Reproduce-able "Failed to create the VirtualBox COM Obj

[mcpatnaik]

This is a fully reproduce-able Critical Error window
"Failed to create the VirtualBox COM Object"
The application will now terminate
Calee RC somethingsomething...

HOW to Do IT:

I did a compact operation

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VBoxManage modifyvdi /home/mcpatnaik/.VirtualBox/VDI/TestVD.vdi compact

as root.
it somehow locked up

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/tmp/.vbox-mcpatnaik-ipc

folder so VirtualBox could not open from the normal user the following folder

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/tmp/.vbox-mcpatnaik-ipc/ipcd

and the error ensued.

Just deleting the locked up folder cleared the mess.

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rm -rf .vbox-mcpatnaik-ipc/

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[asifhv]

Additional "Critical Error" detail:

Callee RC: RPC_S_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE (0x800706BA)

VirtualBox Version: 1.6.2
Host Platform: WinXP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2

Solution:

Start the "DCOM Server Process Launcher" service.
Note: VirtualBox must be installed as admin.

[egandb]

ADMINISTRATOR: This thread really needs to be moved to the Linux Hosts forum, except for asifhv's post.

I had the same error when trying to start VBox, and I found that I had a locked folder in the /tmp folder too.

Folder location:
/tmp/.vbox-[user]-ipc (where [user] is your VBox user name)

Deleted it using:

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 rm- rf .vbox-[user]-ipc 

(again, where [user] is your VBox user name)

Worked again...Yea! Thanks mcpatnaik!!