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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox - failed to access the USB subsystem
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 06:54:20
Message-Id: 5222E3AE.5010501@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox - failed to access the USB subsystem by Joseph
1 On 01/09/2013 05:27, Joseph wrote:
2 > On 08/31/13 19:10, Joseph wrote:
3 >> After recent upgrade I'm getting an error when trying to start the
4 >> virtualbox.
5 >>
6 >> Failed to access the USB subsystem.
7 >> Could not load the Host USB Proxy service: VERR_NOT_FOUND.
8 >>
9 >> Details:
10 >> Result Code:
11 >> NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x00004005)
12 >> Component:
13 >> Host
14 >> Interface:
15 >> IHost {dab4a2b8-c735-4f08-94fc-9bec84182e2f}
16 >> Callee:
17 >> IMachine {5eaa9319-62fc-4b0a-843c-0cb1940f8a91}
18 >>
19 >> "cat /etc/group" shows that I'm in vboxusers group
20 >> vboxusers:x:1009:thelma,fd
21 >>
22 >> What else to try? I'm using Virtualbox 4.1.26
23 >
24 > The strange part is when I login to the machine via FreeNX this message
25 > does not appear.
26 > But only when I'm in front of the box directly.
27
28
29 This error pops up quite a lot on VirtualBox forums, it seems to be a
30 generic error message and not have one specific cause. Some typical
31 things that users report to fix things:
32
33 - mismatched ViortualBox and extension pack versions
34 - incorrect permissions on usb nodes in /dev
35 - incorrect udev rules
36 - legacy VBOX* settings in environment
37 - and a few other oddities
38
39 You might end up googling that specific error and following all the
40 links till you hit the one that applies to you. The first few to get you
41 going:
42
43 https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9383
44 https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=50670
45 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=156247
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49 --
50 Alan McKinnon
51 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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