Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1262617
virtualbox guest additions
Last modified: 2015-10-03 08:13:33 EDT
Description of problem: can't install virtualbox guest additions Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install 2. mount additions 3. run Actual results: systemctl vbox-add goes wild, memory is sucked up, systemd runs cpu to max Expected results: successful 'starting guest additions' Additional info:
There is no systemctl vbox-add.
Created attachment 1074064 [details] systemctl run wild I apologize for not being able to remember the exact log but this shows the many forks that result in memory starvation. VM is given 2G RAM
Created attachment 1074065 [details] processes end but this one (7992) never completes I kill this process and vbox additions continues. I have to do this several times.
Created attachment 1074066 [details] another vboxadd that starves during this time systemd is running 100%
I think there is a problem. I may not have captured anything useful but any guidance in that is welcomed. Pls advise.
Created attachment 1074070 [details] the script to create the logs
still cannot install virtual box additions. increased VM memory to 4G. []$ ./chk_systemctl root 7189 1932 0 08:22 pts/1 00:00:00 systemctl start vboxadd rhender+ 7248 1732 0 08:29 pts/0 00:00:00 /bin/sh ./chk_systemctl rhender+ 7250 7248 0 08:29 pts/0 00:00:00 grep -i systemctl ------- total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 3952 642 2861 9 448 3225 Swap: 1999 0 1999
Hi Richard! As I explained on IRC, this looks like a real problem, but likely not a problem in Fedora. vboxadd-service.service is coming from VirtualBox, not from anything in Fedora, and it seems like that's where the problem is. I recommend you report this to wherever you got your VirtualBox from.
Thanks again for all's help. This is fixed in VirtualBox 5.0.6 re: their bug 14571