VirtualBox 5.1.10 only runs once on El Capitan

[ewinter]

Hi all,

I've searched through the forums for an answer to this problem and come up dry. Here's the situation:

1. I am running El Capitan (OS X 10.11.6) on a 2015-model MacBook Pro.

2. I installed the following in the usual manner: VirtualBox-5.1.10-112026-OSX

3. I then Launch VirtualBox normally, run an existing virtual machine, and exit.

4. At that point, VirtualBox will not launch again. When I click on it, the VirtualBox icon on the Dock bounces like it's launching, but nothing happens.

5. I took a look at /private/var/logs/system.log, and saw this error:

Nov 22 08:58:33 nostromo com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (org.virtualbox.app.VirtualBox.302112[1358]): Service exited with abnormal code: 1

6. I repeated the installation with an admin account and observed the same behavior.

7. I repeated the installation with the previous version of the VirtualBox package and observed the same behavior.

I'm stumped at this point. I'm experienced as a Linux sysadmin, but I've only been using OS X for about 6 months. Does anyone have any suggestions? I know there are permission differences introduced by Apple with El Capitan, but I don't know if that could be a contributing factor.

Thanks
Eric Winter
Space Telescope Science Institute

[ewinter]

I also tried doing a console installation as root, using the "Unattended Installation" instructions from the User Manual. I observed the same behavior - when I log back in as myself after a reboot, VirtualBox runs once, then never again. I'm really puzzled at this point.

[socratis]

After you run VirtualBox and quit it, do you have any vbox*, virtual*, vm* processes running? For more than two minutes?

[acehiper]

I have same issue , really puzzled now.

Thanks

[socratis]

"Me too" doesn't help, especially when no one has provided any data:

• After you run VirtualBox and quit it, do you have any vbox*, virtual*, vm* processes running? For more than two minutes? Check with the help of Activity Monitor, or the Terminal (ps -au <your_username>).
• Post the VBoxSVC.log file from "/Users/<your_username>/Library/VirtualBox/VBoxSVC.log". Zipped, although it should be really small.

[acehiper]

After you run VirtualBox and quit it, do you have any vbox*, virtual*, vm* processes running?
- No, do not have, i check on Activity Monitor
Post the VBoxSVC.log file from "/Users/<your_username>/Library/VirtualBox/VBoxSVC.log"
- Do not have folder "VirtualBox" under Library.

Note: My Mac has VMFusion. Is it make the VirtualBox cannot run correctly ?