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The VBoxSVC.log file is located in ~/.config/VirtualBox<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21/04/16 18:16, Rudolfs Bundulis
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<div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Hi
Klaus,<br>
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Where do I look for VBoxSVC.log on Linux? And do I have to set
any environment variables? Sadly I was used to Windows, but
now I need to port my custom framebuffer stuff to Linux.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;
font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family:
Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Re: [vbox-dev]
VirutalBox XPCOM interface as root</span><br>
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Hi Rūdolfs,<br>
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On 20.04.2016 10:54, Rūdolfs Bundulis wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I encountered errors when trying to instantiate the
VirtualBox interface<br>
> through XPCOM on Ubuntu running as root - the
CreateInstanceByContractID<br>
> call always gives back 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR). On the other
hand running<br>
> the xpcom sample as non-root works fine. Sadly I currently
can't launch<br>
> my code as non root (but I'll try fixing that). Is that
simply a known<br>
> limitation that root cannot connect to the service or is
there smth I am<br>
> missing?<br>
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Not a known issue. VirtualBox works just fine for me as root (I'm
not <br>
using Ubuntu, though).<br>
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Anything in VBoxSVC.log which would give hints?<br>
<br>
Klaus<br>
><br>
> Best Regards,<br>
> Rudolfs Bundulis.<br>
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