[HLUG] Sun VirtualBox (& Wine, OCRopus etc etc)

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

Quoting Christopher Evans <reactiv8 at hotmail.co.uk>:
> 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..

You're not in the right group....

Kind regards....Only joking!

To add yourself to the correct group, you can either use one of the  
user-management tools or (my preferred way), start a console (ALT+F2  
and tyrpe "xterm" will do it) and type the following:

vigr

move down the file until you find the line that starts "vboxusers" and  
add your username to the very end of that line (If it won't let you  
type any text, try pressing "i", then typing).

Repeat the above with the following command:

vigr -s

You will then need to log out completely (although you do not need to  
restart the computer) and log back in again before the settings will  
take effect.

HTH,

M.
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Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk
http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/