Weird virtualbox...

[Lisa Kachold]

Hi-

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 8:20 AM, kitepilot at kitepilot.com <
kitepilot at 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 at 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

For more exact definition (but solution [upgrade] is the same)

Hardware:
Versions of linux kernel:
Memory Amounts allocated:
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