Virtualbox

[ricolinuz]

I followed a howto for installation of VIRTUALBOX , when finished Iget this error when I try to run the application
(
Could not load the settings file '/home/name/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml' (VERR_OPEN_FAILED).
FATAL ERROR: Attribute 'LogHistoryCount' is not declared for element 'SystemProperties'
Location: '/home/name/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml', line 25, column 159.)
I checked the file permissions and seems to have all permissions availabe for my user, what am I doing wrong and what can I do to correct the situation??.
I'm running Ubuntu 7,10 (since 6.04) I use it about 60 to 80 % of the my computing daily use.
Please advise
Thanks

[falko]

What's the output of ls -la /home/name/.VirtualBox?

[ricolinuz]

What's the output of ls -la /home/name/.VirtualBox?
the results for ls is:
ls: /home/name/.VirtualBox: No such file or directory
here's the actual output
total 44
drwxrwxr-x 4 rico rico 4096 2007-11-28 11:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 90 rico rico 4096 2008-03-23 20:34 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 rico rico 1144 2007-11-28 10:17 compreg.dat
drwxr-xr-x 3 rico rico 4096 2007-11-18 17:50 Machines
drwxr-xr-x 2 rico rico 4096 2007-11-18 17:50 VDI
-rw------- 1 rico rico 1228 2007-11-28 11:03 VirtualBox.xml
-rw------- 1 rico rico 1227 2007-11-28 10:47 VirtualBox.xml~
-rw-r--r-- 1 rico rico 15355 2007-11-28 10:17 xpti.dat

[ricolinuz]

What's the output of ls -la /home/name/.VirtualBox?
sorry I forgot to change name for my name, here's the actual output"
total 44
drwxrwxr-x 4 rico rico 4096 2007-11-28 11:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 90 rico rico 4096 2008-03-23 20:34 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 rico rico 1144 2007-11-28 10:17 compreg.dat
drwxr-xr-x 3 rico rico 4096 2007-11-18 17:50 Machines
drwxr-xr-x 2 rico rico 4096 2007-11-18 17:50 VDI
-rw------- 1 rico rico 1228 2007-11-28 11:03 VirtualBox.xml
-rw------- 1 rico rico 1227 2007-11-28 10:47 VirtualBox.xml~
-rw-r--r-- 1 rico rico 15355 2007-11-28 10:17 xpti.dat
What needs to change and how ?
Please be gentle I'm a old slave of Gates but I'm trying hard to learn the right way to computing.
Thanks

[falko]

Please try
chmod 644 VirtualBox.xml

[ricolinuz]

Thanks Falko
OK I tried running that code and this is the output:
total 44
drwxrwxr-x 4 rico rico 4096 2007-11-28 11:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 90 rico rico 4096 2008-03-23 20:34 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 rico rico 1144 2007-11-28 10:17 compreg.dat
drwxr-xr-x 3 rico rico 4096 2007-11-18 17:50 Machines
drwxr-xr-x 2 rico rico 4096 2007-11-18 17:50 VDI
-rw-r--r-- 1 rico rico 1228 2007-11-28 11:03 VirtualBox.xml
-rw------- 1 rico rico 1227 2007-11-28 10:47 VirtualBox.xml~
-rw-r--r-- 1 rico rico 15355 2007-11-28 10:17 xpti.dat
BUT still gives me the same error

[falko]

Do you still get this error?
Could not load the settings file '/home/name/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml' (VERR_OPEN_FAILED).

[ricolinuz]

Do you still get this error?
Yes here's the complete error message
"
Could not load the settings file '/home/rico/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml' (VERR_OPEN_FAILED).
FATAL ERROR: Attribute 'LogHistoryCount' is not declared for element 'SystemProperties'
Location: '/home/rico/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml', line 25, column 159.


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
VirtualBox
Interface:IVirtualBox {76b25f3c-15d4-4785-a9d3-adc6a462beec}"
It getting to me ,
I tried to use VIrtualization on Ubuntu but some how I just failed,
I need to learn this so I can Migrate my Clients to open source and of course UBUNTU (I'm selft-emplyed, self-learning, working to provide small businesses with IT Support both hardware and software)
Thanks for your patience and support.
Ricolinuz

[zcworld]

did you add your username to the Virtualbox group ?
i think that last error msg you posted is what i got today
and i added my account to the VB group and it worked

[ricolinuz]

did you add your username to the Virtualbox group ?
i think that last error msg you posted is what i got today
and i added my account to the VB group and it worked
Thanks zcworld
But how do I do that?
Adding my username to the VB group.

[zcworld]

system - > administration -> users and groups

users tab
click on your name
bring up the user properties
-> groups tab
than find the vboxusers
than click ok
after you added your name to the group than you got to log out than back in
to make the changes