virtualbox 2.0.2 not working

zyghom · 2008-09-22 10:47:12

good question
but not to me :-)

moljac024 · 2008-09-22 10:47:21

dninja wrote:

Why? Any reason?

They don't want to give that technology away ?
I mean, you can USE it for free, but you just can't see how it's implemented.

Mr Green · 2008-09-22 10:51:45

This topic seems to be going off track

I have updated and although it starts VM will not it gives the error others are getting

If you need more info just say I'll open a terminal 0_0

MrG

EpicRag · 2008-09-22 11:55:21

Same here: VBox only finds vboxdrv when I run it with root.

Zer0 · 2008-09-22 12:59:00

VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Re-setup the kernel module by executing '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' as root.
VBox status code: -4 (VERR_INVALID_HANDLE).
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: Console
Interface: IConsole {d5a1cbda-f5d7-4824-9afe-d640c94c7dcf}

Same issue here..
There's no console output, but it seems to run as root.

Here's the permissions

$ ls -l /dev/vboxdrv
crw-rw---- 1 root vboxusers 10, 60 2008-09-22 08:51 /dev/vboxdrv

I am in the vboxusers group as always

$ groups
tty disk lp wheel uucp log dbus hal video audio optical floppy storage scanner camera users vboxusers

lsmod shows vboxdrv is loaded but still the issue persists.

mitoyarzun · 2008-09-22 16:19:08

moljac024 wrote:

dninja wrote:
Why? Any reason?
They don't want to give that technology away ?
I mean, you can USE it for free, but you just can't see how it's implemented.

In fact, there is propietary code there, I suppose it isn't cheap.

mitoyarzun · 2008-09-22 16:22:40

dninja wrote:

Assuming the kernel module has changed, have you rebooted or manually removing the kernel module and then restarting it?
It works fine for me when running as root just not as a normal user so I assume that the --disable-hardening wasn't included in the build

This flag was included in the 2.0.2-2 release, but it solved the permissions problems only (check abs). For me, it solved two problems that i had on 2.0.2-1, but a new one appeared.

I'll try to help on finding the cause of the problem tonight, but after all, it isn't bad living a few days without Windows

jayanath · 2008-09-22 17:02:10

I'm also getting the same error as flateric mentioned above after updating to virtualbox-ose 2.0.2-2. I think the matching kernel modules are not in the repositories as yet coz I can see the modules as virtualbox-modules-2.0.2-1. Any thoughts ?

Mr Green · 2008-09-22 17:05:59

maybe .... I can run it using sudo.... so could be a permissions problem

mitoyarzun · 2008-09-22 17:34:39

Mr Green wrote:

maybe .... I can run it using sudo.... so could be a permissions problem

How did it go?

I recompiled the kernel module from abs (community/modules/virtualbox-modules) but it happens the same...

DrZaius · 2008-09-22 17:49:48

Same error as flateric:

jayanath · 2008-09-22 17:56:01

This has been filed as a major defect here. http://www.virtualbox.org/timeline?daysback=15
Check the defect #2305.

Last edited by jayanath (2008-09-22 17:57:30)

longhornxtreme · 2008-09-24 05:24:11

It's definitely some sort of permissions problem. Virtualbox can run just fine under root or sudo, but not under normal user. It is NOT a kernel module issue, otherwise root wouldn't work at all either.

Last edited by longhornxtreme (2008-09-24 05:25:34)

Mr Green · 2008-09-24 05:53:24

Is it the device permission? /dev/vboxdrv

schuay · 2008-09-24 10:55:11

Shouldn't the versions of modules and virtualbox match?

 sudo pacman -Rs virtualbox-ose
checking dependencies...

Remove (4): virtualbox-ose-2.0.2-2  xalan-c-1.10-2  xerces-c-2.8.0-1  
            virtualbox-modules-2.0.2-1  

Total Removed Size:   33.68 MB

moljac024 · 2008-09-24 11:23:15

They do match, they're the same version.
The packager just fixed some of his packaging errors for the VirtualBox package...right ?

mitoyarzun · 2008-09-24 11:27:54

Hi.

Did you try this? At least it worked for me...

The first you have to know is how to compile from ABS... check that community is enabled in /etc/abs.conf, then (as root) execute the 'abs' command and go to /var/abs/community/modules/virtualbox-modules . Then do:

1. Add the --disable-hardening flag in virtualbox-modules PKGBUILD (in the build() function it sould be something like this: ./configure --with-qt-dir=/opt/qt --with-gcc=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4 --with-g++=/usr/bin/g++-3.4 --disable-hardening

2. makepkg --nobuild --asroot

3. Remove the flag -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING from the variable KFLAGS in
/var/abs/community/modules/virtualbox-modules/src/VirtualBox-2.0.2/src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/linux/Makefile

4. makepkg --noextract -i --asroot

5. Reload the module (modprobe -vr vboxdrv && modprobe -v vboxdrv).

6. chmod 666 /dev/vboxdrv.

It should work, please tell me if it does.

schuay · 2008-09-24 16:05:37

Nice going, it works! Thanks for the tip!

Could somebody please update the official virtualbox-modules PKGBUILD?

Last edited by schuay (2008-09-24 16:07:57)

teMplaryum · 2008-09-24 17:28:27

Bravo, mate! It works for me too. Nice going!

georgia_tech_swagger · 2008-09-24 20:50:54

Just use the virtualbox in the archlinuxfr repo until the Arch devs get their ducks in a row on this.

longhornxtreme · 2008-09-24 21:01:59

georgia_tech_swagger wrote:

Just use the virtualbox in the archlinuxfr repo until the Arch devs get their ducks in a row on this.

But I don't wanna!

I'll just be lazy and wait for the maintainers to fix this. Do we know if a bug has been filed on Arch?

bmazotti · 2008-09-25 02:12:27

longhornxtreme wrote:

georgia_tech_swagger wrote:
Just use the virtualbox in the archlinuxfr repo until the Arch devs get their ducks in a row on this.
But I don't wanna!
I'll just be lazy and wait for the maintainers to fix this. Do we know if a bug has been filed on Arch?

I've just added a link about this forum thread on the following bug:
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11528

Mr Green · 2008-09-25 05:35:58

==> Missing Dependencies:
  -> dev86
  -> iasl
  -> pulseaudio
  -> gcc34
==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies.

==> WARNING: Integrity checks (md5) are missing or incomplete.
==> Extracting Sources...
==> ERROR: Unable to find source file VirtualBox-2.0.2-OSE.tar.bz2 for extraction.
    Aborting...

Tried above but all I get are errors, not sure I like makepkg as root?

downloading this each time

VirtualBox-2.0.2-OSE.tar.bz2\?e\=1222321606\&h\=3b0e41b1867a9401fd19408b8423cdab

Grrrrr!!!!!! lol

MrG

Last edited by Mr Green (2008-09-25 05:46:20)

mitoyarzun · 2008-09-25 05:55:52

Mr Green wrote:

==> Missing Dependencies:
  -> dev86
  -> iasl
  -> pulseaudio
  -> gcc34
==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies.
==> WARNING: Integrity checks (md5) are missing or incomplete.
==> Extracting Sources...
==> ERROR: Unable to find source file VirtualBox-2.0.2-OSE.tar.bz2 for extraction.
    Aborting...
Tried above but all I get are errors, not sure I like makepkg as root?
downloading this each time
VirtualBox-2.0.2-OSE.tar.bz2\?e\=1222321606\&h\=3b0e41b1867a9401fd19408b8423cdab
Grrrrr!!!!!! lol
MrG

Well, first do:

pacman -Sy dev86 iasl pulseaudio gcc34

Then, in /var/abs/community/modules/virtualbox-modules

mv VirtualBox-2.0.2-OSE.tar.bz2\?e\=1222321606\&h\=3b0e41b1867a9401fd19408b8423cdab VirtualBox-2.0.2-OSE.tar.bz2

And you're ready to continue

Mr Green · 2008-09-25 06:03:30

He not tell me that lol...... sure loaded extra deps..... thanks :-)

All working here now

Last edited by Mr Green (2008-09-25 13:20:27)

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