Bug 196949

Summary:	=app-emulation/virtualbox-1.4.0, permission problems, etc.
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Itay Perl <itay.perl>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Markus Ullmann (RETIRED) <jokey>
Status:	VERIFIED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Itay Perl 2007-10-24 17:56:54 UTC

1. At first running "virtualbox" gave me this error: "Could not find VirtualBox installation. Please reinstall."
I had to manually touch /etc/vbox/vbox.cfg and chown it root:vboxusers to make this error disappear.

2. The symbolic links in /usr/bin were owned by root:root. I had to manually chown them to root:vboxusers so non-root users can use them.

3. Then I tried running "virtualbox" again and got: "Unknown application - virtualbox". The wrapper seems to only recogzine "VirtualBox" (caps), so I had to manually rename the links in /usr/bin (virtualbox, vboxmanage, vboxsdl => VirtualBox, VBoxManage, VBoxSDL).

4. Then I got this:
/usr/bin/VirtualBox: line 102: /VirtualBox: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/VirtualBox: line 102: exec: /VirtualBox: cannot execute: No such file or directory
The wrapper tries to exec $INSTALL_DIR/VirtualBox. INSTALL_DIR is not defined.
So, I did an export INSTALL_DIR=/opt/VirtualBox, and then I could at last get VirtualBox to start.


By the way, why is virtualbox installed in /opt ?

Regards,
Itay

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge =app-emulation/virtualbox-1.4.0
2. virtualbox
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Comment 1 Markus Ullmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-10-28 21:16:30 UTC

retry with 1.5.2 please

Comment 2 Itay Perl 2007-10-29 00:17:47 UTC

That's ~ but oh well... Yup, all OK in 1.5.2.

Comment 3 Markus Ullmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-10-29 10:30:03 UTC

Already triggered arch teams to stable it so that should happen soonish.
Thanks for the feedback :)