vboxclient the virtualbox kernel service is not running

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Re: vboxclient the virtualbox kernel service is not running - gold_finger - 12-01-2015

I don't have LL 2.6 installed on any computers right now. If have time, will install to one later today and see if I can figure out what problem is if nobody else comes along with a solution to this.

P.s. Just to clarify -- is this an error message shown during boot-up on the screen? Or does some error message pop-up after you've logged into the desktop? Does it cause any malfunction of system that you can tell? If so, describe what happens.

Re: vboxclient the virtualbox kernel service is not running - Jocklad - 12-01-2015

The error appears during Boot.....then disappears.

I have Windows 7 running in VB and its fine.

Jocklad : Smile

Re: vboxclient the virtualbox kernel service is not running - torreydale - 12-01-2015

To Jocklad,

You say

Quote:I uninstalled VB from the lappy and rebooted....error still there.

, then you say

Quote:I have Windows 7 running in VB and its fine.

.

Do you have Virtualbox running or not?

Re: vboxclient the virtualbox kernel service is not running - Wirezfree - 12-01-2015

Also,

Quote:The error appears during Boot.....then disappears.

Is that when you boot LL the "Host" or when you boot Win7 the "Guest"

Re: vboxclient the virtualbox kernel service is not running - Jocklad - 12-01-2015

(12-01-2015, 08:36 PM)torreydale link Wrote: To Jocklad,

You say
Quote:I uninstalled VB from the lappy and rebooted....error still there.

, then you say
Quote:I have Windows 7 running in VB and its fine.
.

Do you have Virtualbox running or not?

Sorry for any confusion.

VB was running on two machines laptop and desktop both running LL 2.6

Vb on desktop has Windows 7 installed.
Nothing was installed on VB on the laptop.
The error occurs on booting into LL 2.6 on both machines even with VB uninstalled on the laptop.

Jocklad

Re: vboxclient the virtualbox kernel service is not running - anon222 - 12-01-2015

If this appears when you run LL on a real hardware, it is because the script that runs VboxClient, in case when Vbox kernel module isn't detected sends a notification message.
Fix is next:
Run this in terminal (providing a sudo password)

Code:
gksudo leafpad /etc/X11/Xsession.d/98vboxadd-xclient

find the line

Code:
notify-send "VBoxClient: the VirtualBox kernel service is not running.  Exiting."

Now change notify-send to echo

Code:
  echo "VBoxClient: the VirtualBox kernel service is not running.  Exiting."

And save the file.
On next reboot it will not appear again.
Cheers Wink

Re: vboxclient the virtualbox kernel service is not running - Jocklad - 12-01-2015

Yes that did it.

No error on reboot.

Win 7 booting ok on vb.

Many thanks misko_2083.

Jocklad Smile

Re: vboxclient the virtualbox kernel service is not running - anon222 - 12-01-2015

It's not an error. It's an info that says you are not running a vboxguest module. And it's usefull only in the case you are running LL in VB as a guest OS.
Kind of reminder I guess.

You could have made it display some other text. Smile

If you open a terminal window and run

Code:
notify-send "I Love Cookies."

It will display your message as a notification. ;D

Re: vboxclient the virtualbox kernel service is not running - AFMS - 12-02-2015

I do not use VirtualBox but also get the notification message. With Synaptic manager I removed all Virtual Box related packages and then reboot. This did not work. Then I saw some residual packages in Synaptic. I then used Lite Tweaks to autoremove packages, clean package cache and clean residual config files. After that and a reboot the message was gone.

I am not a computer expert but it worked and maybe this is of use for people who do not use VirtualBox at all and get that anoying message.

Greetings,
Ton.

Re: vboxclient the virtualbox kernel service is not running - 0bWAN - 12-13-2015

(12-01-2015, 08:55 PM)misko_2083 link Wrote: If this appears when you run LL on a real hardware, it is because the script that runs VboxClient, in case when Vbox kernel module isn't detected sends a notification message.
Fix is next:
Run this in terminal (providing a sudo password)

Code:
gksudo leafpad /etc/X11/Xsession.d/98vboxadd-xclient
find the line

Code:
notify-send "VBoxClient: the VirtualBox kernel service is not running. Exiting."
Now change notify-send to echo

Code:
echo "VBoxClient: the VirtualBox kernel service is not running. Exiting."
And save the file.
On next reboot it will not appear again.
Cheers

SWEET !!! Thank You so much - Misko_2083 "you ROCK"

[size=1em]After LL 2.8 Some systems also require editing[/size][size=1.35em] /usr/bin/VBoxClient-all (open as "Administrator")[/size]