Ticket #10114 (closed defect: worksforme)
error while installing virtual box extension pack
Reported by: | anupsrn | Owned by: | |
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Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 4.1.8 |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description
i am using fedora 16.i run wndows xp virtually.i wanted to enable usb support, so i had to install the extension pack but it gave me this error
Failed to install the Extension Pack /home/anup/Downloads/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.8-75467.vbox-extpack.
The installer failed with exit code 127: The value for the SHELL variable was not found the /etc/shells file
This incident has been reported..
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: ExtPackManager Interface: IExtPackManager {3295e6ce-b051-47b2-9514-2c588bfe7554}
Change History
comment:2 Changed 9 years ago by Perryg
This is/was a bug in Fedora. Fix has been released.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F16_bugs#Bash_entry_in_.2Fetc.2Fshells_disappears_after_update
For me, it worked after I added the following lines to /ets/shells : /bin/bash /bin/sh
I think one of there two would be enough but I was impacient and added both of them at the same time.