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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br><br><div>> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 19:40:46 +0000<br>> From: cathalgarvey@cathalgarvey.me<br>> To: devel@lists.sailfishos.org<br>> Subject: Re: [SailfishDevel] Error starting VM<br>> <br>> Just bumping this one last time to see if anyone else has shared this <br>> problem and found a fix.<br>> <br>> To recap, I'm using the latest SDK and the current "generic linux" <br>> version of VirtualBox, and the "acceleration" pane in "system" in <br>> Virtualbox is greyed out, so I cannot see any options there (someone <br>> else suggested acceleration might be to blame).<br>> <br>> The problem is in booting the emulator VM. It displays several boot <br>> messages, the last of which is an error, then pauses there. I *can* <br>> successfully SSH in but the runlevel is indeterminate, and things seem <br>> to behave normally for a console linux session.<br>> <br>> The messages displayed at VM boot are:<br>> <br>> [ 0.000000] tsc: Fast TSC calibration failed<br>> systemd-fsck[62]: system: clean, 23245/262144 files, 244244/1048575 blocks<br>> [ 12.297269] piix4_smbus 0000:00:07.0: SMBus base address <br>> uninitialized - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr<br>> <br>> Any help that can be provided greatly appreciated. I'm using the latest <br>> VirtualBox on 64-bit Debian and the latest SDK, so it seems strange that <br>> it doesn't launch. I'm interested in Sailfish and strongly considering <br>> buying a Jolla, but I wanted to play around in the SDK first..<br>> <br>> On 16/02/15 11:19, Cathal Garvey wrote:<br>> > Neither SDK nor Virtual machine are running. If I close Virtualbox and<br>> > re-open, the option is still greyed out. Perhaps my system doesn't<br>> > support acceleration?<br>> ><br>> > On 16/02/15 11:08, kim@foder.dk wrote:<br>> >>> That pane is greyed out in Virtualbox, for me. :-/<br>> >><br>> >> The SDK must not be started, you cannot change the settings while the<br>> >> image are running!<br>> >><br>> >> /Kim<br>> >><br>> >>> Hi,<br>> >>> That pane is greyed out in Virtualbox, for me. :-/<br>> >>><br>> >>> On 16/02/15 10:58, Chris Walker wrote:<br>> >>>> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:16:53 +0100<br>> >>>> kim@foder.dk wrote:<br>> >>>><br>> >>>>>> This application failed to start because it could not find or load<br>> >>>>>> the Qt platform plugin "xcb".<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> I had this problem too, I think I had to disable something on the SDK<br>> >>>>> in VirtualBox, I'm not sure but I think it was VT-x/AMD-V under<br>> >>>>> system / acceleration.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Thanks.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> I've unticked that in the Emulator and that now runs.<br><br>The error messages displayed, ie.:<br><br>> [ 0.000000] tsc: Fast TSC calibration failed<br>> systemd-fsck[62]: system: clean, 23245/262144 files, 244244/1048575 blocks<br>> [ 12.297269] piix4_smbus 0000:00:07.0: SMBus base address <br>> uninitialized - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr<br><br>don't appear to have any bearing on your issue [1][2].<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Ritesh Patel<br><br>[1] <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18055593/how-to-solve-fast-tsc-calibration-failed-issue-that-occurs-on-boot-in-virtualbox" target="_blank">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18055593/how-to-solve-fast-tsc-calibration-failed-issue-that-occurs-on-boot-in-virtualbox</a><br>[2] <a href="http://fintastical.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/virtualbox-piix4smbus-error.html" target="_blank">http://fintastical.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/virtualbox-piix4smbus-error.html</a><br><br><br></div> </div></body>
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