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Problem starting Virtual Machine in VirtualBox

Asked by Abhinav

I installed Virtual Box and tried to install windows XP. When I started the Virtual Machine I got this error:

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}

Can some one please help me.

Thank You

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Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#1

Run terminal (Applications→Accesories→Terminal) and use command "gksudo gedit /etc/group" (without quotation marks) or "kdesu kate /etc/group" (if you have kubuntu). It will open config file in text editor gedit (or kate), find line "vboxusers:x:126:" and at the end write your user name (exmaple: "vboxusers:x:126:vojtech") (of course without quotation marks, the number may be another, it doesn't matter). Now save it, logout and login and it shoul be OK.

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Abhinav (abhinavhardikar) said : 		#2

Thanks for solving my problem