[ubuntu-za] Installing Google Earth 6 stops Oracle Virtual Box 4 from working

[Hannes Coetzee]

On 08/03/2011 19:40, Paul Young wrote:
> I have Ubuntu 10.10 running and also use Oracle Virtual Box 4
> (from virtualbox-4.0_4.0.4-70112~Ubuntu~maverick_i386.deb).
> This had been working on Friday (last time I used Virtual Box).
>
> I installed Google Earth 6 ( 6.0.1.2032 beta) onto my system using 
> these steps:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1666337
>
> Google Earth 6 works but Virtual Box 4 has stopped working.
>
> I am uncertain where to start troubleshooting. I have removed Virtual 
> Box completely in Synaptic and restarted and reinstalled but this has 
> not helped. I have also removed Virtual Box version 4 and installed 
> version 3.2.
> (virtualbox-3.2_3.2.12-68302~Ubuntu~maverick_i386.deb)
> This has also not helped.
>
> Has anyone got any suggestions what I can try, perhaps even a 
> VirtualBox replacement? I have a recent snapshot. I need to restore an 
> iPhone under Ubuntu using Virtual Box unless there is another way to 
> restore an iPhone under Ubuntu with a recent backup?
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
> Paul Young
> Now using Ubuntu Linux Desktop 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat"
> Phone: +27 (0) 31 822 1632
> Mobile: +27 (0) 84 247 1544
> Skype: paulysa
>
>
Start vbox from cli. Most errors are usually displayed better this way.

If you updated your kernel or Vritualbox then take a look at 
/etc/init.d/ .If I remember correctly there should be a vbox-setup file 
or something similar. Run that and it will rebuild the kernel modules.

For a replacement you can look at vmplayer (vmserver is no longer 
supported).

Hannes
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