On December 8, 2016 9:41:10 PM GMT+01:00, Bertram Scharpf <li...@bertram-scharpf.de> wrote: >On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >> > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >> >>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for >> >>> Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials >> >>> for Gentoo in a Virtualbox. >> > >> > The official documentation ><https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#idm267> >> > says: >> > >> > On a Linux or Solaris host, depending on your desktop >> > environment, a "VirtualBox" item may have been placed in >> > either the "System" or "System Tools" group of your >> > "Applications" menu. Alternatively, you can type >> > "VirtualBox" in a terminal. >> >> There is a command "VirtualBox" but it's not in your PATH: >> >> /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox > >Not here. > > # ls -l /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox >ls: cannot access '/usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox': No such file or >directory > >Maybe the reason can be found here: > > # equery u virtualbox | cat > +additions > +alsa > -doc > -extensions > -headless > -java > +opengl > +pam > -pulseaudio > -python > +python_targets_python2_7 > -qt4 > +sdk > +udev > -vboxwebsrv > -vnc > >> >> It's launched by the menu item >> > >I don't have a menu item (Xfce4). > >Bertram
Is your user in the correct group? 'vboxusers' or similar. I had that same message recently when I forgot to add a user to a certain group. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
