VirtualBox

Opened 16 years ago

Closed 16 years ago

Last modified 16 years ago

#1284 closed defect (duplicate)

VirtualBox Kernel Driver not accessible to current user

Reported by: jctosu Owned by:
Component: other Version: VirtualBox 1.5.6
Keywords: linux Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: other

Description

When I try to start, or install a virtual machine the machine fails to start giving me an error (screenshots are attached) that says the VirtualBox Kernel Driver is not accessible to the current user. I am running 32-bit Ubuntu Linux 7.10. To get things working I created the following file on how to start and configure the system for VirtualBox:

#starts up virtualbox

#if sudo is not included in the following command the terminal says:

#WARNING: You are not a member of the "vboxusers" group. Please add yourself

#to this group before starting VirtualBox.

#

#You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

sudo VirtualBox

#To get USB working: #edit /etc/groups by typing "sudo gedit /etc/groups" into the terminal and #finding the user edit /etc/fstab by typing "sudo gedit /etc/fstab" and add 'none /proc/bus/usb usbfs #devgid=1000,devmode=664 0 0' where #the 1000 is user found in /etc/group of user who is #getting access

Attachments (2)

Screenshot.png (170.2 KB ) - added by jctosu 16 years ago.
Screenshot of VirtualBox and Error Message
Screenshot-VirtualBox - Error-1.png (29.3 KB ) - added by jctosu 16 years ago.
Screenshot of Error Message

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Change History (4)

by jctosu, 16 years ago

Attachment: Screenshot.png added

Screenshot of VirtualBox and Error Message

by jctosu, 16 years ago

Screenshot of Error Message

comment:1 by Sander van Leeuwen, 16 years ago

Resolution: duplicate
Status: newclosed

comment:2 by Frank Mehnert, 16 years ago

Again, is the current user a member of the vboxusers group? Please execute

groups

and post the output here.

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