[virtualbox-guest-utils] VBoxService fails to start
vboxservice.service
fails to start and thus shared folder automounting doesn't work.
$ sudo systemctl status vboxservice.service
● vboxservice.service - VirtualBox Guest Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vboxservice.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2019-01-14 00:52:28 CET; 13min ago
Process: 1571 ExecStart=/usr/bin/VBoxService -f (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Process: 1570 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/modprobe vboxsf (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 1569 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/modprobe vboxvideo (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 1568 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/modprobe vboxguest (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 1571 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.710894 main Process ID: 1571
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.710894 main Package type: LINUX_64BITS_GENERIC (OSE)
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713440 main 6.0.0 r127442 started. Verbose level = 0
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713645 main vbglR3GuestCtrlDetectPeekGetCancelSupport: Supported (#1)
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713728 main Error: Failed to become guest control master: VERR_VERSION_MISMATCH
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713805 main Error: Service 'control' failed to initialize: VERR_VERSION_MISMATCH
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713829 main Session 0 is about to close ...
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713832 main Stopping all guest processes ...
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713834 main Closing all guest files ...
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713837 main Ended.
Service enabled at boot + 1 manual retry:
$ sudo journalctl -u vboxservice.service -b 0
-- Logs begin at Fri 2017-07-21 21:14:50 CEST, end at Mon 2019-01-14 01:06:42 CET. --
janv. 14 00:14:08 devmanjaro systemd[1]: Starting VirtualBox Guest Service...
janv. 14 00:14:08 devmanjaro systemd[1]: Started VirtualBox Guest Service.
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.636416 main VBoxService 6.0.0 r127442 (verbosity: 0) linux.amd64 (Dec 26 2018 21:56:59) release log
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.636417 main Log opened 2019-01-13T23:14:09.636412000Z
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.636475 main OS Product: Linux
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.636481 main OS Release: 4.19.13-1-MANJARO
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.636483 main OS Version: #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Dec 29 15:43:56 UTC 2018
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.636485 main Executable: /usr/bin/VBoxService
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.636486 main Process ID: 431
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.636486 main Package type: LINUX_64BITS_GENERIC (OSE)
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.637205 main 6.0.0 r127442 started. Verbose level = 0
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.637400 main vbglR3GuestCtrlDetectPeekGetCancelSupport: Supported (#1)
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.642279 main Error: Failed to become guest control master: VERR_VERSION_MISMATCH
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.642381 main Error: Service 'control' failed to initialize: VERR_VERSION_MISMATCH
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.642410 main Session 0 is about to close ...
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.642414 main Stopping all guest processes ...
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.642416 main Closing all guest files ...
janv. 14 00:14:09 devmanjaro VBoxService[431]: 23:14:09.642421 main Ended.
janv. 14 00:14:11 devmanjaro systemd[1]: vboxservice.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
janv. 14 00:14:11 devmanjaro systemd[1]: vboxservice.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro systemd[1]: Starting VirtualBox Guest Service...
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro systemd[1]: Started VirtualBox Guest Service.
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro systemd[1]: vboxservice.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro systemd[1]: vboxservice.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.710813 main VBoxService 6.0.0 r127442 (verbosity: 0) linux.amd64 (Dec 26 2018 21:56:59) release log
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.710820 main Log opened 2019-01-13T23:52:28.710807000Z
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.710875 main OS Product: Linux
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.710885 main OS Release: 4.19.13-1-MANJARO
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.710889 main OS Version: #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Dec 29 15:43:56 UTC 2018
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.710893 main Executable: /usr/bin/VBoxService
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.710894 main Process ID: 1571
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.710894 main Package type: LINUX_64BITS_GENERIC (OSE)
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713440 main 6.0.0 r127442 started. Verbose level = 0
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713645 main vbglR3GuestCtrlDetectPeekGetCancelSupport: Supported (#1)
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713728 main Error: Failed to become guest control master: VERR_VERSION_MISMATCH
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713805 main Error: Service 'control' failed to initialize: VERR_VERSION_MISMATCH
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713829 main Session 0 is about to close ...
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713832 main Stopping all guest processes ...
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713834 main Closing all guest files ...
janv. 14 00:52:28 devmanjaro VBoxService[1571]: 23:52:28.713837 main Ended.
$ sudo pacman -Ss linux419-virtualbox-guest-modules
extra/linux419-virtualbox-guest-modules 6.0.0-2 (linux419-extramodules) [installed]
Guest kernel modules for VirtualBox
$ lsmod | grep -i vbox
vboxvideo 45056 2
ttm 126976 1 vboxvideo
drm_kms_helper 208896 1 vboxvideo
drm 495616 5 drm_kms_helper,vboxvideo,ttm
vboxsf 32768 0
vboxguest 40960 4 vboxsf
$ sudo pacman -Ss virtualbox-guest-utils
community/virtualbox-guest-utils 6.0.0-1 [installed]
VirtualBox Guest userspace utilities
community/virtualbox-guest-utils-nox 6.0.0-1
VirtualBox Guest userspace utilities without X support
Maybe https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/61185, but as far as I understand linuxxxx-virtualbox-guest-modules
need to be synchronized with the corresponding linux version and headers.