From <https://discourse.trueos.org/t/-/1249?u=grahamperrin> (2017-04-17): > VirtualBox not working properly 3-30-17 snapshot - Help and Support / External Packages - TrueOS Community > Since the 3-30-17 update VirtualBox isn't launching my VMs. … > RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-8 (rc=-8) > > Please try reinstalling VirtualBox. > > where: supR3HardenedMainInitRuntime what: 4 VERR_NO_MEMORY (-8) - Memory allocation failed. I'm almost certain that: - there was an earlier report from another user of TrueOS - the symptoms are as I observed on 2017-04-01 whilst using Gitter. Ignoring the 2017-03-29 time stamp at <https://gitter.im/BSDs/FreeBSD?at=58dc1abc7ea420cc421b2d9b> (the stamp is a bug in Gitter): > @grahamperrin tries, fails to start a VirtualBox guest > @grahamperrin prepares to boot an inferior environment > Third time lucky, $ about =================== General information =================== boot environment now (N) … 12.0-CURRENT-up-20170331_041352 N 2017-03-31 after restart (R) … 12.0-CURRENT-up-20170330_080908 R 2017-03-30 boot loader …………………………………… BSD type ……………………… EFI CPU ………………………………………………………… Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5600U CPU @ 2.60GHz number of cores ……………… 4 host ……………………………………………………… momh167-gjp4-hpelitebook850g2-trueos.university.brighton.ac.uk memory ………………………………………………… 16384 MB available, 12746 MB free OS git branch ……………………………………………………………………………………… drm-next OS git revision ………………………………………………………………………………… d44fdf245 OS kernel build time ………………………………………………………… Thu 2017 Mar 30 18:18:02 UTC OS kernel identity …………………………………………… (uname -i) GENERIC OS platform (architecture) ……………………… (uname -m) amd64 OS release level ………………………………………………… (uname -r) 12.0-CURRENT OS version and patch level …… (freebsd-version) 12.0-CURRENT TrueOS package set ………………… CUSTOM TrueOS version …………………………… TrueOS-Desktop-201703201429 uptime ………………………………………………… 13 mins user …………………………………………………… grahamperrin More (TrueOS Desktop): desktop environment …… KDE sound card driver ………… pcm1: <Realtek (0x0280) (Analog 2.0+HP/2.0)> on hdaa1 (1p:1v/1r:1v) default wireless driver ……………… iwm0 X11 drivers ………………………… intel_drv.so $ > The boot environment from 2017-03-30 is good for VirtualBox.
I aimed to make the issue reproducible with a fresh installation of FreeBSD-CURRENT. Unfortunately the hardware that I set aside for that task – the hardware that previously ran TrueOS Desktop – is bugged by what is probably an 'extension' of 211702; the installed FreeBSD host is illegible (not suitable for an installation of VirtualBox). I aim to perform a fresh installation of FreeBSD-CURRENT to different host hardware.
Not reproducible with a boot environment named 12.0-CURRENT-up-20170421_000145 – that's probably from https://builds.ixsystems.com/jenkins/job/TrueOS%20-%20Build%20All%20Packages/240/ > Started 19 hr ago > Took 5 hr 34 min on Gauntlet > Success Build #240 (Apr 20, 2017 10:21:38 AM) – and is probably UNSTABLE, with regard to https://builds.ixsystems.com/jenkins/view/Push/job/TrueOS%20-%20Push%20Packages%20(UNSTABLE)/38/ > Started 13 hr ago > Took 6 hr 57 min on JenkinsJail > Success Build #38 (Apr 20, 2017 4:30:08 PM) Unfortunately the first of the environments (12.0-CURRENT-up-20170331_041352) that were bugged, by 218698, has disappeared without explanation so my instinct is to refrain from closing this issue until after testing with at least one other machine. I still aim for: > … a fresh installation of FreeBSD-CURRENT. … ---- $ beadm list BE Active Mountpoint Space Created failsafe - - 17.6G 2017-03-08 02:52 12.0-CURRENT-up-20170330_080908 R - 45.8G 2017-03-30 08:07 12.0-CURRENT-up-20170421_000145 - - 260.2M 2017-04-20 23:09 12.0-CURRENT-up-20170421_061720 N / 12.6G 2017-04-21 06:16 $ about =================== General information =================== boot environment now (N) … 12.0-CURRENT-up-20170421_061720 N 2017-04-21 after restart (R) … 12.0-CURRENT-up-20170330_080908 R 2017-03-30 boot loader …………………………………… BSD type ……………………… EFI CPU ………………………………………………………… Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5600U CPU @ 2.60GHz number of cores ……………… 4 host ……………………………………………………… momh167-gjp4-hpelitebook850g2-trueos.university.brighton.ac.uk memory ………………………………………………… 16384 MB available, 12661 MB free OS git branch ……………………………………………………………………………………… drm-next OS git revision ………………………………………………………………………………… 96a971c9a OS kernel build time ………………………………………………………… Mon 2017 Apr 17 18:50:02 UTC OS kernel identity …………………………………………… (uname -i) GENERIC OS platform (architecture) ……………………… (uname -m) amd64 OS release level ………………………………………………… (uname -r) 12.0-CURRENT OS version and patch level …… (freebsd-version) 12.0-CURRENT TrueOS package set ………………… CUSTOM TrueOS version …………………………… TrueOS-Desktop-201704202330 uptime ………………………………………………… 6 mins user …………………………………………………… grahamperrin More (TrueOS Desktop): desktop environment …… KDE sound card driver ………… pcm1: <Realtek (0x0280) (Analog 2.0+HP/2.0)> on hdaa1 (1p:1v/1r:1v) default wireless driver ……………… iwm0 X11 drivers ………………………… intel_drv.so $ (Luckily my preferred environment – 12.0-CURRENT-up-20170421_061720 – has not disappeared.)
Re: comment #2 > … preferred environment – 12.0-CURRENT-up-20170421_061720 … Sorry, that was a copy-and-paste error. My preferred environment is as shown in outputs from 'about' and 'beadm list': 12.0-CURRENT-up-20170330_080908
<https://gitter.im/trueos/troubleshooting?at=58f9e371d32c6f2f0928894c> (today): > yay, virtualbox is working after the upgrade!
Fixed, I guess; no recent problems with VirtualBox.