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
>> [email protected]
>
> 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
[email protected]
