I have just update virtualbox to the new 4.0 version, but it gives me this strange error, when I start a virtual machine: Failed to load VMMR0.r0 (VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT). Unknown error creating VM (VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT). It works good with 3.2 series. I have tried to create a new virtual machine, remerge virtualbox-bin and virtualbox-modules, but same result. I tried to run: cd / chown root:root usr cd usr chown root:root lib as said on this page: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/7889 But no results. Thanks Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge virtualbox-bin 2. VirtualBox 3. start a virtual machine Actual Results: Doesn't start virtual machine Expected Results: Start virtual machine Portage 2.2.0_alpha14 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib, gcc-4.5.2, glibc-2.12.1-r3, 2.6.37 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.37-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_5000+-with-gentoo-2.0.1 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:30:02 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.1, 3.1.3 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.3-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1-r1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.6.8 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.36.1 (sys-kernel/linux-headers) Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage/tree sync: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 rion location: 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MAIL="/var/mail/vasco" MAKEOPTS="-j3" MANPATH="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.21/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.2/man:/etc/java-config/system-vm/man/" MULTILIB_ABIS="amd64" MULTILIB_STRICT_DENY="64-bit.*shared object" MULTILIB_STRICT_DIRS="/lib32 /lib /usr/lib32 /usr/lib /usr/kde/*/lib32 /usr/kde/*/lib /usr/qt/*/lib32 /usr/qt/*/lib /usr/X11R6/lib32 /usr/X11R6/lib" MULTILIB_STRICT_EXEMPT="(perl5|gcc|gcc-lib|binutils|eclipse-3|debug|portage)" NETBEANS="apisupport cnd groovy gsf harness ide identity j2ee java mobility nb php profiler soa visualweb webcommon websvccommon xml" OLDPWD="/" OPENGL_PROFILE="xorg-x11" ORBIT_SOCKETDIR="/tmp/orbit-root" PAGER="/usr/bin/less" PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.2" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="ppc sparc64-freebsd ppc-openbsd 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Does the command find /opt/VirtualBox \! -user root print any output? If yes please add the output to this bug report. (In reply to comment #0) > I tried to run: > cd / > chown root:root usr > cd usr > chown root:root lib > as said on this page: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/7889 > But no results. This cannot work as virtualbox-bin gets installed into /opt/VirtualBox
This command : find /opt/VirtualBox \! -user root Has no output.
Follow commands as root fixed this problem: #chown root:root /usr #chown root:root /usr/lib But is this for another program OK ???
Pardon?
Oh sorry - I have looked only the Summary Please try follow: #chown root:root /usr/share
Nothing same result
Alright in case these chown commands really fix the problem for some people I would really like to know what's the ownership of the affected directories _before_ you issued the chown commands.
To be more precise, all above mentioned directories should have root:root anyway.
/ # ls -al totale 60 drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 10 dic 18.55 . drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 10 dic 18.55 .. drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 4 gen 22.22 bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 5 gen 15.50 boot drwx------ 2 root root 6 10 dic 18.56 Desktop drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 3980 11 gen 16.29 dev drwxr-xr-x 66 root root 4096 11 gen 16.30 etc drwx------ 2 root root 6 10 dic 18.56 .gnome-desktop drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 30 4 lug 2010 home lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 3 lug 2010 lib -> lib64 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 38 12 set 12.18 lib32 drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 8192 9 gen 11.38 lib64 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 83 10 gen 21.44 media drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 43 17 giu 2010 mnt drwxr-xr-x 7 vasco vasco 98 8 gen 13.04 opt dr-xr-xr-x 161 root root 0 11 gen 2011 proc drwx------ 20 root root 4096 11 gen 16.31 root drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 8192 9 gen 11.38 sbin drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 0 11 gen 2011 sys drwxrwxrwt 11 root root 4096 11 gen 16.32 tmp drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 4 gen 18.20 usr drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 144 16 ott 08.24 var usr # ls -al totale 244 drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 4 gen 18.20 . drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 10 dic 18.55 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 vasco vasco 49152 10 gen 17.00 bin drwxr-x--- 3 root games 16 4 gen 18.20 games drwxr-xr-x 223 root root 12288 10 gen 17.00 include -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 17 giu 2010 .keep lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 3 lug 2010 lib -> lib64 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 31 12 set 12.18 lib32 drwxr-xr-x 89 root root 69632 10 gen 17.00 lib64 drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 5 gen 15.17 libexec drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 117 6 lug 2010 local drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 28 3 lug 2010 portage drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 9 gen 11.38 sbin drwxr-xr-x 147 root root 4096 10 gen 15.27 share drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 49 5 gen 19.40 src lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 3 lug 2010 tmp -> /var/tmp drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 59 17 giu 2010 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Well... in your case /opt has strange ownership. Try setting /opt to root:root maybe that fixes your problem. chown root:root /opt
Now it works. Thanks very much
In my case, I have /dev/sda6 mounted to /sources: localhost sources # ls -al root total 0 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 96 Oct 23 2008 . drwxrwxr-x 7 bernd_b portage 224 Aug 15 09:40 .. drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 464 Jan 11 15:58 opt drwxr-xr-x 8 bernd_b portage 408 Jan 6 23:26 src So the opt directory (where /opt is a symbolic link to /sources/root/opt) seems to have the right permissions to me. Even though, I got this error. Changing /sources with localhost / # chown root:root /sources getting localhost sources # ls -al root total 0 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 96 Oct 23 2008 . drwxrwxr-x 7 root root 224 Aug 15 09:40 .. drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 464 Jan 11 15:58 opt drwxr-xr-x 8 bernd_b portage 408 Jan 6 23:26 src the Guest starts again. Don't know if this is supposed to be.
I am having this issue with 4.0.4 and 4.0.6. /opt/VirtualBox is entirely owned by root with some vboxusers as the group. A few files look like they have goofy permissions, but they are links: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2103128 May 4 14:54 VBoxC.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 May 4 14:54 VBoxDDU.so -> /opt/VirtualBox/VBoxDDU.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 May 4 14:54 VBoxREM.so -> /opt/VirtualBox/VBoxREM.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 May 4 14:54 VBoxRT.so -> /opt/VirtualBox/VBoxRT.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12088 May 4 14:54 VBoxSVCM.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 May 4 14:54 VBoxVMM.so -> /opt/VirtualBox/VBoxVMM.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25931 May 4 14:54 VBoxXPCOMBase.xpt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191104 May 4 14:54 VBoxXPCOMIPCC.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 May 4 14:54 VBoxXPCOM.so -> /opt/VirtualBox/VBoxXPCOM.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42149 May 4 14:54 VirtualBox_XPCOM.xpt @Penetsdorfer Martin: do you seriously suggest chowning the entire /usr/share? Wouldn't that mess with other packages that put files there? tried removing write permissions for everyone but owner on the entire /opt/VirtualBox, but that didn't help. I have just in the past hour removed virtualbox-bin, ran a portage sync, and reinstalled it. I don't remember when this broke.
(In reply to comment #13) > tried removing write permissions for everyone but owner on the entire > /opt/VirtualBox, but that didn't help. I found the log file for the machine (~/.VirtualBox/Machines/<Name>/Logs/...) and it gave a slightly more detailed message: 00:00:01.120 pdmR3LoadR0U: pszName="VMMR0.r0" rc=VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT szErr="The owner is not root: '/opt'" 00:00:01.120 VMSetError: /home/vbox/tinderbox/4.0-lnx64-rel/src/VBox/VMM/VMMR3/VM.cpp(579) int vmR3CreateU(UVM*, uint32_t, int (*)(VM*, void*), void*); rc=VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT 00:00:01.120 VMSetError: Failed to load VMMR0.r0 00:00:01.120 VMSetError: /home/vbox/tinderbox/4.0-lnx64-rel/src/VBox/VMM/VMMR3/VM.cpp(350) int VMR3Create(uint32_t, const VMM2USERMETHODS*, void (*)(VM*, void*, int, const char*, unsigned int, const char*, const char*, __va_list_tag*), void*, int (*)(VM*, void*), void*, VM**); rc=VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT 00:00:01.120 VMSetError: Unknown error creating VM 00:00:01.120 ERROR [COM]: aRC=NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) aIID={515e8e8d-f932-4d8e-9f32-79a52aead882} aComponent={Console} aText={Failed to load VMMR0.r0 (VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT). 00:00:01.120 Unknown error creating VM (VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT)}, preserve=false 00:00:01.219 Power up failed (vrc=VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT, rc=NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0X80004005)) Which told me exactly what I did wrong. /opt was the only directory in the area that I didn't check explicitly. Changing it's ownership to root seemed to have solved my problems.
(In reply to comment #14) > Which told me exactly what I did wrong. /opt was the only directory in the area > that I didn't check explicitly. Changing it's ownership to root seemed to have > solved my problems. Works for me. Changing /opt ownership to root Virtualbox solves the problem. Thank you :)
*** Bug 415833 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
If there are any other problems here besides bad permissions on /opt, please reopen the bug. Thanks!
