VirtualBox VBoxVMM.so: cannot open shared object file

[Steven Stern]

On 10/31/2010 03:10 PM, Tod Thomas wrote:
>   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?

Plus:  One consistent repo, USB access. The latter is critical for me.

-- 
-- Steve