Bug 11230 - virtualbox needs gksu or working kdesu
Summary: virtualbox needs gksu or working kdesu
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: All Packagers
QA Contact:
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Whiteboard: MGA5TOO
Keywords:
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-09-14 17:14 CEST by Dave Hodgins
Modified: 2021-05-26 12:34 CEST (History)
2 users (show)

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Source RPM: virtualbox-4.2.18-1.mga4.src.rpm
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Description Dave Hodgins 2013-09-14 17:14:39 CEST
I finally figured out what was wrong with VirtualBox on a system, I only
access via ssh.

Trying to install the latest extension pack was failing with
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: ExtPackManager Interface: IExtPackManager

It works once gksu is installed.

This was on a Mageia 2 x86_64 system, but I expect it applies to all
versions.



Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
Dave Hodgins 2013-09-14 17:18:00 CEST

Assignee: bugsquad => tmb
Whiteboard: (none) => MGA3TOO MGA2TOO

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2013-09-16 21:40:45 CEST
it doesn't work with the equivalent in kde ? ( I don't remember the name )
Comment 2 Dave Hodgins 2013-09-16 22:32:36 CEST
It doesn't. /usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/kdesu from kdebase4-runtime
was already installed on that system.
Comment 3 Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-17 01:44:30 CEST
Is this bug report still valid Dave?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 4 Dave Hodgins 2015-05-17 16:01:21 CEST
As far as I know, yes. I'll have to create a new install to confirm though.
Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-17 16:59:28 CEST

Whiteboard: MGA3TOO MGA2TOO => MGA3TOO MGA2TOO MGA4TOO MGA5TOO
Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Comment 5 Marja Van Waes 2016-08-28 10:18:18 CEST
(In reply to Dave Hodgins from comment #4)
> As far as I know, yes. I'll have to create a new install to confirm though.

Is it?

Assignee: tmb => pkg-bugs
Whiteboard: MGA3TOO MGA2TOO MGA4TOO MGA5TOO => MGA5TOO
Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => marja11

Comment 6 Otto Leipälä 2017-01-19 13:25:45 CET
Virtualbox works with kdesu out of box it just need to be symlinked to /usr/bin in Mageia 5,virtualbox don't support kde dir to polkit gui only native bin dir.

In Cauldron there is now by neoclust added symlink to /usr/bin so it will work without manual symlink.

CC: (none) => otto.leipala

Comment 7 Marja Van Waes 2021-05-26 12:34:26 CEST
(In reply to Otto Leipälä from comment #6)
> Virtualbox works with kdesu out of box it just need to be symlinked to
> /usr/bin in Mageia 5,virtualbox don't support kde dir to polkit gui only
> native bin dir.
> 
> In Cauldron there is now by neoclust added symlink to /usr/bin so it will
> work without manual symlink.

Thanks, so gksu is no longer needed

Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Summary: virtualbox needs gksu => virtualbox needs gksu or working kdesu
Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)


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