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After upgrading VirtualBox (binary) from 2.1.0 to 2.1.2 yesterday it fails to start with a pop-up error message:
Failed to create VirtualBox COM object.
Callee RC: NS_ERROR_ABORT (0x80004004)
I did run vbox_build_module and follow the other instructions.
This thread: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=13626 leads me to believe that this issue is related to HAL.
I have downgraded to 2.1.0, by running:
pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/virtualbox_bin-2.1.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
and am happily again using Rosetta Stone. However, I would not like my system to become out-of-date. Any tips?
Thanks,
Chris
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Have a look at the VirtualBox User FAQ.
The same problem happens after uninstalling / upgrading from VirtualBox 2.1.0. The solution is
rm -rf /var/lib/dkms/vboxnetflt
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I uninstalled virtualbox 2.1.0, then tried to rm the /var/lib/dkms/vboxnetflt, but the dkms directory did not exist. After installing 2.1.2, the directory still does not exist....
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Try rm -r /tmp/.vbox-<user>-ipc , i use it whenever that message appears.
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