VirtualBox OSE will not load!

[U2XS]

I've tried to upgrade my version of VirtualBox by downloading the correct version [Ubuntu 9.04 ("Jaunty Jackalope") i386] from here: [url=http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads]VirtualBox Linux Downloads[url]. The icon remained on may panel but when I clicked it did not load. I typed "Virtualbox" into the terminal and it also did not load. I am looking at the "processes" tab of the System Monitor and it does not appear to change.

How can I undo this? I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling without luck. I don't even need the new version but I would like to be able to use VirtualBox-OSE. Thanks.

[Perryg]

The first thing I would do is reboot the host.

Then if you could tell us exactly how you installed the program it may help us to understand what could have happened.

[U2XS]

I have rebooted the host, but the issue persists. I installed originally by going into add/remove programs in Ubuntu 9.04. Later, I uninstalled and downloaded the VirtualBox 2.2.4 for Linux hosts & downloaded the i386 DEB file for Ubuntu 9.04 ("Jaunty Jackalope").

UPDATE: If I go to the folder /usr/lib/virtualbox & doubleclick on the Virtualbox icon, it does actually load the application. However if I go to the terminal and type virtualbox or if I run the launcher, it will not run!

[Perryg]

Did you add you login to the vbox users group?

[dmcgraw]

I have rebooted the host, but the issue persists. I installed originally by going into add/remove programs in Ubuntu 9.04. Later, I uninstalled and downloaded the VirtualBox 2.2.4 for Linux hosts & downloaded the i386 DEB file for Ubuntu 9.04 ("Jaunty Jackalope").

UPDATE: If I go to the folder /usr/lib/virtualbox & doubleclick on the Virtualbox icon, it does actually load the application. However if I go to the terminal and type virtualbox or if I run the launcher, it will not run!

Remember, Linux is case sensitive. You have to type 'VirtualBox' not 'virtualbox'.

[U2XS]

Remember, Linux is case sensitive. You have to type 'VirtualBox' not 'virtualbox'.

Good point. But that doesn't explain why the automatically created launcher did not work. This is interesting...

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sergio@sergio-laptop:~$ Virtualbox
bash: Virtualbox: command not found
sergio@sergio-laptop:~$ virtualbox
Could not find VirtualBox installation.  Please reinstall.

Did you add you login to the vbox users group?

Nope. But when I ran it version 2.1.4 (which was the initial DL from Add/Remove programs) it just worked out of the box. It was in attempting to install that 2.2.4 DEB that I messed things up.

[baf]

It's VirtualBox

[U2XS]

It's VirtualBox

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sergio@sergio-laptop:~$ VirtualBox
Could not find VirtualBox installation.  Please reinstall.

The results are the same...

I'm open to any ideas, no matter how complicated. I just don't want to follow the habit of formatting the OS every time I sneeze.

[typerlc]

Paste here the output of (you may need to be root to do these commands):

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ls -l /usr/lib/virtualbox
ldd /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox

Also, try running it as:

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sh -x VirtualBox

[U2XS]

sergio@sergio-laptop:~$ sudo ls - l /usr/lib/virtualbox
[sudo] password for sergio:
ls: cannot access -: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access l: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/virtualbox:
components VBoxManage VBoxSharedFolders.so
VBoxBFE VBoxOGLhostcrutil.so VBoxSVC
VBoxBFE.so VBoxOGLhosterrorspu.so VBoxVMM.so
VBoxDD2GC.gc VBoxOGLrenderspu.so vboxwebsrv
VBoxDD2R0.r0 VBoxPython.so VBoxXPCOMIPCD
VBoxDD2.so VBoxREM32.so VBoxXPCOM.so
VBoxDDGC.gc VBoxREM64.so VirtualBox
VBoxDDR0.r0 VBoxREM.so VirtualBox.desktop
VBoxDD.so VBoxRT.so VirtualBox.so
VBoxDDU.so VBoxSDL VMMGC.gc
VBoxGuestPropSvc.so VBoxSDL.so VMMR0.r0
VBoxHeadless VBoxSettings.so webtest
VBoxHeadless.so VBoxSharedClipboard.so
VBoxKeyboard.so VBoxSharedCrOpenGL.so
sergio@sergio-laptop:~$sudo ldd /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb8091000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb8065000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb8061000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb7f71000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7e0e000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb8092000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7de8000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb7dd9000)
sergio@sergio-laptop:~$ sudo sh -x VirtualBox
sh: Can't open VirtualBox
sergio@sergio-laptop:~$

It seems like everything is there, but the app will not run.

[baf]

this command:
sudo ls - l /usr/lib/virtualbox
should have been:
sudo ls -l /usr/lib/virtualbox

no space between - and l

[typerlc]

Run:

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sh -x /usr/bin/VirtualBox

Run that as the user that you normally run VirtualBox as. This may or may not be root.

[U2XS]

this command:
sudo ls - l /usr/lib/virtualbox
should have been:
sudo ls -l /usr/lib/virtualbox
no space between - and l

Hmm, that was more effective. What information can I draw from this?

sergio@sergio-laptop:~$ sudo ls -l /usr/lib/virtualbox
[sudo] password for sergio:
total 23424
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-06-23 17:46 components
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 19520 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxBFE
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105272 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxBFE.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15873 2009-03-29 21:07 VBoxDD2GC.gc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15873 2009-03-29 21:07 VBoxDD2R0.r0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 150956 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxDD2.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 71646 2009-03-29 21:07 VBoxDDGC.gc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 71099 2009-03-29 21:07 VBoxDDR0.r0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 591536 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxDD.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 121384 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxDDU.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29012 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxGuestPropSvc.so
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 19524 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxHeadless
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40652 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxHeadless.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51512 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxKeyboard.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 645808 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxManage
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 122992 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxOGLhostcrutil.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 81020 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxOGLhosterrorspu.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92680 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxOGLrenderspu.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 172256 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxPython.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 508904 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxREM32.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 596968 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxREM64.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9760 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxREM.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 499508 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxRT.so
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 19520 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxSDL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128680 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxSDL.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65136 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxSettings.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31164 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxSharedClipboard.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 641276 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxSharedCrOpenGL.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26360 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxSharedFolders.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1303224 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxSVC
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1173172 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxVMM.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5565280 2009-03-29 21:09 vboxwebsrv
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23400 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxXPCOMIPCD
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1028044 2009-03-29 21:09 VBoxXPCOM.so
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 19616 2009-03-29 21:09 VirtualBox
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 485 2009-03-29 21:08 VirtualBox.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3952608 2009-03-29 21:09 VirtualBox.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 430649 2009-03-29 21:07 VMMGC.gc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 569764 2009-03-29 21:07 VMMR0.r0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4901384 2009-03-29 21:09 webtest
sergio@sergio-laptop:~$

sergio@sergio-laptop:~$ sh -x /usr/bin/VirtualBox
+ PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
+ CONFIG=/etc/vbox/vbox.cfg
+ [ = ]
+ [ ! -d /home/sergio/.VirtualBox ]
+ LOG=/home/sergio/.VirtualBox/VBoxSVC.log
+ [ ! -r /etc/vbox/vbox.cfg ]
+ echo Could not find VirtualBox installation. Please reinstall.
Could not find VirtualBox installation. Please reinstall.
+ exit 1
sergio@sergio-laptop:~$

[U2XS]

Bump...

Where do we go from here?

[Perryg]

type id in a terminal window and post results here.

Mask your user name. All I need to see is the other settings.