On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:16 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to install WINDOWS XP on an UBUNTU 8.04 AMD 64 machine with the > SUN's VirtualBox 1.6.2, but a dialog box popped up, "VirtualBox - Error. > Failed > to start the virtual machine. The virtual Box kernel driver is not > accessible > to the current user. Make sure that the user has write permissions for > /dev/vboxdrv by adding them to the vboxusers groups. You will need to > logout > for the change to take effect. VBox status code: - 1909 > (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_Accessible)." > I am a solo user of the PC. Who is the current user? I do not understand > the > whole matter. Can you please help clarify this for me? A solution will be > appreciated. Thank you. Jim >
There are two users when using GNU/Linux OSes. Your normal user and Root. open terminal up and type: echo $USER that is your normal user. you want to do: sudo adduser your_normal_user_name vboxusers then you need to log out and log back in and you should be able to use virtualbox (: > > PS I tried multiple times - Ubuntu 8.04, Windows XP pro, Kubuntu 8.04 and > then > back to Ubuntu 8.04 - without any luck. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3webXS HiSpeed Dial-up...surf up to 5x faster than regular dial-up alone... > just $14.90/mo...visit www.get3web.com for details > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users >
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