Virtual Box installation error message on Linux

Asked By RonaldWilson 0 points N/A Posted on - 07/29/2011

I have been having issues with Virtual Box on my Linux Suse 11.0 Kernel 2.6.25.

I was not able to install it on this platform for a few days , but with a little troubleshooting on my own I was able to install it successfully.

But now I am not able to run as the user that I am logged in as.

I try to log in as the root user and then tried to run, but it comes up with an error telling that I am not the root user.

I have full rights but not sure why it keeps coming back with this error message.

Effective UID in not root (euid=514 egid=20 uid=514 gid=20) (rc=10) Please try reinstalling VirtualBox.

Answered By Stuart Broad 0 points N/A #85503

Hi RonaldWilson,

This is really an annoying problem. I have given a solution on the below that would be helpful for you.

You have to start the guest Operating System of Linux in Virtual Box.
Go to the Virtual Box menu and click install Guest Additions in the guest operating system.
Then you have to open Terminal windows in your guest operating system.
Then you need to enter sudo apt-get install dkms
Then You need to Enter :cd/cdrom
Then enter the word: sudo sh./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
When it will finish then you need to close terminal Windows and restart your pc.

Hopefully it will resolve your issue.

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