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Error in Fedora 17 - with VirtualBox-4.2
Posted: 14. Sep 2012, 15:33
by 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
Re: Error in Fedora 17 - with VirtualBox-4.2
Posted: 14. Sep 2012, 15:53
by Perryg
The error "VERR_SUPLIB_WORLD_WRITABLE" means that the location of VirtualBox is not secure. Check permissions of the folder.
Re: Error in Fedora 17 - with VirtualBox-4.2
Posted: 14. Sep 2012, 17:38
by Rod_D
I set the perms
lib/virtualbox
It still gives the same error
I even went so far as to chmod the VMMR0.r0 file and still no luck.
Re: Error in Fedora 17 - with VirtualBox-4.2
Posted: 14. Sep 2012, 17:44
by Perryg
It's not that it is not executable it is the folder is not owned by root.
Re: Error in Fedora 17 - with VirtualBox-4.2
Posted: 14. Sep 2012, 19:19
by Rod_D
Could you please explain to me what i need to do then?
Re: Error in Fedora 17 - with VirtualBox-4.2
Posted: 14. Sep 2012, 19:26
by 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.
Re: Error in Fedora 17 - with VirtualBox-4.2
Posted: 14. Sep 2012, 20:20
by 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}
Re: Error in Fedora 17 - with VirtualBox-4.2
Posted: 12. Nov 2012, 18:13
by 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.
Re: Error in Fedora 17 - with VirtualBox-4.2
Posted: 12. Nov 2012, 19:01
by Perryg
Fred_zero wrote: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?