I apologize in advance for the blank question I am asking...
Hardware:
ASUS M5A99X EVO motherboard
32 GB RAM
128 GB SATA-6 SSD (OS and software)
750 GB SATA-6 WD Black (home)
I had VirtualBox running just fine on Debian 7.6 64-bit... but due to a failure to fully understand UEFI, I tried openSUSE 12.3 instead and liked it (KDE4 desktop was a great change from Gnome3)... at first I was missing time and resources to try bringing everything up (was focused on why I couldn't see an LTO-3 tape drive attached to an old SCSI card). Now that I understand why I am not seeing the tape, I have moved on and upgraded to 13.1 and installed more software, especially VirtualBox.
I can start virtualbox, change settings for each virtual machine, change global preferences, install extensions packs... BUT, when I start a VM, it locks up everything... NO CTL+ALT+F1, mouse frozen in place, keyboard unresponsive, ONLY recourse is the reset button to force a reboot (YES, I DID wait for HOURS to see if it would unlock or timeout... no joy... reboot ONLY solution)
So, I have followed every thread here and at forums.virtualbox.org that mentions freeze or lock with no joy from attempting any potential fix. (My Version 4.3.16 r95972 from the Oracle repository)
I am so screwed up now, I have lost my notes on what I have added for VBox and I am considering dumping VirtualBox and installing either KVM or XEN unless I can find a way to make VB work.
What information do I need to add so there is hope of help? I liked VBox on the Debian install, but either a workable VBox or a different and better solution for openSUSE 13.1 would be nice
Hardware:
ASUS M5A99X EVO motherboard
32 GB RAM
128 GB SATA-6 SSD (OS and software)
750 GB SATA-6 WD Black (home)
I had VirtualBox running just fine on Debian 7.6 64-bit... but due to a failure to fully understand UEFI, I tried openSUSE 12.3 instead and liked it (KDE4 desktop was a great change from Gnome3)... at first I was missing time and resources to try bringing everything up (was focused on why I couldn't see an LTO-3 tape drive attached to an old SCSI card). Now that I understand why I am not seeing the tape, I have moved on and upgraded to 13.1 and installed more software, especially VirtualBox.
I can start virtualbox, change settings for each virtual machine, change global preferences, install extensions packs... BUT, when I start a VM, it locks up everything... NO CTL+ALT+F1, mouse frozen in place, keyboard unresponsive, ONLY recourse is the reset button to force a reboot (YES, I DID wait for HOURS to see if it would unlock or timeout... no joy... reboot ONLY solution)
So, I have followed every thread here and at forums.virtualbox.org that mentions freeze or lock with no joy from attempting any potential fix. (My Version 4.3.16 r95972 from the Oracle repository)
I am so screwed up now, I have lost my notes on what I have added for VBox and I am considering dumping VirtualBox and installing either KVM or XEN unless I can find a way to make VB work.
What information do I need to add so there is hope of help? I liked VBox on the Debian install, but either a workable VBox or a different and better solution for openSUSE 13.1 would be nice