So I'm on osx (Mojave 10.14.6) and yesterday I've done some work on a linux vm and it ran out of space. Now whenever I want to start up Virtualbox it gives an error at startup.
Saying :
I've read on this forum on several topics regarding a similar matter that it should be as simple as replacing the contents of the virtualbox.xml file with the contents of the virtualbox-prev.xml file.Het is niet gelukt het VirtualBox COM-object te verkrijgen.
Het programma wordt nu afgesloten.
Document is empty.
Location: '/Users/sietze/Library/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml', line 1 (0), column 1.
/Users/vbox/tinderbox/6.0-mac-rel/src/VBox/Main/src-server/VirtualBoxImpl.cpp[624] (nsresult VirtualBox::init()).
Resultaatcode:NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:VirtualBoxWrap
Interface:IVirtualBox {d0a0163f-e254-4e5b-a1f2-011cf991c38d}
Callee:IVirtualBoxClient {d2937a8e-cb8d-4382-90ba-b7da78a74573}
But here is what I can't seem to figure out.
The path in the error log does not exists in that specific way on my machine. So the location the error log is hinting at where my virtualbox.xml file should be does not exist at all!.
I've searched my mac on "virtualbox.xml" but results come up completely empty.
I even went as far as trying to create the specific file path, trying to manually fix the problem by then making a xml file from scratch maybe. But inside /Users/sietze/ it wont let me create a folder named Library. It says the name Library is already in use.
Which makes sense I guess because my Library folder is inside :
Macintosh HD\Bibliotheek
Bibliotheek means library in Dutch. But inside this folder there is no VirtualBox folder.
There is also a : Macintosh HD\System\Library. But there is no virtualbox folder there as well.
I've reinstalled virtual box a couple of times but this does not does anything at all.
I hope anyone can guide me in the right direction.
Regards,
Sietze