Failed to create the VirtualBoxClient COM object.

[Konstantin]

Hi everyone! Desperately need your help.

I was running (for a long time) VirtualBox + Vagrant setup on my macbook.
I was using MacBook Pro 17 mid 2010 Core i5 but two weeks ago I switched to MacBook Pro Retina 15" mid 2015 Core i7 (might this be a problem?)

This error first appeared yesterday (July 24, ) Yosemite 10.10.4 with VirtualBox 5.0 and Vagrant 1.7.3. Then I tried to go for vagrant 1.7.4. Then downgraded to VirtualBox 4.3.
I repaired all disk permissions.

It starts to work after I restart my computer, but then crashes again.

Nothing helps. I even upgraded to OS X 10.11 El Capitan. And was able to work for like half an hour. But then it crashed.

The error code is: NS_ERROR_FACTORY_NOT_REGISTERED (0x80040154)

[loukingjr]

Two issues, one we don't support Vagrant, two, OSX 10.11 is in beta and Vagrant may not be compatible with it.

[Konstantin]

Two issues, one we don't support Vagrant, two, OSX 10.11 is in beta and Vagrant may not be compatible with it.

Yes, but I have this error on 10.10 Yosemite. And this error appears independently of Vagrant.

It is VirtualBox that is broken.

[loukingjr]

As I said, we don't support Vagrant. Can you run a guest without Vagrant?

[Konstantin]

As I said, we don't support Vagrant. Can you run a guest without Vagrant?

I can not run VirtualBox .

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➜  ~  VBoxManage list runningvms
VBoxManage: error: Failed to create the VirtualBox object!
VBoxManage: error: Code NS_ERROR_FACTORY_NOT_REGISTERED (0x80040154) - Class not registered (extended info not available)
VBoxManage: error: Most likely, the VirtualBox COM server is not running or failed to start.

[loukingjr]

It is VirtualBox that is broken.

No, VirtualBox is not "broken". I have it running on 4 different Macs. One running OSX 10.11 and VB 5.0, two running OSX 10.10.4 and VB 5.0 and one running OSX 10.10.4 and VB 4.3.30.

[Konstantin]

It is VirtualBox that is broken.

No, VirtualBox is not "broken". I have it running on 4 different Macs. One running OSX 10.11 and VB 5.0, two running OSX 10.10.4 and VB 5.0 and one running OSX 10.10.4 and VB 4.3.30.

Good for you. But it's broken on my computer. That's why I'm calling support.

[loukingjr]

First, we are not "support". This is a users forum made up of users just like yourself.

Did you use the uninstall tool before you upgraded VirtualBox? And did you upgrade the extension pack as well? The extension pack has to match the VirtualBox version.

[Konstantin]

First, we are not "support". This is a users forum made up of users just like yourself.

Did you use the uninstall tool before you upgraded VirtualBox? And did you upgrade the extension pack as well? The extension pack has to match the VirtualBox version.

Yes. I used an uninstall tool before upgrading. The one that comes with the dmg file.
And there's no extension pack for VirtualBox 5.0. Right?

[loukingjr]

And there's no extension pack for VirtualBox 5.0. Right?

There's an extension pack for 5.0. http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... ox-extpack

Also see this post… viewtopic.php?f=8&t=65838&start=30#p311633

[Konstantin]

And there's no extension pack for VirtualBox 5.0. Right?

There's an extension pack for 5.0.

Ok. I will wipe everything. Reinstall with this pack and see how it's going.

[Konstantin]

No. Didn't help.
Getting this error after sleep mode again.

Failed to create the VirtualBoxClient COM object.
NS_ERROR_ABORT (0x80004004)

[Konstantin]

My /tmp folder is a symlink to a /private/tmp.
And clearing the contents of this folder didn't help.

[Konstantin]

Ok. I did some research.
Tried to run VBoxSVC

I start it with this command:

/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxSVC --auto-shutdown

Then I run the VirtualBox app. Then I close it. And the error appears.

Here's the console output and VBoxSVC log file.

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➜  vm git:(master) ✗ /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxSVC --auto-shutdown
***********************************************
Oracle VM VirtualBox XPCOM Server Version 5.0.0
(C) 2004-2015 Oracle Corporation
All rights reserved.

Starting event loop....
[press Ctrl-C to quit]
Informational: VirtualBox object created (rc=NS_OK).
Informational: VirtualBox object deleted.
Terminated event loop.
XPCOM server has shutdown.

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VirtualBox XPCOM Server 5.0.0 r101573 darwin.amd64 (Jul  9 2015 11:57:25) release log
00:00:00.000828 main     Log opened 2015-07-24T11:13:08.188321000Z
00:00:00.000829 main     Build Type: release
00:00:00.000840 main     OS Product: Darwin
00:00:00.000845 main     OS Release: 15.0.0
00:00:00.000849 main     OS Version: Darwin Kernel Version 15.0.0: Sun Jul 12 07:47:20 PDT 2015; root:xnu-3247.1.56~16/RELEASE_X86_64
00:00:00.000942 main     DMI Product Name: MacBookPro11,5
00:00:00.000981 main     DMI Product Version: 1.0
00:00:00.000992 main     Host RAM: 16384MB total, 9111MB available
00:00:00.000995 main     Executable: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxSVC
00:00:00.000995 main     Process ID: 2234
00:00:00.000996 main     Package type: DARWIN_64BITS_GENERIC
00:01:10.210488 nspr-2   Home directory: '/Users/kostya/Library/VirtualBox'
00:01:10.210688 nspr-2   Loading settings file "/Users/kostya/Library/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.12-macosx"
00:01:10.240725 nspr-2   HostDnsMonitor: old information
00:01:10.240738 nspr-2     no server entries
00:01:10.240740 nspr-2     no search string entries
00:01:10.240742 nspr-2     no domain set
00:01:10.240744 nspr-2   HostDnsMonitor: new information
00:01:10.240745 nspr-2     server 1: 62.179.104.196
00:01:10.240747 nspr-2     server 2: 213.46.228.196
00:01:10.240749 nspr-2     no search string entries
00:01:10.240751 nspr-2     domain: openvpn
00:01:10.240756 nspr-2   HostDnsMonitorProxy::notify
00:01:10.245159 nspr-2   failed to create vboxnet0, error (0x80004005)
00:01:10.246142 nspr-2   VD: VDInit finished
00:01:10.246828 nspr-2   Loading settings file "/Users/kostya/VirtualBox VMs/komparu.dev/komparu.dev.vbox" with version "1.12-macosx"
00:01:23.284633 main     ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium '/Users/kostya/VirtualBox VMs/komparu.dev/box-disk1.vmdk' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:01:23.285636 Watcher  ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_ACCESSDENIED (0x80070005) aIID={0169423f-46b4-cde9-91af-1e9d5b6cd945} aComponent={VirtualBoxWrap} aText={The object is not ready}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0

[loukingjr]

I don't know what causes this error…

00:01:23.284633 main ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium '/Users/kostya/VirtualBox VMs/komparu.dev/box-disk1.vmdk' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0

Perhaps someone else does. I hsve a feeling it's something Vagrant did.