Bug 458113 - virtualbox does not start
Summary: virtualbox does not start
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 429725
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE 11.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: Final
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: Martin Kudlvasr
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Reported: 2008-12-10 21:09 UTC by Hubert Figuiere
Modified: 2008-12-12 13:12 UTC (History)
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2008-12-10 21:09 UTC, Hubert Figuiere 		Details
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Description Hubert Figuiere 2008-12-10 21:09:30 UTC 
virtualbox does not start. I get the following message: "Effective UID is not root"

See the attached screenshot.
Comment 1 Hubert Figuiere 2008-12-10 21:09:50 UTC 
Created attachment 259264 [details]
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Comment 2 Alexander Orlovskyy 2008-12-11 13:21:01 UTC 
Martin, can you look at the bug ?
Comment 3 Martin Kudlvasr 2008-12-11 14:09:51 UTC 
Yeah, sure.
Hubert is this a new installation or upgrade of OS11.1GM? I tested this in new installation and it worked without problem (i just had to put my login to vboxusers group)
If it is an upgrade, look into /etc/permissions.easy and check VirtualBox permissions.

Also if you have secure setting (you use permissions.secure), you must be root to use virtualbox.
Comment 4 Hubert Figuiere 2008-12-11 14:27:13 UTC 
it is an upgraded system. 11.0 to 11.1betasomething.
Comment 5 Martin Kudlvasr 2008-12-11 16:02:04 UTC 
ok, this was a bug in betas, but is it fixed now (=in OS11.1)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 429725 ***
Comment 6 Hubert Figuiere 2008-12-11 16:11:21 UTC 
so why upgrading the package didn't fix it?
Comment 7 Martin Kudlvasr 2008-12-12 13:12:56 UTC 
because the fix was achieved by changing package "permissions". Upgrade that and it should work.