apt-get update
This is possibly a known malloc issue with glibc for your chipset.
Research requires full backtrace, versions, firmware and chipset versions.
# dmidecode
A post to the mint support might net more info although I would do
exhaustive reasearch on the error x-referenced with your hardware/OS.
On 14 Jul 2012 09:39, "
kitepilot@kitepilot.com" <
kitepilot@kitepilot.com>
wrote:
> Latest version... :(
> No joy...
> Now, Virtual box works OK from its box or any other of my boxes that I SSH
> from. That being the case, I have to assume that the problem is with my
> box's kernel/X/SSH combination.
> Virtualbox is still running in the remote box, only the output is
> displayed to another box. That means (to me) that somewhere along the
> magic-cookie transfer and/or the SSH encryption/decryption, something goes
> back to the running box that kills the application.
> That defeats most of my C programming knowledge, which (no arrogance here,
> I do C/C++ for a living) is more than most people's on this list.
> Although I haven't done a whole lot of 'X' stuff lately...
> ET
>
>
>
> Lisa Kachold writes:
>
>> Hi-
>> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 8:20 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com <
>> kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, the Gnomes are at work (again) in my box and I could certainly use
>>> some help to evict them...
>>> This is what's happening:
>>> I use:
>>> 'ssh -fCXY user@remotebox run-something'
>>> a lot.
>>> Works every time.
>>> Or 'mostly' every time...
>>> Now when I run (ONLY from *MY* box):
>>> ssh -fCXY turboviking virtualbox
>>> I get:
>>> *** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/virtualbox/****VirtualBox: malloc():
>>> memory
>>> corruption: 0x099c5e48 ***
>>> And a long trace.
>>> This is the quick rundown of how it broke:
>>> My desktop was having hiccups and I decided to replace whatever I had
>>> (can't remember what) with the latest Xubuntu.
>>> After that, the problem started.
>>> This problem, coupled with other issues, led me to scrap Xubuntu and
>>> install the latest Mint/Mate.
>>> Problem didn't go away...
>>> The Xubuntu and Mint installations were fresh from-scratch installs, the
>>> only thing I preserved was my home directory.
>>> So the conclusion was evident: there is something in my /home/directory
>>> causing the problem.
>>> Nope...
>>> Created another user, rebooted the box and logged in with the new user.
>>> Same $#!T... :(
>>> Now, ANYTHING else that I have fired up works just fine.
>>> And If I run the exact same instruction from other of my local boxes, it
>>> works fine too!
>>> It is ONLY 'vitualbox in my box' that fails.
>>> But it used to work just fine...
>>> Now the (unsolvable and incomprehensible to me) question is:
>>> What could possibly be breaking the whole 'remote SSH run' mechanism
>>> (ONLY
>>> for Virtualbox) in my box, which used to work fine before, and works fine
>>> from everywhere else.
>>> Other than sacrificing another goat and burying some transistors and
>>> garlic wrapped on anti-static paper at midnite with no Moon, I don't know
>>> what to do...
>>> I have seen Virtualbox do weird things before when ran it remotely under
>>> X/SSH, but this blows my (little) mind. :(
>>> Any ideas?
>>> Sight...
>>> ET
>>> That means:
>>>
>>
>> *** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox
>>
>>>
>>> : malloc(): memory corruption: 0x099c5e48 ***
>>>
>>
>> The C stack that works fine in some systems can break in others.
>> Upgrade your virtualbox.
>> Reference: https://forums.virtualbox.org/**viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19219<https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19219>
>> For more exact definition (but solution [upgrade] is the same)
>> Hardware:
>> Versions of linux kernel:
>> Memory Amounts allocated:
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