Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox - failed to access the USB subsystem

[Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com>]

SOLVED;
I re-installed: virtualbox guest addition and the problem went away.

--
Joseph

On 09/02/13 08:14, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>On 02/09/2013 04:26, Joseph wrote:
>> On 09/01/13 08:50, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>> On 01/09/2013 05:27, Joseph wrote:
>>>> On 08/31/13 19:10, Joseph wrote:
>>>>> After recent upgrade I'm getting an error when trying to start the
>>>>> virtualbox.
>>>>>
>>>>> Failed to access the USB subsystem.
>>>>> Could not load the Host USB Proxy service: VERR_NOT_FOUND.
>>>>>
>>>>> Details:
>>>>> Result Code:
>>>>> NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x00004005)
>>>>> Component:
>>>>> Host
>>>>> Interface:
>>>>> IHost {dab4a2b8-c735-4f08-94fc-9bec84182e2f}
>>>>> Callee:
>>>>> IMachine {5eaa9319-62fc-4b0a-843c-0cb1940f8a91}
>>>>>
>>>>> "cat /etc/group" shows that I'm in vboxusers group
>>>>> vboxusers:x:1009:thelma,fd
>>>>>
>>>>> What else to try? I'm using Virtualbox 4.1.26
>>>>
>>>> The strange part is when I login to the machine via FreeNX this message
>>>> does not appear.
>>>> But only when I'm in front of the box directly.
>>>
>>>
>>> This error pops up quite a lot on VirtualBox forums, it seems to be a
>>> generic error message and not have one specific cause. Some typical
>>> things that users report to fix things:
>>>
>>> - mismatched ViortualBox and extension pack versions
>>> - incorrect permissions on usb nodes in /dev
>>> - incorrect udev rules
>>> - legacy VBOX* settings in environment
>>> - and a few other oddities
>>>
>>> You might end up googling that specific error and following all the
>>> links till you hit the one that applies to you. The first few to get you
>>> going:
>>>
>>> https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9383
>>> https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=50670
>>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=156247
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alan McKinnon
>>> alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
>>
>> Thanks Alan for suggestions.
>> I've re-installed the Guest Addition and see if something has changed.
>> My problem is that everything works OK when I log-in over the Free-NX; I
>> only noticed these problem when I physically was in front of the box.
>> This box is in a remote location.
>>
>
>
>My first point of troubleshooting would be permissions, probably
>starting with pam and consolekit. Look for rights and groups that
>different between local and remote users.
>
>I'm not familiar with how Free-NX works - does your system know the
>difference between local and remote users wrt Free-NX logins?
>
>
>
>-- 
>Alan McKinnon
>alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
>
>

-- 
Joseph