shortcut icon on Fedora 24 not launching VB 5.1.6, CLI command does

[RobbieTheK]

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vboxmanage --version
5.1.6r110634

cat /etc/redhat-release 
Fedora release 24 (Twenty Four)

Any idea why the shortcut icon in the left launch apps area does not work but typing

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virtualbox

at the command line Terminal works to launch VB?

The only thing in VBox.log are logs about resolv.conf, DHCP, and DNS.

I do see in VBoxSVC.log

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00:00:03.446544 nspr-6   Load [/usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/linux.amd64/VBoxHostWebcam.so] rc VINF_SUCCESS
00:00:03.515259 nspr-6   ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005) aIID={b2547866-a0a1-4391-8b86-6952d82efaa0} aComponent={SessionMachine} aText={Saved screenshot data is not available (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0

But is that helpful?

[Perryg]

Can we assume you are using the gnome DT? What is the actual property of the shortcut? What does the main icon do if different?

[RobbieTheK]

Yes Gnome Desktop and same thing happens when using the actual app launcher icon (not just the left side shortcut). Are there any logs we can check?

[Perryg]

What is the actual property of the shortcut?

[RobbieTheK]

I only see options like remove, launch, history and website. Is there a way to recreate the shortcut?

[Perryg]

Only way I know of with gnome3 is to remove and install it again. I use cinnamon DT and it provides a way to edit the icon command ( should be VirtualBox %U ). You can always ask the Fedora folks or maybe someone here that uses gnome will pop by.

[RobbieTheK]

What is the purpose of the virtualbox.desktop file and here are the contents:

cat /usr/share/applications/virtualbox.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Name=Oracle VM VirtualBox
GenericName=Virtual Machine
GenericName[de]=Virtuelle Maschine
Type=Application
Exec=VirtualBox %U
TryExec=VirtualBox
Keywords=virtualization;
Keywords[de]=Virtualisierung;
MimeType=application/x-virtualbox-vbox;application/x-virtualbox-vbox-extpack;application/x-virtualbox-ovf;application/x-virtualbox-ova;
DocPath=file:///usr/share/doc/VirtualBox-5.1/UserManual.pdf
Icon=virtualbox
Categories=Emulator;System;
Comment=Run several virtual systems on a single host computer
Comment[de]=Mehrere virtuelle Maschinen auf einem einzigen Rechner ausführen
Comment[it]=Esegui più macchine virtuali su un singolo computer
Comment[pl]=Uruchamianie wielu systemów wirtualnych na jednym komputerze gospodarza
Comment[sv]=Kör flera virtuella system på en enda värddator
Comment[ko]=가상 머신

[Perryg]

That is exactly what mine shows. However as I said other than the original install I don't use gnome, hate it and install cinnamon as soon as I get the install settled down. I would really do the install again because something must be missing.

[RobbieTheK]

Hm but we use DNF and the reinstall option doesn't take. Since we have a huge Windows 7 VDI I didn't want to risk losing association with it by uninstalling and then fixing the permissions with /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup

[RobbieTheK]

What's the difference between these 2 packages?

dnf install gcc kernel-devel VirtualBox
Last metadata expiration check: 1:06:55 ago on Wed Sep 21 15:41:06 2016.
Package gcc-6.1.1-3.fc24.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package kernel-devel-4.6.7-300.fc24.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package kernel-devel-4.7.2-201.fc24.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package kernel-devel-4.7.3-200.fc24.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Dependencies resolved.
===============================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                          Arch                                 Version                                      Repository                                            Size
===============================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 VirtualBox                                       x86_64                               5.1.6-1.fc24                                 rpmfusion-free-updates                                25 M
 VirtualBox-kmodsrc                               x86_64                               5.1.6-1.fc24                                 rpmfusion-free-updates                               780 k
 akmod-VirtualBox                                 x86_64                               5.1.6-1.fc24                                 rpmfusion-free-updates                                27 k
 akmods                                           noarch                               0.5.4-3.fc24                                 rpmfusion-free-updates                                25 k
 gsoap                                            x86_64                               2.8.28-2.fc24                                fedora                                               266 k
 kmodtool                                         noarch                               1-23.fc24                                    rpmfusion-free                                        17 k

Transaction Summary
===============================================================================================================================================================================================
Install  6 Packages

Total download size: 27 M
Installed size: 96 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/6): akmod-VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                1.2 MB/s |  27 kB     00:00    
(2/6): kmodtool-1-23.fc24.noarch.rpm                                                                                                                           1.8 MB/s |  17 kB     00:00    
(3/6): VirtualBox-kmodsrc-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                              3.3 MB/s | 780 kB     00:00    
(4/6): gsoap-2.8.28-2.fc24.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                          994 kB/s | 266 kB     00:00    
(5/6): akmods-0.5.4-3.fc24.noarch.rpm                                                                                                                          2.0 MB/s |  25 kB     00:00    
(6/6): VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                      6.5 MB/s |  25 MB     00:03    
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Total                                                                                                                                                          5.3 MB/s |  27 MB     00:04     
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
The downloaded packages were saved in cache until the next successful transaction.
You can remove cached packages by executing 'dnf clean packages'.
Error: Transaction check error:
  file /usr/bin/VBox from install of VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.6_110634_fedora24-1.x86_64
  file /usr/bin/VBoxTunctl from install of VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.6_110634_fedora24-1.x86_64
  file /usr/bin/vbox-img from install of VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.6_110634_fedora24-1.x86_64
  file /usr/share/applications/virtualbox.desktop from install of VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.6_110634_fedora24-1.x86_64
  file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/virtualbox.png from install of VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.6_110634_fedora24-1.x86_64
  file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/virtualbox.png from install of VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.6_110634_fedora24-1.x86_64
  file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/20x20/apps/virtualbox.png from install of VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.6_110634_fedora24-1.x86_64
  file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/virtualbox.png from install of VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.6_110634_fedora24-1.x86_64
  file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/40x40/apps/virtualbox.png from install of VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.6_110634_fedora24-1.x86_64
  file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/virtualbox.png from install of VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.6_110634_fedora24-1.x86_64
  file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/virtualbox.png from install of VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.6_110634_fedora24-1.x86_64
  file /usr/share/pixmaps/VBox.png from install of VirtualBox-5.1.6-1.fc24.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.6_110634_fedora24-1.x86_64

[Perryg]

Those are rmpfision builds and you would need to ask them. If that is what you installed in the first place that could answer why you are having issues. We only support the official version from virtualbox.org.