Genymotion Unable to load VirtualBox engine on Mavericks VBox is setup correctly

Question

I keep getting the following error     I have reinstalled  deleted and tried about EVERYTHING to get Genymotion to work again   I do not have the device I need  but Genymotion was PERFECT for the job  until Mavericks update I have been fighting to get it to work again    MacBook Pro  Retina 13-inch  Early 2013  i5  8gb   I m running version 1 3 1 for os x  I do have Virtualbox 4 3 installed with Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack-4 3 0-89960 vbox-extpack too   My Virtualbox starts up normally without ANY errors  I tried Environment variables putting vbox on my  PATH  all sorts of things  Nothing works    I have no idea what to do anymore  anyone out there had similar problems and fixed it    EDIT  LOG   Oct 28 09 49 36  Genymotion   Warning        STARTING GENYMOTION        Oct 28 09 49 36  Genymotion   Warning  Genymotion Version  Genymotion 1 3 1  Oct 28 09 49 36  Genymotion   Debug  Network request to URL     launchpad last version mac x64    Oct 28 09 49 39  Genymotion   Debug  Genymotion server informs that version   1 3 0   is available from   https   ssl-files genymotion com genymotion genymotion-1 3 0 genymotion-1 3 0 dmg   Oct 28 09 49 39  Genymotion   Debug  Version   1   Oct 28 09 49 39  Genymotion   Error  Genymotion is newer than the database    how is possible   Oct 28 09 49 39  Genymotion   Debug  Getting currently authenticated user from  local cache  Oct 28 09 49 39  Genymotion   Debug  Loading  vboxmanage  plugin  Oct 28 09 49 39  Genymotion   Debug  Library loaded with success  Oct 28 09 49 39  Genymotion   Debug  Chipset   GenuineIntel   Oct 28 09 49 39  Genymotion   Debug  CPUID 0x1  Intel   ECX   7fbae3bf   Oct 28 09 49 39  Genymotion   Debug  VBoxManage path  default value    VBoxManage   Oct 28 09 50 09  Genymotion   Debug  Can t run VBoxManage   list    hostonlyifs    Oct 28 09 50 09  Genymotion   Warning  QProcess  Destroyed while process is still running  Oct 28 09 50 09  Genymotion   Error   Fail to load vboxmanage plugin from  Applications Genymotion app Contents MacOS plugins    Oct 28 09 50 09  Genymotion   Error  Unable to find VM Engine  Plugin loading aborted     EDIT 2   VBoxManage list hostonlyifs  Prints the following   VBoxManage  error  Failed to create the VirtualBox object  VBoxManage  error  Code NS BASE STREAM WOULD BLOCK  0x80470007  - Stream operation would block  extended info not available  VBoxManage  error  Most likely  the VirtualBox COM server is not running or failed to start

User · Accepted Answer

I had the same problem and solved it by running the following command:

sudo /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox restart

In later versions, the command is

sudo /Library/Application\ Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.sh restart

Make sure you've unblocked VirtualBox's kernel extensions in System Preferences->Security and Privacy->General (You'll get a popup when you install VirtualBox).

User · Answer

On Ubuntu GNU Linux   sudo  etc init d vboxdrv setup

User · Answer

Uninstall VirtualBox with uninstaller  it comes with dmg   then install VirtualBox again  This has solved that issue for me

User · Answer

Virtual box version 4 3 28 worked with Genymotion 2 5 2 for me  Nothing else seemed to work

User · Answer

Update  Genymotion s 2 5 1 release  https   www genymotion com    release-notes 251 251  seems to have fixed this issue   thanks for the heads up  Roger      For those that may be stumbling upon this a bit later  I resolved this by installing VirtualBox 4 3 28  https   www virtualbox org wiki Download Old Builds 4 3   The new 5 0 0 and 4 3 30 versions didn t work for me with Genymotion 2 5  None of the above solutions worked      It s also worth noting that at the time of writing  Genymotion s FAQ states the following      However  for performance reasons  we recommend using version 4 3 12

User · Answer

Eventually  you might not have anything in your  Library StartupItems   Using the following command helps     sudo  Library Application  Support VirtualBox LaunchDaemons VirtualBoxStartup sh restart   It worked for me on two different Mavericks installs

User · Answer

It happens when upgrading to el capitan from yosemite  Virtual box needs to be installed again  Reinstalling geny motion does nothing  You will keep all your virtual devices unchanged

User · Answer

On Ubuntu 16 04 vboxdrv is not longer in  etc init d  therefore you must run this    usr lib virtualbox vboxdrv sh setup

User · Answer

In GNU Linux you can use this command    etc init d virtualbox   Options   start stop stop vms restart force-reload status   for example     etc init d virtualbox force-reload   Good Luck

User · Answer

For those who are hitting this thread from Mac OSX with the same error message but a potentially different problem   1  Check that you have opened GenyMotion through  Applications and that you have enabled the internet permissions  2  Install Virtual box from here  https   www virtualbox org wiki Downloads  Once you download and install  retry running GenyMotion  3  If those do not work  try Mul0w  s suggestion    sudo  Library Application  Support VirtualBox LaunchDaemons VirtualBoxStartup sh restart

User · Answer

i installed Oracle virtualbox  Download link  then everything working fine

User · Answer

Ok after a whole productive day down the drain I got it to work   First I uninstalled all traces of Genymotion and Virtualbox  I then proceeded to install Genymotion and then Virtual Box again  but the previous version  4 2 18   I ran Genymotion  Downloaded an Image  I got an error message about the network trying to run it   So I ran it Directly inside Virtual Box  It started up 100  with network and everything  I shut it down  went to Image s settings and changed the first adapter to  Host-only    I opened the Genymotion Launcher again and  Played  my device and it started up with no problems

User · Answer

Deleting Host-only network helped me  1  Open Virtual Box 2  File- Preferences-  Network 3  Select the Host-only network and remove it   Now try starting the Genymotion

User · Answer

What worked for me in Win 7 is to remove the Host-only Network  in Oracle virtual box preferences menu  CTRL G  -  Network -  host only networks   Genymotion will recreate it automatically at the next virtual device start

User · Answer

You need to restart VirtualBox service you can do it with this   sudo  Library StartupItems VirtualBox VirtualBox restart   If in this path is empty you can use   sudo  Library Application  Support VirtualBox LaunchDaemons VirtualBoxStartup sh restart   After I use Parallels I always need to do it

User · Answer

I also Struggled with el captain installed  I installed the VirtualBox 4 3 26 version  Other latest versions doesnt worked for me  It works like a charm

User · Answer

For Arch Linux try this    sudo vboxreload

[android] Genymotion, "Unable to load VirtualBox engine." on Mavericks. VBox is setup correctly

Examples related to android

Examples related to macos

Examples related to osx-mavericks

Examples related to genymotion