[SOLVED] virtualbox blank window

net_immigrant · Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] virtualbox blank window

hi

I'm running gentoo 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 with xfce4 installed. When I try to run just emerged VirtualBox it shows blank window. It should show the window with existing vms and buttons above, so I can manage and create new, but it shows only blank window filled with gray. It also hangs in that state, so I need to run killall VirtualBox to kill the application. When I run VirtualBox from xterm it writes no messages, just gray hanged window, only ctrl+c helps in this case.
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null

m.s.w · Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 6:48 pm Post subject:

I am another one with exactly the same problem (except, that I use Fluxbox). I was running virtualbox-bin. Can't say what (which update) made Virtualbox unusable. Recompiling didn't fix the problem.

SOLUTION:
I found it here

net_immigrant · Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 4:50 am Post subject:

yap, you're right, it was after some update and it is very annoying. Thanks for answer, I'll try it tonight and tell you the result
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null

moosh · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 148

I just had the same problem and your solution saved me. Thanks!

net_immigrant · Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 5:41 am Post subject:

yap, the solution is great! Thank you very much, m.s.w
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null

unimatrix_zero · Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 1:41 pm Post subject: Virtual

Thanks a lot for solutions

cwr · Veteran Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 1969

I had a similar problem after a new VirtualBox install, and found a solution
on Sun's forum: open a terminal and enter
VBoxManage createvm -name whatever -register
and ignore error messages. Then enter
VBoxManage startvm whatever -type gui

After that VirtualBox will start normally from the menu.
It worked for me in a couple of cases with 2.2.0

Will