Virtual box

Sam Fielder srf10130 at vtc.vsc.edu
Fri Feb 29 16:26:58 UTC 2008


Willis Taylor wrote:
> I have installed Virtual Box using Synaptic and created a WindowsXP
> engine.  When i click start with the engine highlighted I recieve the
> following;
> 
> 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?

I found this site helpful
http://www.ubuntu1501.com/2007/12/installing-virtualbox-with-usb-support.html



sam




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