[OpenIndiana-discuss] VirtualBox problem on OI_151a

Hans J. Albertsson hans.j.albertsson at branneriet.se
Thu Jan 12 18:37:35 UTC 2012


I decided to start using VirtualBox again today, and put in version 4.1.8

When starting it as an ordinary user, it comes up with an error panel, 
Panel says "Failed to create the VirtualBox COM object",
details say "

Callee RC:

	

NS_ERROR_ABORT (0x80004004)

"

Running /opt/VirtualBox/amd64/VirtualBox as root works, but has the 
unacceptable effect of having to run it as root.

What on earth is wrong? Any guesses?

pkgadd took an inordinate time, but came thru with no errors.
Last I know it worked was on b134 with VBox 4.0.8
It's on a SuperMicro XB7Si with two disks and 8GB of ECC memory, in case 
that's relevant.


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