[ SOLVED ] vboxclient the virtualbox kernel service is not running

[Jocklad]

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

I have Windows 7 running in VB and its fine.

Jocklad 

[gold_finger]

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.

[Jocklad]

Yes see what you mean obWAN.

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

Stumped as well.   

[0bWAN]

Jocklad,

I get it on every new install last several days.  32Bit, 64Bit, with or without VirtualBox installed.  Even after completely removing any and all references to VirtualBox on systems without VB.

I'm completely stumped ....   

[Jocklad]

Getting same error on Lappy and desktop.

Both running LL 2.6 with virtualbox installed.

Jocklad 

[0bWAN]

VBoxClient: the VirtualBox kernel service is not running 

I'm confused.   


systems that have NO VirtualBox installed at all.  Even after "removing" all virtualbox-guest packages, still get nag at start up.

I can't think of EVER having anything like this with LL2.   

[0bWAN]

That's odd because vboxclient is part of...

https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/amd64/virtualbox-guest-x11/filelist

Remove virtualbox-guest-x11 and you cut off vboxclients head. No more yapping at start up.

You might care to look at https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/other/where-did-virtual-box-come-from/ where the question has been answered previously.

I removed all virtualbox-guest  -  no joy,,,  Still YAP, YAP YAP
Humm,,,  curious

[Duckeenie]

That's odd because vboxclient is part of...

https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/amd64/virtualbox-guest-x11/filelist

Remove virtualbox-guest-x11 and you cut off vboxclients head. No more yapping at start up.

You might care to look at https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/other/where-did-virtual-box-come-from/ where the question has been answered previously.

[RobertMC]

Yes i tried removing the packages didn't seem to help. This is also on all of my 32/64 bit systems. This happened from doing updates.

[Duckeenie]

If you're not running Virtualbox, remove any Virtualbox related stuff using Synaptic. Reboot.

[0bWAN]

Indeed  -  "VBoxClient: the VirtualBox kernel service is not running."

I'm seeing this on every system after running a normal update...

This includes 32Bit / 64Bit  -  with or without "VirtualBox" installed

very puzzling...

Any help greatly appreciated ...

[RobertMC]

Hello everyone new here to the forum. I've been using LL for several years on lots of different machines. I am getting this message "vboxclient the virtualbox kernel service is not running" on 5 different machines after recent updates everytime the computers start or restart. I dont have Virtualbox and need to know how to get rid of this message. Thanks in advance.