VirtualBox VBoxVMM.so: cannot open shared object file

[Tod Thomas]

  On 10/29/2010 06:54 PM, 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.
>
I kind of like the Open Source Edition.  Plusses, minusses?