I've tried several times now to install Ubuntua 14.04 as a guest OS in a Windows 7 VirtualBox host, and the first sign that something goes wrong is an "internal error" that Ubuntu first reports after I install the guest additions, followed later by a failure when booting Ubuntu (VirtualBox crashes).
The error I'm getting is as follows (note: this first occurs after installing the guest additions) (second note: it mentions some packages are obsolete.
does that sound like the real reason?
how do I upgrade these packages? [sorry for my Linux newbieish])
Errors:
Sorry Ubuntu 14.04 has experienced an internal error.
ExecutablePath
/usr/lib/libgnome-desktop-3-7/check_gl_texture_size
Package
libgnome-desktop-3-7 3.8.4-0ubuntu3
Problem Type
Crash
Title
check_gl_texture_size crashed with SIGSEGV
ApportVersion
2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Arhitecture
i386
CoreDump
(binary data)
Date
<today's date>
Dependencies
<very long list>
Disassembly
#0 0xb71e9120 in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/swrast_dri_so
No symbol table info available.
Connot access memory at address 0x592a8c15
DistroRelease
Ubuntu 14.04
Installation Media
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417)
PackageArchitecture
i386
ProcCmdLine
/usr/lib/libgnome-desktop-3-7/check_gl_texture_size
.. skipping some stuff ..
SegvAnalysis
Failure: invalid literal for int() with base 16: 'symbol'
Signal
11
UnreportableReason
You have some obsolete package versions installed. Please upgrade
dpkg, initramfs-tools, initramfs-tools-bin, libelf1, libfreetype6, libguddev-1.0-0, libjbig0, libpam-systemd, libselinux1, libsystemd-daemon0, libsystemd-login0, libtiff5, libudev1, systemd-services, udev
UpgradeStatus
No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroup
adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
libgnome-desktop-3-7
package by runningsudo apt-get install --reinstall libgnome-desktop-3-7
on tty.