Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:11:44 +0900 (JST) From: Maho NAKATA <chat95@mac.com> To: lists@yamagi.org Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Two VirtualBox processes and do not launch VirtualBox: kill one of them. Message-ID: <20090606.181144.193792508.chat95@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20090606072041.GC1581@yamagi.org> References: <20090527134343.GB1104@bsdcrew.de> <20090606.120001.68053946.chat95@mac.com> <20090606072041.GC1581@yamagi.org>
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----Security_Multipart(Sat_Jun__6_18_11_44_2009_720)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Yamagi Burmeister <lists@yamagi.org> Subject: Re: Benchmark [Re: [Call For Testing] VirtualBox for FreeBSD! take 4] Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:20:42 +0200 > Hello, > >> Usually I cannot usually launch VirtualBox even by root. >> A workaround is that invoking and killing VirtualBox >> many times for me. After some tries I can launch... > > maybe this workaround helps (as user, not as root): > 1. Launch VirtualBox. > 2. If it fails open top(1) > 3. In top(1) you should see 2(!) processes "VirtualBox" > 4. Kill one of them > 5. The other one should start > This works for me in 9 out of 10 times and is much more comfortable > than killing and restarting the whole programm many times. Hi Yamagi-san, This workaround works well for me. Many thanks!! Best, -- Nakata Maho http://accc.riken.jp/maho/ , http://ja.openoffice.org/ Nakata Maho's PGP public keys: http://accc.riken.jp/maho/maho.pgp.txt ----Security_Multipart(Sat_Jun__6_18_11_44_2009_720)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkoqMtMACgkQpcQqaPiEzfnrFQCdGJawvupcWuyKWfzV2qUVbDel JqsAoIU59BPD1U11gGC49z9mWTpKJp0u =tctN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Sat_Jun__6_18_11_44_2009_720)----
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