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On December 8, 2016 9:41:10 PM GMT+01:00, Bertram Scharpf <lists@×××××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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>On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: |
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>> > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> >> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: |
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>> >>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for |
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>> >>> Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials |
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>> >>> for Gentoo in a Virtualbox. |
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>> > |
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>> > The official documentation |
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><https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#idm267> |
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>> > says: |
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>> > |
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>> > On a Linux or Solaris host, depending on your desktop |
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>> > environment, a "VirtualBox" item may have been placed in |
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>> > either the "System" or "System Tools" group of your |
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>> > "Applications" menu. Alternatively, you can type |
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>> > "VirtualBox" in a terminal. |
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>> |
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>> There is a command "VirtualBox" but it's not in your PATH: |
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>> |
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>> /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox |
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>Not here. |
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> |
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> # ls -l /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox |
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>ls: cannot access '/usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox': No such file or |
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>directory |
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> |
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>Maybe the reason can be found here: |
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> |
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> # equery u virtualbox | cat |
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> +additions |
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> +alsa |
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> -doc |
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> -extensions |
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> -headless |
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> -java |
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> +opengl |
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> +pam |
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> -pulseaudio |
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> -python |
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> +python_targets_python2_7 |
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> -qt4 |
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> +sdk |
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> +udev |
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> -vboxwebsrv |
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> -vnc |
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> |
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>> |
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>> It's launched by the menu item |
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>> |
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> |
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>I don't have a menu item (Xfce4). |
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> |
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>Bertram |
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Is your user in the correct group? 'vboxusers' or similar. |
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I had that same message recently when I forgot to add a user to a certain group. |
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Joost |
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