[Fedora] Re: [Fedora] Re: VirtualBox VBoxVMM.so: cannot open shared object file

[Walter Cazzola]

Hi,
thanks for the help, I didn't recompile it but googling around I found
that it is enough to run:

   find /usr/lib64/virtualbox/ -name \*.so -exec ln -s -t /lib64 '{}' ';'

to fix the issue

Walter

On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Zoltan Hoppar wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Did you tried to compile yourself the kernel module for the
> Virtualbox? Is not an hassle, needs an bunch of package, but always
> works. Clean everything what you have did for VBox, even the hidden
> conf files too in your home folder.
>
> Here is how I do always:
>
> 1. Go to http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
> 2. Get the latest Fedora RPM
> 3. Install that through automatic installer, it will install few Qt
> modules too, but doesn't bother
>
> For kernel modules:
>
> 1. IF the earlier install successfully done - do: yum install gcc
> kernel-devel kernel-headers (it's cca 25 Mb)
> 2. to set up the modules:
> KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r` --->enter
> export KERN_DIR  ---> enter
> 3. usermod -a -G vboxusers the_user_name
> 4. /etc /init.d /vboxdrv setup
> 5. After compiling: Enjoy - and works every way.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Zoltan
>
> 2010/12/6 Walter Cazzola <cazzola at dico.unimi.it>:
>> Dear Linuxers,
>> I've the same problem the original op raised and more than a month later
>> this is still unsolved (at least on my machine).
>>
>> I've installed:
>>  - dkms-2.1.0.1-1.fc12.noarch
>>  - VirtualBox-OSE-3.2.6-2.fc13.x86_64
>>  - kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-3.2.6-1.fc13.9.x86_64
>>
>> still a FC13 with the repo Steven's suggested but yum says that nothing
>> needs to be updated and still VirtualBox silently quit with the
>> VBoxVMM.so missing message.
>>
>> Any idea?
>>
>> Walter
>>
>> On Fri, 29 Oct 2010, Steven Stern wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/29/2010 01:36 PM, Tod Thomas wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  The full messages is:
>>>>
>>>> VirtualBox: supR3HardenedMainGetTrustedMain:
>>>> dlopen("/usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox.so",) failed: VBoxVMM.so: cannot
>>>> open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The VBoxVMM.so file is in the same directory as the VirtualBox.so file.
>>>> Also:
>>>>
>>>> ldd /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox.so
>>>>     linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0x00bec000)
>>>>     libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00110000)
>>>>     libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x00961000)
>>>>     VBoxVMM.so => /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxVMM.so (0xb7625000)...
>>>>
>>>> shows its in the correct dir.
>>>>
>>>> This thread suggests it has something to do with glibc:
>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645500
>>>>
>>>> This thread suggests it has been fixed:
>>>> https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1465
>>>>
>>>> If all of this information is correct will it soon become part of the
>>>> FC13 yum update stream?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks - Tod
>>>
>>> I strongly recommend installing Virtual Box from the repo at
>>> VirtualBox.org.  Scroll down a bit on
>>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads to find instructions for
>>> installing the repo. After that, "yum update" keeps things in line.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Walter Cazzola, PhD - Associate Professor, DICo, University of Milano
>> E-mail: cazzola at dico.unimi.it  Ph.: +39 02 503 16300  Fax: +39 02 503 16253
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