Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox - failed to access the USB subsystem
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 01:04:30
Message-Id: 20130905010420.GA21200@syscon7.inet
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox - failed to access the USB subsystem by Alan McKinnon
1 SOLVED;
2 I re-installed: virtualbox guest addition and the problem went away.
3
4 --
5 Joseph
6
7 On 09/02/13 08:14, Alan McKinnon wrote:
8 >On 02/09/2013 04:26, Joseph wrote:
9 >> On 09/01/13 08:50, Alan McKinnon wrote:
10 >>> On 01/09/2013 05:27, Joseph wrote:
11 >>>> On 08/31/13 19:10, Joseph wrote:
12 >>>>> After recent upgrade I'm getting an error when trying to start the
13 >>>>> virtualbox.
14 >>>>>
15 >>>>> Failed to access the USB subsystem.
16 >>>>> Could not load the Host USB Proxy service: VERR_NOT_FOUND.
17 >>>>>
18 >>>>> Details:
19 >>>>> Result Code:
20 >>>>> NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x00004005)
21 >>>>> Component:
22 >>>>> Host
23 >>>>> Interface:
24 >>>>> IHost {dab4a2b8-c735-4f08-94fc-9bec84182e2f}
25 >>>>> Callee:
26 >>>>> IMachine {5eaa9319-62fc-4b0a-843c-0cb1940f8a91}
27 >>>>>
28 >>>>> "cat /etc/group" shows that I'm in vboxusers group
29 >>>>> vboxusers:x:1009:thelma,fd
30 >>>>>
31 >>>>> What else to try? I'm using Virtualbox 4.1.26
32 >>>>
33 >>>> The strange part is when I login to the machine via FreeNX this message
34 >>>> does not appear.
35 >>>> But only when I'm in front of the box directly.
36 >>>
37 >>>
38 >>> This error pops up quite a lot on VirtualBox forums, it seems to be a
39 >>> generic error message and not have one specific cause. Some typical
40 >>> things that users report to fix things:
41 >>>
42 >>> - mismatched ViortualBox and extension pack versions
43 >>> - incorrect permissions on usb nodes in /dev
44 >>> - incorrect udev rules
45 >>> - legacy VBOX* settings in environment
46 >>> - and a few other oddities
47 >>>
48 >>> You might end up googling that specific error and following all the
49 >>> links till you hit the one that applies to you. The first few to get you
50 >>> going:
51 >>>
52 >>> https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9383
53 >>> https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=50670
54 >>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=156247
55 >>>
56 >>>
57 >>>
58 >>> --
59 >>> Alan McKinnon
60 >>> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com
61 >>
62 >> Thanks Alan for suggestions.
63 >> I've re-installed the Guest Addition and see if something has changed.
64 >> My problem is that everything works OK when I log-in over the Free-NX; I
65 >> only noticed these problem when I physically was in front of the box.
66 >> This box is in a remote location.
67 >>
68 >
69 >
70 >My first point of troubleshooting would be permissions, probably
71 >starting with pam and consolekit. Look for rights and groups that
72 >different between local and remote users.
73 >
74 >I'm not familiar with how Free-NX works - does your system know the
75 >difference between local and remote users wrt Free-NX logins?
76 >
77 >
78 >
79 >--
80 >Alan McKinnon
81 >alan.mckinnon@×××××.com
82 >
83 >
84
85 --
86 Joseph