Opened 13 years ago
Closed 13 years ago
#8021 closed defect (duplicate)
Installing extension pack fails on 32bit Fedora 14
| Reported by: | mark901 | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | GUI | Version: | VirtualBox 4.0.0 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | Linux |
Description
I have been running VirtualBox 3.2.10 on my 32 bit Fedora 14 with no problems. I am attempting to upgrade to VirtualBox 4.0.0 and when I try to install the extension pack, Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.0-69151.vbox-extpack, I get an error message and the extension is not installed. I have been able to install version 4.0.0 and the extension pack another system running 64 bit Fedora 13 and all went well. This problem is related to 32 bit machines, Fedora 14, or both. As a result of this failure I have to downgrade back to version 3.2.10. I can not attach a log because I did not get as far as trying to run any guest OS.
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Change History (21)
by , 13 years ago
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follow-ups: 2 3 comment:1 by , 13 years ago
Even without installing the ExtPack you should be able to run VMs. Well, if the VM has RDP enabled, it will start without RDP and if the VM has USB 2.0 enabled you will see a message box.
There is a known problem with the ExtPacks on SELinux systems. The .so libraries in the ExtPack contain relocation entries in text segments. SELinux will complain about this and fail to load such a library. You can check this by setting SELinux to permissive mode and try to install the ExtPack again.
We will fix this problem in the next mainenance release.
comment:2 by , 13 years ago
I double-checked and my SELinux setting is set to disabled, so that is not the problem.
follow-up: 4 comment:3 by , 13 years ago
I found a work-around, if I install the extpack as root, it installs.
su - VirtualBox (install the extpack) exit
When I started VirtualBox as a my normal user I got an access denied error on ~/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml, Investigating this showed that the file in question was now owned by root with 600 permissions. I had to chown the file back to myself. and I was able to start my guest with USB working.
I still see this problem as a bug that needs to be fixed.
follow-up: 6 comment:5 by , 13 years ago
Could you check if installing the extension pack works if you first install this VBox package? Note that SELinux still has to be in permissive mode or disabled but that's another issue.
follow-up: 7 comment:6 by , 13 years ago
Replying to frank:
I will try it later this afternoon. Thanks.
comment:7 by , 13 years ago
It still did not work, same as the original error. I did notice that I was prompted for the root password, but same error with missing VBoxPuelMain. Same as before if I run VirtualBox as root, it installs and I have to chown VirtualBox.xml to myself before I can run.
comment:9 by , 13 years ago
I have installed VirtualBox 4.0 and the extension pack successfully on two Fedora 13 64 bit machines. All is working fine one those machines.
comment:10 by , 13 years ago
Just tried this myself on a fresh Fedora 14 installation (32-bit PAE kernel). VirtualBox 4.0.0 installed without any problems, extension pack installed without any problem with SELinux enabled, same with SELinux disabled. I'm running out of ideas.
Regarding your permission issue: That is to be expected as it is not suggested to start VirtualBox as root / via sudo.
comment:11 by , 13 years ago
Does that still happen with VBox 4.0.2? If so, please check the permissions of all directories under /usr/lib/virtualbox/Extensions. Are the directories readable by a normal user?
comment:12 by , 13 years ago
Later today or tomorrow I will uninstall 4.0.1 and install 4.0.2, and I will get back to you. Thanks.
by , 13 years ago
| Attachment: | Screenshot-VirtualBox - Error.png added |
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Error showing extension failed to install
comment:13 by , 13 years ago
Problem still persists, this is what I did:
Uninstalled VirtualBox-4.0.1, rebooted.
Installed VirtualBox-4.0.2, install went normally. When I run VirtualBox I saw that the 4.0.0 extension was still installed. I was able to bring up one of my virtual machines that uses usb, and it worked, so I could have left it as is, but I uninstalled the extension (Version 4.0.0). Restarted VirtualBox and tried to install the extension 4.0.2 and I got the same error, screen shot attached.
Note: I was prompted for the root password during extension install/uninstall.
To install the extension, the workaround I used: In a terminal window:
su -
install the extension and quit.
cd ~homedir/.VirtualBox
chown myuser:mygroup VirtualBox.xml
and then I can run normally with the extension installed.
I am running Fedora 14, 32 bit non-PAE kernel
The 'uname -a' command returns:
Linux markf 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.i686 #1 SMP Thu Dec 23 16:17:40 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Let me know if there is anything I can try.
comment:14 by , 13 years ago
Sorry, but this is not what I asked. There is a known problem with umask. So after you installed the extension pack (make sure it is uninstalled first), check the permissions of all directories in /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks. Are all directories read+executable for a normal user? Or only for root? Perhaps it would be the best if you could attach the compressed output of
/bin/ls -lR /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks
after you installed the extension pack the first time to this ticket. Thank you!
by , 13 years ago
comment:15 by , 13 years ago
Currently after installing the extension pack as root, the ls you requested is attached as ls1.txt The permissions are readable by all for all files.
Do you want me to uninstall the extension pack, repeat installing as my normal user and repeat the ls command?
comment:17 by , 13 years ago
After uninstalling the extension pack the /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks is there but empty and it has the following permissions:
/bin/ls -lRa /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 28 14:22 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jan 28 15:22 ..
Interesting output, after the install, it appears that my normal user does not have permission to what was just installed.
/bin/ls -lRa /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks: total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jan 28 15:22 .. drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack: total 164 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 .. drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 darwin.amd64 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 darwin.x86 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9546 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack-license.html -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21878 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack-license.rtf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8998 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack-license.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20098 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack.manifest -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack.signature -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 456 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack.xml drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 linux.amd64 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 linux.x86 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 49152 Jan 29 06:11 PXE-Intel.rom drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 solaris.amd64 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 solaris.x86 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 win.amd64 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 win.x86 /bin/ls: cannot open directory /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/darwin.amd64: Permission denied /bin/ls: cannot open directory /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/darwin.x86: Permission denied /bin/ls: cannot open directory /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/linux.amd64: Permission denied /bin/ls: cannot open directory /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/linux.x86: Permission denied /bin/ls: cannot open directory /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/solaris.amd64: Permission denied /bin/ls: cannot open directory /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/solaris.x86: Permission denied /bin/ls: cannot open directory /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/win.amd64: Permission denied /bin/ls: cannot open directory /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/win.x86: Permission denied
Re-running the same ls command as root shows that the directories in question are owned by root, with 0700 permissions and the files within have 755 permissions as shown:
/bin/ls -lRa /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks: total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jan 28 15:22 .. drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack: total 164 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 .. drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 darwin.amd64 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 darwin.x86 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9546 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack-license.html -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21878 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack-license.rtf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8998 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack-license.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20098 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack.manifest -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack.signature -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 456 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack.xml drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 linux.amd64 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 linux.x86 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 49152 Jan 29 06:11 PXE-Intel.rom drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 solaris.amd64 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 solaris.x86 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 win.amd64 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 win.x86 /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/darwin.amd64: total 672 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 . drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9592 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR0.r0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 49568 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR3.dylib -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6044 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciRC.rc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13912 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxPuelMain.dylib -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 587152 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxVRDP.dylib /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/darwin.x86: total 624 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 . drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5936 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR0.r0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 52948 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR3.dylib -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5936 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciRC.rc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21748 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxPuelMain.dylib -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 536168 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxVRDP.dylib /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/linux.amd64: total 1908 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 . drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6415 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR0.r0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 154875 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR3.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4671 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciRC.rc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16086 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxPuelMain.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1756010 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxVRDP.so /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/linux.x86: total 1716 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 . drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4639 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR0.r0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 130221 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR3.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4639 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciRC.rc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12907 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxPuelMain.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1582712 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxVRDP.so /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/solaris.amd64: total 1836 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 . drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 36368 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR0.r0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 149008 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR3.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24184 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciRC.rc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18056 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxPuelMain.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1636208 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxVRDP.so /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/solaris.x86: total 1764 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 . drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24244 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR0.r0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 134024 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR3.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24144 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciRC.rc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14588 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxPuelMain.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1597048 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxVRDP.so /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/win.amd64: total 508 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 . drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10320 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR0.r0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 48144 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR3.dll -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9872 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciRC.rc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15376 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxPuelMain.dll -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 419856 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxVRDP.dll /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/win.x86: total 428 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 . drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10000 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR0.r0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35856 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciR3.dll -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10000 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxEhciRC.rc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11792 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxPuelMain.dll -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 354832 Jan 29 06:11 VBoxVRDP.dll
If I do the following then extension shows it is installed (green check mark in gui, before it showed a orange !) and my virtual machine runs and is able to use my usb printer. This is all I did to fix it.
[shut down VirtualBox gui] su - cd /usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack chmod 755 * ls -l
The ls now shows
ls -l total 156 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 darwin.amd64 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 darwin.x86 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9546 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack-license.html -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21878 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack-license.rtf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8998 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack-license.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20098 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack.manifest -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack.signature -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 456 Jan 29 06:11 ExtPack.xml drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 linux.amd64 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 linux.x86 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 49152 Jan 29 06:11 PXE-Intel.rom drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 solaris.amd64 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 solaris.x86 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 win.amd64 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 06:11 win.x86
When I restart the VirtualBox gui (as normal user) all is fine. Looks like the problem is simply creating the directories in question with the wrong permissions.
Let me know when you want me to retry a test fix or if you need anything else.
Thanks for providing great support and sticking with me on this problem.
comment:18 by , 13 years ago
| Resolution: | → duplicate |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Ok, so this is actually a duplicate of #7878 and will be fixed in the next maintenance release. Thanks for the additional information.
Screen shot of the error message indicating the failure.