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hawkeye126 02-06-2008 10:05 AM

Getting virtual box to work
 
I'm running ubuntu 7.10 off of my Macbook running along side Leopard. I'm very new to this type of system. I installed a program call virtual box, which would enable me to use vista on this operating system. Everything installed fine and I set up my virtual machine fine but when I run it I get this message:

Failed to start the virtual machine Windows Vista Ultimate

The VirtualBox kernel driver is not accessible to the current user. Make sure that the user has write permissions for /dev/vboxdrv by adding them to the vboxusers groups. You will need to logout for the change to take effect..
VBox status code: -1909 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE).


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

allend 02-06-2008 04:37 PM

Quote:

Make sure that the user has write permissions for /dev/vboxdrv by adding them to the vboxusers group
What part of this do you not understand?
Your user name needs to be added to the 'vboxusers' group.

hawkeye126 02-07-2008 10:25 AM

How do I add myself to the users group, sorry I'm new lol.

allend 02-07-2008 05:21 PM

You can edit /etc/group manually, or use the Kuser application in KDE.


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