Virtualbox will not start

aribad · Post by **aribad** » 30. Aug 2008, 00:21

I have installed Virtualbox (the non OSS version) on my openSUSE 11 laptop. When I try to start it I get a box that pops up that says:

VirtualBox - Critical Error.
Failed to create the VirtualBox COM object.

The application will now terminate.

Callee RC: 0x80040154

I have un-installed and re-installed VirtualBox a couple of time to no avail. Any ideas what I need to look for to get this running?

artships · Post by **artships** » 31. Aug 2008, 16:31

Google is your friend...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Fa ... gle+Search

"try starting the VirtualBox COM server (the program VBoxSVC in the VirtualBox program folder) from a command prompt or a DOS box. You may be able to see what is going wrong from error messages when the server starts"

"The solution is simple - you just have to delete the directory ".VirtualBox" in your home directory. "

"1. Uninstall all virtualbox packages (synaptic, search for "virtualbox")
2. After the uninstallation, delete folder named ".VirtualBox" by open nautilus, View-> show hidden files, then delete the folder.
3. Reinstall VirtualBox through Synaptic again. You should be fine."

And so on and so forth...

Post by **Sasquatch** » 31. Aug 2008, 19:34

Artships, he isn't useing the OSE version, but the PUEL/Binary version from the website. So installing it from the package manager is not a good idea. Your google link was kind of helpful, but next time, use this site as a reference.

Aribad, see the 'improved' Google Search query: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl ... tnG=Search
It's even stated in the User FAQ on the main site. Usually, a reinstall of the package should work. See the other links on my Google link for any additional help.