On Jan 29, 2012, at 02:12, Marko Käning wrote: > when trying to start virtualbox on my Snow Leopard I got these strange > messages: > --- > $ sudo bash /opt/macports-test/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox > start > Password: > /opt/macports-test/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox: line 71: > ConsoleMessage: command not found > /opt/macports-test/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox: line 77: > ConsoleMessage: command not found > /opt/macports-test/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox: line 83: > ConsoleMessage: command not found > /opt/macports-test/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox: line 89: > ConsoleMessage: command not found > --- > > Google found this solution for me: > --- > alias ConsoleMessage=echo > --- > > I guess one should replace those "ConsoleMessage"s with "echo"'s in said > /opt/macports-test/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox... > This would mean to patch the file using VB's port file. > On the other hand I figure that Oracle should be informed that there is no > such command on Snow Leopard. > > I am surprised that no-one else ran into this trouble.
Why are you trying to start it using the startup item? Why not just double-click Virtual Box in the Applications folder? _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
