crash to load virtualbox

[Packthead]

hi,

until now, everything was running well, but since few days, i can't launch virtualbox

When i launch it using konsole, i have this message :

./VirtualBox
VirtualBox: supR3HardenedMainGetTrustedMain: dlopen("/opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.so",) failed: VBoxVMM.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

i verified, and the "missing file" exists in the folder

i made a reinstallation of virtualbox, but the probleme is not solved

host : mandriva 2010.1 kde 4.5.2

help ?

[Perryg]

What has changed from when it worked and when it started failing.
The error you see usually means a permission problem or the kernel has been updated and you did not have DKMS installed.
What does /var/log/vbox-install.log say

[Packthead]

log says there is a kernel problem.

I changed the kernel but virtualbox doesn't launch.

i launch it in root mode and it works.

i put in the trash the folder /home/my_user/.virtualbox but there is no change


Seems it is a probleme of permissions but they seem to be right for the "missing file" (root)

[Perryg]

If you changed the kernel and did not install the headers it will do just what you are seeing.
Install dkms and the headers then re-install VirtualBox and your problems should go away.

[Packthead]

kernel and headers are installed from the start

virtualbox has been reinstalled and dkms is allready installed

but it doesn't work at all except in root mode

[Perryg]

did you add your user name to the vboxusers group on the host?

[Packthead]

yes, from the start, as it was working for many years until now

[Perryg]

Make sure that ~/.VirtualBox folder and files is actually owned by you. If you ran this as root it more then likely has changed you user folder permission.
Also try setting your VBOX_USER_HOME environment and see it you can launch the program and guests.

[Packthead]

i tried to create a new user and reinstalled virtualbox and it's not working

i checked the permissions of ~/.virtualbox and they are well set

in root mode, it's working...

[lonestaritaly]

this is due to new glibc patches to fix a vulnerability in loading DSO libraries.

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/344

this is a quick fix:
http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1447

Thought the VirtualBox team was working on a fixup release, but now I see they're not even aware of the issue yet!

[Packthead]

YES !!!

thanks for the fix, it works !!!