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Genymotion,UnabletoloadVirtualBoxengine.onMavericks.VBoxissetupcorrectly

Ikeepgettingthefollowingerror:

Ihavereinstalled,deletedandtriedaboutEVERYTHINGtogetGenymotiontoworkagain.
IdonothavethedeviceIneed,butGenymotionwasPERFECTforthejob,untilMavericksupdateIhavebeenfightingtogetitto
workagain.
MacBookPro,Retina13inch,Early2013.i5,8gb.
I'mrunningversion1.3.1forosx.IdohaveVirtualbox4.3installedwithOracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack4.3.0
89960.vboxextpacktoo.
MyVirtualboxstartsupnormallywithoutANYerrors.ItriedEnvironmentvariablesputtingvboxonmy$PATH,allsortsofthings.
Nothingworks!
Ihavenoideawhattodoanymore,anyoneouttherehadsimilarproblemsandfixedit?
EDIT:LOG:
Oct2809:49:36[Genymotion][Warning]****STARTINGGENYMOTION****
Oct2809:49:36[Genymotion][Warning]GenymotionVersion:Genymotion1.3.1
Oct2809:49:36[Genymotion][Debug]NetworkrequesttoURL:
"/launchpad/last_version/mac/x64/"
Oct2809:49:39[Genymotion][Debug]Genymotionserverinformsthatversion"1.3.0"is
availablefrom"https://sslfiles.genymotion.com/genymotion/genymotion1.3.0/genymotion
1.3.0.dmg"
Oct2809:49:39[Genymotion][Debug]Version:"1"
Oct2809:49:39[Genymotion][Error]Genymotionisnewerthanthedatabase...howis
possible?
Oct2809:49:39[Genymotion][Debug]Gettingcurrentlyauthenticateduserfromlocal
cache
Oct2809:49:39[Genymotion][Debug]Loading"vboxmanage"plugin
Oct2809:49:39[Genymotion][Debug]Libraryloadedwithsuccess
Oct2809:49:39[Genymotion][Debug]Chipset:"GenuineIntel"
Oct2809:49:39[Genymotion][Debug]CPUID0x1(Intel):ECX="7fbae3bf"
Oct2809:49:39[Genymotion][Debug]VBoxManagepath(defaultvalue):"VBoxManage"
Oct2809:50:09[Genymotion][Debug]Can'trunVBoxManage("list","hostonlyifs")
Oct2809:50:09[Genymotion][Warning]QProcess:Destroyedwhileprocessisstillrunning.
Oct2809:50:09[Genymotion][Error]"Failtoloadvboxmanagepluginfrom
/Applications/Genymotion.app/Contents/MacOS/plugins/"
Oct2809:50:09[Genymotion][Error]UnabletofindVMEngine.Pluginloadingaborted.

EDIT2:
VBoxManagelisthostonlyifs
Printsthefollowing:
VBoxManage:error:FailedtocreatetheVirtualBoxobject!
VBoxManage:error:CodeNS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK(0x80470007)Streamoperationwould
block(extendedinfonotavailable)
VBoxManage:error:Mostlikely,theVirtualBoxCOMserverisnotrunningorfailedto
start.
android osx osxmavericks genymotion

editedOct28'13at10:26

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1 Couldyoupleasesharewithusyourlogfiles(cloud.genymotion.com/page/faq/#collapselogs )?
madCdanOct28'13at7:40
IassureyouIdohaveVBoxinstalledandit'sworking100% MonKyFoniKs Oct28'13at7:52
1 Ifyouopena"terminal"andjusttype"VBoxManagelisthostonlyifs",what'stheoutput?madCdanOct
28'13at9:18
UpdatedQuestion. MonKyFoniKs Oct28'13at10:27
1 IassumeyoualreadytriedtoreinstallVirtualBox?madCdanOct28'13at13:31

9Answers
Ihadthesameproblemandsolveditbyrunningthefollowingcommand:
sudo/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBoxrestart

answeredOct29'13at8:24
AmitOn
1,254

thanks,thisfixeditforme.SohamOct29'13at13:31
helpedmetoo,thanks!Kid24Oct31'13at4:09
1 whereisthe/Library/StartupItems/onmavericks?Can'tfindanythinglikethat.DumokoOct31'13at
8:29
4 Thiscouldsolvetheproblemonce,butneedtorunthecommandeverytimeirestartthecomputer.Isthere
anonceandforallway?Chris.ZouNov14'13at3:05
1 IhadtorestartVirtualBoxandGenymotionafterrunningthisforittoworkaswell.KenNov16'13at
22:47

Eventually,youmightnothaveanythinginyour /Library/StartupItems .
Usingthefollowingcommandhelps:
sudo/Library/Application\Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.shrestart

ItworkedformeontwodifferentMavericksinstalls.
editedOct31'13at10:28
Flawyte
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answeredOct31'13at10:03
Mul0w

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1 ThisworkedformeafterupgradingtoMavericks.PreviouslyIwasabletouseAmit'sanswer.
JoshuaWitterNov19'13at16:14
Yup,workedformeonMaverickstoo.TylerMacDonellDec16'13at14:53
yup,thisworksonMavericks',Amit'sdidn't.philAug4'14at9:23
3 restartedandhadtorunthiscommandagain....istheresomewaytomakethisfixpermanent?philAug
6'14at1:08
Thankyou.thecommandworkedforme.AtaruNov18'14at13:56

YouneedtorestartVirtualBoxserviceyoucandoitwiththis:
sudo/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBoxrestart

Ifinthispathisemptyyoucanuse:
sudo/Library/Application\Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.shrestart

AfterIuseParallelsIalwaysneedtodoit.
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lumor
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WhatworkedformeinWin7istoremovetheHostonlyNetwork(inOraclevirtualbox
preferencesmenu[CTRL+G]>Network>hostonlynetworks).Genymotionwillrecreateit
automaticallyatthenextvirtualdevicestart.
answeredDec12'13at10:10
numediaweb
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OkafterawholeproductivedaydownthedrainIgotittowork.
FirstIuninstalledalltracesofGenymotionandVirtualbox.IthenproceededtoinstallGenymotion
andthenVirtualBoxagain,butthepreviousversion(4.2.18)
IranGenymotion,DownloadedanImage,Igotanerrormessageaboutthenetworktryingtorun
it.SoIranitDirectlyinsideVirtualBox,Itstartedup100%withnetworkandeverything.Ishutit
down,wenttoImage'ssettingsandchangedthefirstadapterto"Hostonly".
IopenedtheGenymotionLauncheragainand"Played"mydeviceanditstartedupwithno
problems.
answeredOct28'13at16:12
MonKyFoniKs
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ForthosewhoarehittingthisthreadfromMacOSXwiththesameerrormessagebuta
potentiallydifferentproblem:
1)CheckthatyouhaveopenedGenyMotionthrough/Applicationsandthatyouhaveenabledthe
internetpermissions
2)InstallVirtualboxfromhere:https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads .Onceyoudownload
andinstall,retryrunningGenyMotion
3)Ifthosedonotwork,tryMul0w''ssuggestion:
sudo/Library/Application\Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.shrestart

answeredJul22'14at20:17
ZenBalance
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Thanksalot!WorkslikeacharmwithOSX10.9.4Matz Aug13'14at21:42

DeletingHostonlynetworkhelpedme.1.OpenVirtualBox2.File>Preferences>Network3.
SelecttheHostonlynetworkandremoveit.
NowtrystartingtheGenymotion.
answeredSep5'14at10:53
Rita
38

UninstallVirtualBoxwithuninstaller(itcomeswithdmg),theninstallVirtualBoxagain.Thishas
solvedthatissueforme.
answeredNov8'13at9:50
MilosMatic
166

ImigratedoveraslightlyolderversionofVirtualBoxwhenswappingmacsandgotthiserror.Reinstallingto
thelatestversionfixed.jwburnsideDec23'14at17:14

ForLinuxtrythis:
$sudovboxreload

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