VBoxManage list vms empty

[ccyril95]

Hi,

When i do VBoxManage list vms, i have nothing, the list is empty

I have created the vm by the GUI, and i can launch it. but not in command line :

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VboxManage startvm [b]win [/b]: 
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.6.4
(C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

[!] FAILED calling virtualBox->FindMachine(Bstr(argv[0]), machine.asOutParam()) at line 5443!
[!] Primary RC  = NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057) - Invalid argument value
[!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true 
[!] Result Code = NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057) - Invalid argument value
[!] Text        = Could not find a registered machine named '[b]win[/b]'
[!] Component   = VirtualBox, Interface: IVirtualBox, {2d3b9ea7-25f5-4f07-a8e1-7dd7e0dcf667}
[!] Callee      = IVirtualBox, {2d3b9ea7-25f5-4f07-a8e1-7dd7e0dcf667}

The file file:///home/user1/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml

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<MachineRegistry>
<MachineEntry uuid="{a560c615-1a60-4cbf-5b8d-e07ef250f260}" src="Machines/win/win.xml"/>
</MachineRegistry>

The file file:///home/user1/.VirtualBox/Machines/win/win.xml :

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<VirtualBox version="1.3-linux">
<Machine OSType="win2k" lastStateChange="2008-09-01T18:05:43Z" name="win" uuid="{a560c615-1a60-4cbf-5b8d-e07ef250f260}" snapshotFolder="Snapshots">

I use ubuntu 8.04

Thanks for your help

[Sasquatch]

How do you run each command? From the GUI, that should be with your own user credentials. If you run VBoxManage as root (with sudo) then it's obvious that you don't get a list.

[ccyril95]

How do you run each command? From the GUI, that should be with your own user credentials. If you run VBoxManage as root (with sudo) then it's obvious that you don't get a list.

It's right !!!

thanks