[opensuse-factory] VirtualBox on 64bit
Can anyone verify that VirtualBox works and runs on 64bit? I spent a large amount of time trying to get it working for a user, and they seemed to be doing everything right: * kernel module was loaded * user was in the vboxusers group ...but it still produced the "not in vboxusers group or module not loaded". They tried the .run on virtualbox.org and it worked fine there. I tried to pressure him into a bug report but I don't think he'll file one (that was yesterday), so I'll ask here. :-) Similar problem perhaps to bug 309089. Kind thoughts, -- Francis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Francis Giannaros wrote:
Can anyone verify that VirtualBox works and runs on 64bit? I spent a large amount of time trying to get it working for a user, and they seemed to be doing everything right: * kernel module was loaded * user was in the vboxusers group
...but it still produced the "not in vboxusers group or module not loaded". They tried the .run on virtualbox.org and it worked fine there. I tried to pressure him into a bug report but I don't think he'll file one (that was yesterday), so I'll ask here. :-)
Similar problem perhaps to bug 309089.
Kind thoughts,
I know this is trivial, but did they logout the user(s) after adding them to the vboxusers group ? Citing the VirtualBox User Manual: "The group vboxusers will be created during installation. Note that a user who is going to run VirtualBox must be member of that group. Also note that adding an active user to that group may require a restart of the session of that user. This should be done manually after successful installation of the package." Best regards Sylvester --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On 9/27/07, Sylvester Lykkehus <zly@solidonline.dk> wrote:
Francis Giannaros wrote:
Can anyone verify that VirtualBox works and runs on 64bit? I spent a large amount of time trying to get it working for a user, and they seemed to be doing everything right: * kernel module was loaded * user was in the vboxusers group
...but it still produced the "not in vboxusers group or module not loaded". They tried the .run on virtualbox.org and it worked fine there. I tried to pressure him into a bug report but I don't think he'll file one (that was yesterday), so I'll ask here. :-)
Similar problem perhaps to bug 309089.
Kind thoughts,
I know this is trivial, but did they logout the user(s) after adding them to the vboxusers group ?
Sorry, I forgot to mention: yes, they did. Kind thoughts, -- Francis Giannaros http://francis.giannaros.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Hello, On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 12:45 +0200, Sylvester Lykkehus wrote:
Francis Giannaros wrote:
Can anyone verify that VirtualBox works and runs on 64bit? I spent a large amount of time trying to get it working for a user, and they seemed to be doing everything right: * kernel module was loaded * user was in the vboxusers group
Did the same...
...but it still produced the "not in vboxusers group or module not loaded". They tried the .run on virtualbox.org and it worked fine there. I tried to pressure him into a bug report but I don't think he'll file one (that was yesterday), so I'll ask here. :-)
Same here. I found that after I installed VirtualBox, /dev/vboxdrv were owned by root:root. So adding the user to vboxusers didn't make a difference. I ended up chown'ing it to root:users, but root:vboxusers is probably what you want to try.
Similar problem perhaps to bug 309089.
Kind thoughts,
I know this is trivial, but did they logout the user(s) after adding them to the vboxusers group ?
Citing the VirtualBox User Manual: "The group vboxusers will be created during installation. Note that a user who is going to run VirtualBox must be member of that group. Also note that adding an active user to that group may require a restart of the session of that user. This should be done manually after successful installation of the package."
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On 9/27/07, Magnus Boman <captain.magnus@gmail.com> wrote:
Same here. I found that after I installed VirtualBox, /dev/vboxdrv were owned by root:root. So adding the user to vboxusers didn't make a difference. I ended up chown'ing it to root:users, but root:vboxusers is probably what you want to try.
On my 32-bit install that's not the case: opensuse:/home/francis # ls -lh /dev/vboxdrv crw-rw---- 1 root vboxusers 10, 62 2007-09-27 11:58 /dev/vboxdrv ...might be a good idea to file a bug report then? I take it that it worked for you after that? Kind thoughts, -- Francis Giannaros http://francis.giannaros.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On 27/09/2007, Magnus Boman <captain.magnus@gmail.com> wrote:
Same here. I found that after I installed VirtualBox, /dev/vboxdrv were owned by root:root. So adding the user to vboxusers didn't make a difference. I ended up chown'ing it to root:users, but root:vboxusers is probably what you want to try.
/dev/vboxdrv was owned by root:vboxusers on my (64bit) machine post installation. _ Benjamin Weber --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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On 27/09/2007, Magnus Boman <captain.magnus@gmail.com> wrote:
Same here. I found that after I installed VirtualBox, /dev/vboxdrv were owned by root:root. So adding the user to vboxusers didn't make a difference. I ended up chown'ing it to root:users, but root:vboxusers is probably what you want to try.
/dev/vboxdrv was owned by root:vboxusers on my (64bit) machine post installation.
_ Benjamin Weber
Same here and it works. Regards Sid. - -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG/mzW6XDHoVevHNoRAhB7AKCeEH6TZHDHnMKv5JVnDm0sf+eETQCcCeZd njc6KNtXFbFWmFpfCYCjuO0= =6GDi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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