[SOLVED] VBox GUI fails to launch on OS X 10.6.x host

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bjensen
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[SOLVED] VBox GUI fails to launch on OS X 10.6.x host

Post by bjensen »

The 3.2.0 main VirtualBox GUI app fails to start on my Snow Leopard 10.6.3 (k64) host. The console prints the following messages:

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[0x0-0x90090].org.virtualbox.app.VirtualBox[1491]	VirtualBox: supR3HardenedMainGetTrustedMain: dlopen("/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBox.dylib",) failed: dlopen(/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBox.dylib, 10): Library not loaded: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM.dylib

[0x0-0x90090].org.virtualbox.app.VirtualBox[1491]	  Referenced from: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBox.dylib

[0x0-0x90090].org.virtualbox.app.VirtualBox[1491]	  Reason: Incompatible library version: VirtualBox.dylib requires version 3.2.0 or later, but VBoxREM.dylib provides version 0.0.0
VirtualBox 3.1.6 has previously worked just fine on this machine. A quick googling did not reveal any immediate solution to this problem.

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Re: VirtualBox GUI fails to launch on OS X Snow Leopard host

Post by Technologov »

Googling can't help with ultra-new releases, such as 3.2.0-BETAs...
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Re: VirtualBox GUI fails to launch on OS X Snow Leopard host

Post by poetzsch »

This sounds like the installation doesn't went fine. Please uninstall the previous version using the uninstaller provided in the dmg of VirtualBox and install VirtualBox again. Please make also sure that VirtualBox isn't running when you install a new version.
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Re: VirtualBox GUI fails to launch on OS X Snow Leopard host

Post by bjensen »

I uninstalled the beta and reinstalled, and it still refuses to start with the same error message about the library version. I uninstalled and reinstalled 3.1.6 and everything worked fine, so I doubt it is something specific to my system. Anything else? otool gives the following output:

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otool -L /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM.dylib 
/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM.dylib:
	/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
	/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM.dylib (compatibility version 3.2.0, current version 3.2.0)
	/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxVMM.dylib (compatibility version 3.2.0, current version 3.2.0)
	/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxRT.dylib (compatibility version 3.2.0, current version 3.2.0)
	/usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.9.0)
	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 123.0.0)
Maybe a problem with the library creation?

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Re: VirtualBox GUI fails to launch on OS X Snow Leopard host

Post by corti »

I'm also experiencing the same problem. Uninstalling and reinstalling did not change the result.

From the output of otool -L it seems that VBoxREM.dylib has indeed some problems:
  • $ otool -L /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM.dylib
    /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM.dylib:
    /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
    /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM.dylib (compatibility version 3.2.0, current version 3.2.0)
    [...]
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Re: VirtualBox GUI fails to launch on OS X Snow Leopard host

Post by stordoff »

Same here. Are you guys using Apple hardware or an OSx86 box?
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Re: VirtualBox GUI fails to launch on OS X Snow Leopard host

Post by k_ronny »

Here are some of my observations regarding this problem (64bit kernel, MacOS X 10.6.3):

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> lipo -info /Applications//VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM.dylib
Architectures in the fat file: /Applications//VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM.dylib are: i386 x86_64
> lipo -info /Applications//VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM32.dylib 
Non-fat file: /Applications//VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM32.dylib is architecture: i386
> lipo -info /Applications//VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM64.dylib 
Non-fat file: /Applications//VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxREM64.dylib is architecture: i386
If you use the command

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/Applications//VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBox-x86
the gui comes up but in 32bit mode.

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Re: VirtualBox GUI fails to launch on OS X Snow Leopard host

Post by poetzsch »

We have confirmed the problem internally and it is investigated currently.
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Re: VirtualBox GUI fails to launch on OS X Snow Leopard host

Post by bird »

Problem has been solved. The fix will appear in the next beta/release.
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Re: [SOLVED] VBox GUI fails to launch on OS X 10.6.x host

Post by Entegy »

Awesome, any word on the date for the next beta?
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Re: [SOLVED] VBox GUI fails to launch on OS X 10.6.x host

Post by Technologov »

probably this weekend
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