[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - r28415 - nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions

[Marc Weber]

Excerpts from Marco Maggesi's message of Wed Aug 10 14:30:30 +0200 2011:
> I'm still trying to understand better what's going on with virtualbox guest additions.
> I also found this in /var/log/messages

This is easy to understand: the job does not start. Thus upstart
restarts it.

You'll find more info in /var/log/upstart/virtualbox*

You can try having a look at /etc/init/virtualbox* files and start the
job in a shell manually. Eventually there are some "no daemon, no
background" command line options. Some services can be made print
debugging info, ...

Marc Weber