After a fresh installation of Debian Lenny, I wanted to use a quite very recent version of VirtualBox.
One solution is the Debian backports : Here are the VirtualBox packages available
To make VirtualBox work well, you need to install the following packages : virtualbox-ose, virtualbox-ose-qt and virtualbox-ose-source
Here are the version(s) available for each package mentioned above :
virtualbox-ose : 3.0.12-dfsg-1~bpo50+1 (for i386)
virtualbox-ose-qt : 3.0.12-dfsg-1~bpo50+1 (for i386)
virtualbox-ose-source : 3.1.4-dfsg-1~bpo50+1 (for all platforms)
As you may have noticed, virtualbox-ose-source version is higher than the ones above. As a test, I installed all of them. I compiled the modules needed with module-assistant. I failed to launch a virtual machine.
Here is the message I got :
VBoxHeadless: Error -1912 in supR3HardenedMainInitRuntime!
VBoxHeadless: RTR3Init failed with rc=-1912
Running as a normal user the command vboxheadless, I encountered the same message :
fool@localhost:~$ vboxheadless
VBoxHeadless: Error -1912 in supR3HardenedMainInitRuntime!
VBoxHeadless: RTR3Init failed with rc=-1912
VBoxHeadless: Tip! It may help to reinstall VirtualBox.
The only workaround I found for this problem is to install the Sun’s package available here .
To install it :
root@localhost:~# dpkg -i virtualbox-3.1_3.1.4-57640_Debian_lenny_i386.deb
Make sure that the good modules are loaded correctly :
root@localhost:~# lsmod |grep vbox
vboxnetadp 6436 0
vboxnetflt 12332 0
vboxdrv 155144 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
As a last test, run the following command :
root@localhost:~# /usr/bin/VBoxHeadless
You should have the message below :
Sun VirtualBox Headless Interface 3.1.4
(C) 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Usage:
-s, -startvm, –startvm <name|uuid> Start given VM (required argument)
-v, -vrdp, –vrdp on|off|config Enable (default) or disable the VRDP
server or don’t change the setting
-p, -vrdpport, –vrdpport <ports> Comma-separated list of ports the VRDP
server can bind to. Use a dash between
two port numbers to specify a range
-a, -vrdpaddress, –vrdpaddress <ip> Interface IP the VRDP will bind to
-c, -capture, –capture Record the VM screen output to a file
-w, –width Frame width when recording
-h, –height Frame height when recording
-r, –bitrate Recording bit rate when recording
-f, –filename File name when recording. The codec
used will be chosen based on the
file extension
A similar problem is registered in the Debian bug tracking system :
Here is another solution to install a very recent version of VirtualBox :
