#1284 closed defect (duplicate)
VirtualBox Kernel Driver not accessible to current user
Reported by: | jctosu | Owned by: | |
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Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 1.5.6 |
Keywords: | linux | Cc: | |
Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description
When I try to start, or install a virtual machine the machine fails to start giving me an error (screenshots are attached) that says the VirtualBox Kernel Driver is not accessible to the current user. I am running 32-bit Ubuntu Linux 7.10. To get things working I created the following file on how to start and configure the system for VirtualBox:
#starts up virtualbox
#if sudo is not included in the following command the terminal says:
#WARNING: You are not a member of the "vboxusers" group. Please add yourself
#to this group before starting VirtualBox.
#
#You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
sudo VirtualBox
#To get USB working: #edit /etc/groups by typing "sudo gedit /etc/groups" into the terminal and #finding the user edit /etc/fstab by typing "sudo gedit /etc/fstab" and add 'none /proc/bus/usb usbfs #devgid=1000,devmode=664 0 0' where #the 1000 is user found in /etc/group of user who is #getting access
Attachments (2)
Change History (4)
by , 17 years ago
Attachment: | Screenshot.png added |
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by , 17 years ago
Attachment: | Screenshot-VirtualBox - Error-1.png added |
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Screenshot of Error Message
comment:1 by , 17 years ago
Resolution: | → duplicate |
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Status: | new → closed |
comment:2 by , 17 years ago
Again, is the current user a member of the vboxusers
group? Please execute
groups
and post the output here.
Screenshot of VirtualBox and Error Message