Failed to create the VirtaulBox COM object

tombs · Post by **tombs** » 2. Jul 2008, 17:03

well, I can not start vbox.

Host Debian GNU/Linux kernel 2.6.24-2
Guest Windows XP
The command line gives me that:
tombs@localhost:~$ VirtualBox
/usr/lib/virtualbox//VBoxSVC: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/VBoxXML.so: undefined symbol: _ZN11xalanc_1_1016XalanTransformer10initializeERN11xercesc_2_713MemoryManagerE

Then pop-up a message saying:
Failed to creat the virtualbox COM object
Tha application will now terminate

Callee RC: 0x80470007

Any idea folks?

Post by **frank** » 2. Jul 2008, 19:44

Which VirtualBox version is that? Seems like version 1.5.6 on a Debian/Ubuntu system. Upgrade to 1.6.2, this should work.

tombs · Post by **tombs** » 2. Jul 2008, 20:50

$ dpkg -l|grep virtualbox
ii virtualbox 1.5.4-27034_Debian_etch innotek VirtualBox

I'll try 1.6.2
Thanx for the advice!

tombs · Post by **tombs** » 9. Jul 2008, 08:11

Problem solved!
~$ dpkg -l|grep virtualbox
ii virtualbox 1.6.2-31466_Debian_etch Sun xVM VirtualBox

Thanx!