The community has done a phenomenal job in creating a GNU/Linux distribution that is enjoyable to use. I have replaced Windows completely on my main computer in favor of Linux Mint 18.3.
That said, I am currently having some difficulty figuring out how to get my virtual OS installation operable again after updating to the most recent version of 18.3 -- I believe there was a kernel upgrade within it that patched the Meltdown/Spectre exploits.
When I installed my current Whonix I utilized the VirtualBox supported on the Linux Mint repositories which was 5.0.40 I believe. Once I updated the to the latest kernel, any VirtualBox installations would freeze up the system as detailed in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=231&t=261462
So I updated my VirtualBox to 5.2.6-120293.
The system no longer freezes but I am presented with an error when trying to start the virtual OS Gateway (see attachments):
I found this thread to try and troubleshoot my issue: https://askubuntu.com/questions/900794/ ... 12-rc-1912
However, it seems like that person had a 32-bit installation that caused his problem. I'm not sure if this applies in my case.
When I run
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dpkg --list virtualbox-*
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Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
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un virtualbox-2.0 <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-2.1 <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-2.2 <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-3.0 <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-3.1 <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-3.2 <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-4.0 <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-4.1 <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-4.2 <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-4.3 <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-5.0 <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-5.1 <none> <none> (no description available)
ii virtualbox-5.2 5.2.6-120293 amd64 Oracle VM VirtualBox
ii virtualbox-dkm 5.0.40-dfsg- all x86 virtualization solution - ker
un virtualbox-gue <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-gue <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-mod <none> <none> (no description available)
un virtualbox-ose <none> <none> (no description available)
rc virtualbox-qt 5.0.40-dfsg- amd64 x86 virtualization solution - Qt
un virtualbox-sou <none> <none> (no description available)