[arch-general] VirtualBox not running properly

Ionut Biru ibiru at archlinux.org
Thu Oct 13 15:42:19 EDT 2011


On 10/13/2011 08:51 PM, Madhurya Kakati wrote:

> On Thursday, October 13, 2011, Ionut Biru wrote:
>
>> On 10/13/2011 08:47 PM, Ionut Biru wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/13/2011 08:28 PM, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I installed Virtual/box from the official repos. However when I try to
>>>> run a
>>>> Virtual OS it gives me the following error.
>>>> http://i.imgur.com/sBzl4.png I
>>>> followed all the instructions after installing it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> do ls -l /usr/lib/virtualbox/VMMR0.r0
>>>
>>>
>>
>> and really,  STOP USING SUDO
>>
>> --
>> Ionuț
>>
>
> Why?

because there is not reason to run it as root. services that needs root 
are already suid.



-- 
Ionuț


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