Debian and virtual box error

Asked By suzy1 0 points N/A Posted on - 09/12/2011

Hello,

As I can see people are using this site to resolve Debian errors and I would like to ask some questions about the error I discovered using VirtualBox I did not know what to do.

Please this is the error as I saw:

Error:

The VirtualBox 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 group. You will need to logout for the change to take effect..

VBox status code: -1909 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE).

Code de resultat:        0x80004005

Composant:               Console

Interface:                   |Console {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}

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Answered By spykid 0 points N/A #123369

Debian and virtual box error

Hey Suzi,

There is only one possible cause for this error:

You are failing to add a user to the group in "VirtualBox users" which may result in such an error.

Solution:

Reinstall the VirtualBox preferably the most recently launched version of Ubuntu.

And while installing Virtual Box:

You need to add the required users to group “vboxusers”. If you want to see the ownership info then it can be found with the following command:

To add a user to the group, click Computer – YaST – Security and Users – User and Group Management.

Select the specific user you want and click on Edit and after that select the Details tab, under additional groups, select “vboxuser” and click OK and click on Finish.

 

Recommendations:

You should use the most recent version of VirtualBox on Ubuntu. You have to add the current Linux user to the group vboxusers.

With administrative privileges to add a user to group vboxusers. And remember to Log off after doing this in order changes to take effect.

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