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Title: Removing Virtual Box
Post by: mdiemer on June 03, 2018, 02:03:51 PM
I installed 4.0 yesterday, and the only problem is with boot time. Seems slower than 3.8. I tried removing Virtual Box as suggested in Release Notes, but I'm not sure I did it correctly. It didn't help in any case. I simply pasted the commands into Terminal and ran them. But they were multiple commands, and I've never been sure of what to do with "Code-Select." If this was wrong, how should I go about doing this?

mike
Title: Re: Removing Virtual Box
Post by: Scott on June 04, 2018, 01:32:11 PM

Hello mdiemer

I try running only one command line at a time, especially when I'm learning or not familiar with the commands in a new task. It slows the process and allows any output from each line to be studied more clearly.

Here are the commands from the LL 4.0 Release Announcement
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/release-announcements/linux-lite-4-0-beta-released/ (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/release-announcements/linux-lite-4-0-beta-released/)
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sudo apt purge virtualbox*
sudo systemctl stop vboxadd.service
sudo systemctl stop vboxadd-service.service
sudo systemctl disable vboxadd.service
sudo systemctl disable vboxadd-service.service

Copy and paste one line in a terminal, hit enter, and go on to the next line until all lines are finished. Note any errors or output. If you have already run these commands doing it a second time shouldn't hurt anything.

Edit: Note, I forgot one step, please see post below this.
Title: Re: Removing Virtual Box
Post by: Dana Marsee on June 04, 2018, 07:29:55 PM
...and don't forget to untick the vbox client in the menu, settings, session and startup, application auto-start setting.
Title: Re: Removing Virtual Box
Post by: mdiemer on June 04, 2018, 10:03:50 PM
Thank you Scott and Dana! I ran the commands again, this time one by one, and it made a big difference! I thought I was going to have to live with a slow-booting system, but things are fine now. LL 4.0 is working beautifully on my system, so glad I did the upgrade.
Title: Re: Removing Virtual Box
Post by: Scott on June 04, 2018, 11:04:41 PM

@mdiemer
You're welcome. Happy to hear you were able to fix the issue.

@Dana Marsee
Thanks for catching my omission!
Title: Re: Removing Virtual Box
Post by: Dana Marsee on June 05, 2018, 07:43:38 AM
@mdiemer, @Scott


  Wow! That makes my day.  All's well that ends well.   ;D
Title: Re: Removing Virtual Box
Post by: m654321 on January 22, 2019, 12:26:03 PM
Here are the commands from the LL 4.0 Release Announcement
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/release-announcements/linux-lite-4-0-beta-released/ (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/release-announcements/linux-lite-4-0-beta-released/)
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sudo apt purge virtualbox*
sudo systemctl stop vboxadd.service
sudo systemctl stop vboxadd-service.service
sudo systemctl disable vboxadd.service
sudo systemctl disable vboxadd-service.service


Does this also work for speeding up LL3.8 boot-time, which is slow on our Dell Lattitude D630?
I just want to check before entering this in command-line.

Many thanks for any replies.
Title: Re: Removing Virtual Box
Post by: kissbaby3 on January 22, 2019, 01:33:54 PM
Here are the commands from the LL 4.0 Release Announcement
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/release-announcements/linux-lite-4-0-beta-released/ (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/release-announcements/linux-lite-4-0-beta-released/)
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sudo apt purge virtualbox*
sudo systemctl stop vboxadd.service
sudo systemctl stop vboxadd-service.service
sudo systemctl disable vboxadd.service
sudo systemctl disable vboxadd-service.service


Does this also work for speeding up LL3.8 boot-time, which is slow on our Dell Lattitude D630?
I just want to check before entering this in command-line.

Many thanks for any replies.

it did speed up the boot time when i had linux lite 3.8 for me , first you have to "untick the vbox client in the menu, settings, session and startup, application auto-start setting" after that , then you do each command one at a time .

this also speed up the boot time for those and me on linux lite 4.2
Title: Re: Removing Virtual Box
Post by: timbuck2 on January 25, 2019, 10:41:11 AM
So if I use VirtualBox from time to time, I have to have these start services running all the time?  They can't dynamically load when I start up the VirtualBox application?  Seems strange.