Changeset 11883 in vbox for trunk/src

Timestamp:

Aug 31, 2008 4:06:43 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

#3076: better error messages for when using the wrong driver.

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/VMM/VM.cpp (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/VMM/VM.cpp

@@ -269 +269 @@
                     break;
                 case VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE:
-#ifdef RT_OS_LINUX
-                    pszError = N_("The VirtualBox kernel driver is not accessible to the current "
-                                  "user. Make sure that the user has write permissions for "
-                                  "/dev/vboxdrv by adding them to the vboxusers groups. You "
-                                  "will need to logout for the change to take effect.");
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_HARDENING
+                    /* This should only happen if the executable wasn't hardened - bad code/build. */
+                    pszError = N_("VirtualBox kernel driver not accessible, permission problem. "
+                                  "Re-install VirtualBox. If you are building it yourself, you "
+                                  "should make sure it installed correctly and that the setuid "
+                                  "bit is set on the executables calling VMR3Create.");
 #else
-                    pszError = N_("VirtualBox kernel driver not accessible, permission problem");
+                    /* This should only happen when mixing builds or with the usual /dev/vboxdrv access issues. */
+# if defined(RT_OS_DARWIN)
+                    pszError = N_("VirtualBox KEXT is not accessible, permission problem. "
+                                  "If you have built VirtualBox yourself, make sure that you do not "
+                                  "have the vboxdrv KEXT from a different build or installation loaded.");
+# elif defined(RT_OS_LINUX)
+                    pszError = N_("VirtualBox kernel driver is not accessible, permission problem. "
+                                  "If you have built VirtualBox yourself, make sure that you do "
+                                  "not have the vboxdrv kernel module from a different build or "
+                                  "installation loaded. Also, make sure the vboxdrv udev rule gives "
+                                  "you the permission you need to access the device.");
+# elif defined(RT_OS_WINDOWS)
+                    pszError = N_("VirtualBox kernel driver is not accessible, permission problem.");
+# else /* solaris, freebsd, ++. */
+                    pszError = N_("VirtualBox kernel module is not accessible, permission problem. "
+                                  "If you have built VirtualBox yourself, make sure that you do "
+                                  "not have the vboxdrv kernel module from a different install loaded.");
+# endif 
 #endif
                     break;
+                case VERR_INVALID_HANDLE: /** @todo track down and fix this error. */
                 case VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED:
-                case VERR_INVALID_HANDLE:
 #ifdef RT_OS_LINUX
                     pszError = N_("VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module "