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 A21C81381F3 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2013 06:18:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC047E0FB6; Mon, 2 Sep 2013 06:18:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f173.google.com (mail-we0-f173.google.com [74.125.82.173]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8B81FE0EC4 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2013 06:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f173.google.com with SMTP id x52so506087wes.32 for ; Sun, 01 Sep 2013 23:18:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6eP/TkLNlPR43+d5k36x2JYUaljCF7rwjS9+7QFxe+M=; b=qpbwFR2Z3o6BW3+XKPSTV3/sb93HO488iCGwr5X7pEH7inxJa8jZyu13tXARyjLF8l 9YsJf55zFPR5cQKU9uVT97XKtWGt0lBQBOtIgu9YN4GwaqsbpTqGt1RzMadsytebipV8 tI8loIUpy6hUPtws5HDJi0PGB6fEghh3lr/gBou2qCOLEQ74qDyg6iPZKH8YAyvuHwQB 3BOWuUXKDlHDslsn+WUayy+0ab60LArISSlM4XvHmqqGpk0gWAA56KSN4agm5nP0u6w4 p5SfiTEyx6Ukh5vQr7QAuXr7V/RKHpc+tjU08mToDu4ATB7R7UNWgBGjHR/4G3FBWs2G jOYA== X-Received: by 10.194.110.138 with SMTP id ia10mr21968124wjb.3.1378102711071; Sun, 01 Sep 2013 23:18:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.1.20.209] (dustpuppy.is.co.za. [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id w19sm15512981wia.5.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 01 Sep 2013 23:18:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <52242CD8.9020209@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 08:14:48 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130809 Thunderbird/17.0.8 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox - failed to access the USB subsystem References: <20130901011033.GA14730@syscon7.inet> <20130901032748.GB14730@syscon7.inet> <5222E3AE.5010501@gmail.com> <20130902022615.GC14730@syscon7.inet> In-Reply-To: <20130902022615.GC14730@syscon7.inet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d6f65f72-0169-4a49-a6ab-b054ce0bfc3c X-Archives-Hash: 5a00c406bd6546255a49d4ee3a652964 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