Error in Fedora 17 - with VirtualBox-4.2

[Rod_D]

Trying to setup a Windows XP virtual box and i get this error when i click the start button.

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Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows.

Failed to load VMMR0.r0 (VERR_SUPLIB_WORLD_WRITABLE).

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: Console
Interface: IConsole {db7ab4ca-2a3f-4183-9243-c1208da92392}

Any ideas on how to fix this error?

Thanks,
-Rod

[Perryg]

The error "VERR_SUPLIB_WORLD_WRITABLE" means that the location of VirtualBox is not secure. Check permissions of the folder.

[Rod_D]

I set the perms
lib/virtualbox

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chmod +x virtualbox.

It still gives the same error

I even went so far as to chmod the VMMR0.r0 file and still no luck.

[Perryg]

It's not that it is not executable it is the folder is not owned by root.

[Rod_D]

Could you please explain to me what i need to do then?

[Perryg]

I hesitate to say as I don't know why you would have changed it in the first place. VitrualBox (due to security) must be run from a folder that is owned by root. Something that you have installed or you manually changed it to be world writeable (everyone can write to it). Changing it back to root:root using chown (as su) will probably fix it but what ever the reason that it was changed to begin with will probably not work any more.

[Rod_D]

No i just mistakenly chmod the entire folder to 777.
But now i get this error.

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Result Code: 
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: 
Machine
Interface: 
IMachine {5eaa9319-62fc-4b0a-843c-0cb1940f8a91}

[Fred_zero]

I just installed Oracle VM VB, downloaded an image to my home folder, added it do my Oracle VM VB manager and get the exactly same error.

I did not change permissions of any folder, so this can't be the problem... something else must be.

edit I meant the world writable error.

[Perryg]

I just installed Oracle VM VB, downloaded an image to my home folder, added it do my Oracle VM VB manager and get the exactly same error.

I did not change permissions of any folder, so this can't be the problem... something else must be.

edit I meant the world writable error.

The error can only happen the directory where VirtualBox is installed is not owned by root. What is the host?