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FS#45599 - [virtualbox] fails to start with error message - new installation

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by jb (jb.1234abcd) - Thursday, 09 July 2015, 12:25 GMT
Last edited by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 00:22 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Low
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
New installaction according to Arch Linux Wiki.

On start, I get an error msg:

Failed to create the VirtualBox COM object.
The application will now terminate.

Details:
Callee RC:
NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK (0x80470007)

Additional info:
* package version(s)
virtualbox 4.3.28-1
virtualbox-guest-iso 4.3.28-1
virtualbox-host-modules 4.3.28-2

Extension pack downloaded and installed manually.
# VBoxManage list extpacks
Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0: Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Version: 4.3.28
Revision: 100309
Edition:
Description: USB 2.0 Host Controller, Host Webcam, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM with E1000 support.
VRDE Module: VBoxVRDP
Usable: true
Why unusable:

$ lsmod |grep vbox
vboxpci 24576 0
vboxnetflt 28672 0
vboxnetadp 28672 0
vboxdrv 356352 3 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpci

$ id
uid=1000(jb) gid=1000(jb) groups=1000(jb),10(wheel),108(vboxusers)

* config and/or log files etc.

Steps to reproduce:
As above.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 00:22 GMT
Reason for closing:  Works for me
Comment by jb (jb.1234abcd) - Thursday, 09 July 2015, 13:23 GMT
$ strace -o strace.out VirtualBox
VirtualBox: Error -10 in SUPR3HardenedMain!
VirtualBox: Effective UID is not root (euid=1000 egid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000)

VirtualBox: Tip! It may help to reinstall VirtualBox.
[jb@myhost ~]$ <html><b>Effective UID is not root (euid=1000 egid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000) (rc=-10)</b><br/><br/>Please try reinstalling VirtualBox.</html>

It may be a permission problem, but where ?
Comment by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Thursday, 09 July 2015, 15:08 GMT
which kernel do you use?
Comment by jb (jb.1234abcd) - Thursday, 09 July 2015, 15:19 GMT
Regular kernel:
Linux myhost 4.0.7-2-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 30 07:50:21 UTC 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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