Did some quick googling and it looks like it's actually an issue with QT/GTK compatability. Try installing `apt-get install qtconfig-qt4` and changing your rendering engine from "QGtkStyle" to something else. -- Marc Thomas mthx.org | Github: mthxx | @mthx_ On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 12:00 PM, e.c. <eminmn at sysmatrix.net> wrote: > Thanks, Ryan. Although I'm a tyro at this, I wasn't expecting a fix, > just an explanation of what the error meant. I tried the virtualbox > non-free but it threw the same error. Adding virtualbox-dbg didn't > produce any more or different information. > > Ed > > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman at cwis.biz> > wrote: >> >> On 11/4/2014 8:12 AM, e.c. wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 9:16 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Check your file structure. >>> >>> A wonderfully terse reply. I haven't actually tried to install >>> virtualbox yet, just applied the pertinent synaptic pakages. What >>> do >>> you mean, fsck -v ? There is no reason to expect anything wrong >>> that >>> that would find. >>> >>> Ed >> >> >> I kinda figured Paul's response wouldn't be really helpful. >> >> I don't have a solution for you so I would suggest that "paul g" >> expand on >> his uninformative response. >> >> -- >> Ryan >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20141104/a83e374c/attachment.html>