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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-factory] [Leap 42.3] VirtualBox does not start up
From:       Roman Bysh <geeko.tor () gmx ! com>
Date:       2017-08-14 19:23:03
Message-ID: da9bb456-2263-33a5-5f99-be46a1700457 () gmx ! com
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On 14/08/17 03:20 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:
> On 14/08/17 02:47 PM, Manfred Hollstein wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Aug 2017, 20:26:42 +0200, Roman Bysh wrote:
> > > On 14/08/17 02:21 PM, Manfred Hollstein wrote:
> > >> [...]
> > >> What does the following show on your system:
> > >>
> > >>     rpm -V virtualbox virtualbox-host-kmp-default virtualbox-qt
> > >>
> > >> Please run the command as user root. The "Tip!" above might actually
> > >> help to resurrect the situation for you:
> > >>
> > >>     zypper in --force virtualbox virtualbox-host-kmp-default virtualbox-qt
> > >>
> > >> Afterwards you could re-run the "rpm -V ..." command above and  compare
> > >> outputs.
> > >>
> > >> If you suspect that some permissions are wrong for some programs, you
> > >> can also check for that (again as "root"):
> > >>
> > >>     chkstat --system
> > >>
> > >> If this indicates something *is* wrong, you can even set the permissions
> > >> to their proper value (also as "root"):
> > >>
> > >>     chkstat --system --set
> > >>
> > >> HTH, cheers.
> > >>
> > >> l8er
> > >> manfred
> > >>
> > > rpm -V virtualbox virtualbox-host-kmp-default virtualbox-qt
> > > /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxNetDHCP should be root:vboxusers 4750. (wrong permissions 0750)
> > > /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxNetAdpCtl should be root:vboxusers 4750. (wrong permissions 0750)
> > > /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxHeadless should be root:vboxusers 4750. (wrong permissions 0750)
> > > /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSDL should be root:vboxusers 4750. (wrong permissions 0750)
> > > /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox should be root:vboxusers 4750. (wrong permissions 0750)
> >
> > Thx. This indeed appears to be wrong. Do you have a group "vboxusers" on
> > your system, and are you (your user ID) member of that group? You can
> > check that by running the following command as "root":
> >
> >    grep vboxusers /etc/group
> >
> > If the output shows something like
> >
> >    vboxusers:x:SOMENUMBER:YOURUSERNAME
> >
> > you're OK. If the group exists, but you're not member of it, you can fix
> > that by running the following command as "root":
> >
> >    usermod -a -G vboxusers YOURUSERNAME
> >
> > In any case, the permissions appear to be wrong on your system, so I'd
> > suggest you either re-install the packages ("zypper in ..." above), or
> > get the permissions fixed for the already installed packages ("chkstat
> > --system --set").
> >
> > Once this has been done, you should logout from your desktop session and
> > login again. If this still doesn't help, you should send us the
> > following:
> >
> >    id            # run as your normal user, not "root", not via "sudo"
> >    chkstat --system    # run this as "root"
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > l8er
> > manfred
> >
> Looks like the comman "chkstat --system --set"  fixed the problem.
>
> Thanks Manfred
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Roman

Oops. Forgot the "d" :-)

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Cheers!

Roman
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