5.2.14</string>
sh-3.2# ls -l /System/Library/Extensions/AppleKextExcludeList.kext/Contents/Info.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  1029992 Aug 18  2018 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleKextExcludeList.kext/Contents/Info.plist
sh-3.2#