VirtualBox problem in F15

[David]

On 5/28/2011 6:22 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 17:16 -0400, David wrote:
>> On 5/28/2011 5:02 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> On 28/05/11 13:31, Steven Stern wrote:
>>>> On 05/28/2011 10:12 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>>> On 05/28/2011 10:56 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
>>>>>> Make sure your user account is in the vboxusers group or USB won't work.
>>>>>> This was a change in the 4.x series on VirtualBox.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Doh!
>>>>>
>>>>> I hate when that happens....  Somehow I recall VBox giving a more
>>>>> informative error message when you forgot one of the settings.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Ed
>>>>>
>>>> Also, for F15, you need to install the Extension Pack:
>>>> http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.8-71778.vbox-extpack
>>>
>>> Good idea, but it didn't help in my case.
>>
>>
>> There are two steps to the Extension Pack.
>>
>> 1) install it in the VBox GUI
>>
>> 2) *Run it* in the VM.
>>
>> Did you do that too?
> 
> How do I run it in the VM if the VM won't start?


Sorry I got here late and I have missed that part. 'Looks shamefully
down at his feet'.

>From the GUI does > File > Virtual Media manager menu offer you the
option to 'delete' the VM. *Careful here* because you *remove* the
config listing (it says release (means disconnect) and then *remove*
(means remove from listing from the config) and then *delete* the files
to this you say *no*. A yes here would delete the VM.

Then you can add it back (might take a recreate with the option to use
an existing VM') to the GUI 'Storage' section.

I had something similar to what you describe and this fixed it for me.

Good luck. Get back. Hopefully with a success! story.  :-) Hope I helped
and willing to help more if needed.
-- 

  David