Alan,

Thanks. Yes, it turns out that /usr/bin/bash replacement step is 
redundant. Setting the PATH to $PATH:/opt/VirtualBox seems to be what 
made it work.


Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Brian Nitz wrote:
>   
>> Several VirtualBox startup scripts are bash scripts and they expect bash 
>> to be in /bin/bash. On Solaris Nevada bash is in /usr/bin/bash. So edit 
>> all of the scripts in /opt/VirtualBox to point to /usr/bin/bash instead 
>> of /bin/bash. 
>>     
>
> /bin has been a link to /usr/bin on Solaris since version 2.0 in the early
> 90's, so this step is redundant.    (If you don't have this link on your
> system, you may have run into one of the GNOME or StarOffice upgrade bugs
> that accidentally broke it at various points, but a fresh install and a
> correct system will have it, and far more than VirtualBox breaks if you
> don't.)
>
>   


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