maybe some of you have noticed it too. After the recent upgrade to virtualbox 4.3.16,
if you had an extension pack installed previously and didn't update it, all your VMs will crash during startup.
For the Mageia VMs that happens shortly after bootloader, for Windows VMs supposedly short after desktop start.
This can be easily fixed, you just need to update the extension pack to the current version.
- download current extension Pack for 4.3.16:
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[doktor5000@Mageia4 ~]$ cd ~/.VirtualBox && wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.16/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.16-95972.vbox-extpack
--2014-10-01 15:22:02-- http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.16/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.16-95972.vbox-extpack
Resolving download.virtualbox.org (download.virtualbox.org)... 137.254.120.26
Connecting to download.virtualbox.org (download.virtualbox.org)|137.254.120.26|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.3.16/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.16-95972.vbox-extpack [following]
--2014-10-01 15:22:02-- http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.3.16/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.16-95972.vbox-extpack
Resolving dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net (dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net)... 62.156.238.137, 62.156.238.128
Connecting to dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net (dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net)|62.156.238.137|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 15797030 (15M) [application/x-virtualbox-vbox-extpack]
Saving to: 'Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.16-95972.vbox-extpack'
100%[==============================================================================================================================>] 15,797,030 3.73MB/s in 4.1s
2014-10-01 15:22:06 (3.64 MB/s) - 'Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.16-95972.vbox-extpack' saved [15797030/15797030]
- cleanup, uninstall the existing one, and then install the new one:
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[doktor5000@Mageia4 .VirtualBox]$ sudo VBoxManage extpack cleanup
Successfully performed extension pack cleanup
[doktor5000@Mageia4 .VirtualBox]$ sudo VBoxManage extpack uninstall 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack'
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Successfully uninstalled "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack".
[doktor5000@Mageia4 .VirtualBox]$ sudo VBoxManage extpack install ~/.VirtualBox/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.16-95972.vbox-extpack
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Successfully installed "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack".
[doktor5000@Mageia4 .VirtualBox]$
For more information, see
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08. ... ge-extpack
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01. ... installing