marek@acerntb ~ $ gdb /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox GNU gdb (GDB) 7.2 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: ... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox...done. (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] VirtualBox: Error -10 in SUPR3HardenedMain! VirtualBox: Effective UID is not root (euid=1000 egid=100 uid=1000 gid=100) VirtualBox: Tip! It may help to reinstall VirtualBox. Program exited with code 01. (gdb) quit