hey, guys...

something is happening with virtualbox in my ubuntu 8.04... i've tried lots of versions of virtualbox, and neither worked. the ones I downloaded from virtualbox.org dont even appear in applications list. and the one I can find in add/remove programs wont start. I try to start it but nothing happens. and when i check running processes, it's not showed...

I've googled this, but seems like nobody had something like it. If someone has idea how to fix this, please help... thanks...


Relja

Have you loaded the vbox modules?

yes I have... still wont run...

I think it doesn't show any running process for Virtualbox, when you start using startup script. It will load some kernel modules only. After lunching virtual machine there should be process for virtual machine.

Please try to start it from the command line and the post the error messages it prints to your terminal.
The command is probably either "virtualbox" or "VirtualBox" depending on your installation.

Evo2.

It may be /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox

evo2, here is a report from terminal. I installed it, and tried to run it...

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reljaljubobratovic@reljaljubobratovic-desktop:~$ virtualbox
The program 'virtualbox' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose
bash: virtualbox: command not found
reljaljubobratovic@reljaljubobratovic-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose
[sudo] password for reljaljubobratovic:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libqt4-opengl libqt4-assistant bochsbios libqt4-test libqt4-dbus libqt4-core
libvirt0 libqt4-gui libxen3 libqtcore4 vgabios libqt4-svg tcl libqt4-xml
tcl8.4 tcl8.5 libqt4-network libqt4-designer linux-headers-2.6.24-26-generic
libqtgui4 libqt4-script linux-headers-2.6.24-26
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
bridge-utils virtualbox-ose-source
Recommended packages:
virtualbox-ose-modules
The following NEW packages will be installed
virtualbox-ose
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/6366kB of archives.
After this operation, 20.7MB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package virtualbox-ose.
(Reading database ... 139388 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking virtualbox-ose (from .../virtualbox-ose_1.5.6-dfsg-6ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up virtualbox-ose (1.5.6-dfsg-6ubuntu1) ...
* Starting VirtualBox host networking... [ OK ]
* Starting VirtualBox kernel module vboxdrv [ OK ]

reljaljubobratovic@reljaljubobratovic-desktop:~$ virtualbox
Could not find VirtualBox installation. Please reinstall.
reljaljubobratovic@reljaljubobratovic-desktop:~$
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Hope it rings the bell.
Thanks again for helping!

Do you know that VirtualBox OSE does not support USB devices? If USB support is important to you you will need VirtualBox PUEL.

Guys, I did it!

After installing every version one after another, 2.2.4 worked! Don't know why or how... And, I still don't have it in Applications menu, so I need to run it in Terminal.

Anyway, help you all for trying help!!! Cheers from Serbia!!!

Relja