From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 703B61381F3 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2013 01:04:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 85B92E0C7C; Thu, 5 Sep 2013 01:04:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail119c7.megamailservers.com (mail119c7-2520.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.26]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 862BDE0C57 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2013 01:04:15 +0000 (UTC) X-POP-User: admin.sys-concept.com Received: from syscon7.localdomain (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) by mail119c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id r8514DaD026113 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2013 21:04:14 -0400 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AA3162040BD; Wed, 4 Sep 2013 19:04:20 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 19:04:20 -0600 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox - failed to access the USB subsystem Message-ID: <20130905010420.GA21200@syscon7.inet> References: <20130901011033.GA14730@syscon7.inet> <20130901032748.GB14730@syscon7.inet> <5222E3AE.5010501@gmail.com> <20130902022615.GC14730@syscon7.inet> <52242CD8.9020209@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <52242CD8.9020209@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=1.1 cv=g1t94leeBmyTVv2eApF3QpJThwgZ7fdKxzQb2Bm979s= c=1 sm=1 a=wom5GMh1gUkA:10 a=qm9c2E9OTvYA:10 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=p2QsaepqAAAA:8 a=Br9LfDWDAAAA:8 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=PBwoHRzO9zYYMOroCJ4A:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=pINfwNWOf8cA:10 a=TRW-o2S9CEoA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020205.5227D88E.00F4,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Archives-Salt: 6c6af835-05de-46d4-ba93-e62b1a3a7d5c X-Archives-Hash: 3618ee5533b728ea6f040278e02545da 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