Indika Rupasinghe wrote:
> As the error says I think u don't have access to the VirtualBox kernel
> driver from your account. So you should add your login account to the
> '/vboxusers/' group. You can do it with command
>
> groupadd vboxusers
> usermod -G vboxusers -a yourlogin/user
>
> or
>
> /GUI System -> Administration -> Users and Groups -> Manage groups
>
> Hope this will help u.
>
> Cheers..
>
> Indika.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Willis Taylor <th1bill at sbcglobal.net
> <mailto:th1bill at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>
>
> I installed virtualbox and it allowed me to create an engine titled
> Win2k but now that I'm ready to install the OS I receive the following
> when I attempt to start the engine.
>
> Any help? I used the terminal and added my login name as a user
> but no
> help.
>
> 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 groups. You will need to logout for the change to
> take
> effect..
>
> VBox status code: -1909 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE).
>
>
>
> Result Code:
>
> 0x80004005
>
> Component:
>
> Console
>
> Interface:
>
> IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}
>
>
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I'm sorry, as soon as I logged off and in it works. Nobody ever accused
me of being able to follow directions.
Thank you.
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Bill Taylor
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