Public bug reported:
- Linux Mint 18.1 Xfce 64-bit
- Oracle VirtualBox v.5.0.40 r115130
- Package: virtualbox-guest-utils
-- Older version: 5.0.18-dfsg-2build1
-- Newer version: 5.1.34-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
Description of Events:
(a) Immediately after updating the package virtualbox-guest-utils (via
Update Manager, configured to show and install only level 1, 2 and 3
packages and with no other packages being updated simmultaneously) a
warning window started popping up saying something like "the indicator
app has left the panel more than 60 times in the last second" and
hitting the reload button had no effect other than reloading the same
warning window.
(b) All icons loaded via the indicator app (Update Manager, weather app,
qBittorrent and Thunderbird) disappeared from the panel.
(b) The XScreenSaver (v.5.34) stopped loading the sole configured module
GLSlideshow slideshow of my photos, showing only a blank black screen,
although moving the mouse returned me to my desktop.
(c) The following programs stopped working immediately and could not be started
via its respective icons from the Whisker Menu:
- Synaptic
- Update Manager
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- VirtualBox
(d) A cold reboot of the computer did not solve the issues above and the
same warning window started popping up again.
(e) Downgrading the package from the terminal (via the command "sudo
apt-get install virtualbox-guest-utils=5.0.18-dfsg-2build1") and cold
rebooting the rig returned my computer to full functionality.
P.S.: tried to submit the proper package tag (virtualbox-guest-utils)
but it there was an error message stating ""virtualbox-guest-utils" does
not exist in Ubuntu. Please choose a different package" so I chose the
closest related one "virtualbox" from the pull-down menu on the bug
submission form.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: virtualbox-guest-utils
** Tags added: virtualbox-guest-utils
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virtualbox-guest-utils update caused Synaptic to stop working
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