Virtualbox.app files are missing upon restart

[jvliwanag]

On Mac OSX 10.9, virtualbox runs fine on a new install. Upon restarting the host OS, I find that there are files missing in Virtualbox.app.

VBoxManage does not run since VBoxManage itself is missing. Creating a copy of virtualbox.app and comparing the backup with the one on /Applications/Virtualbox.app, I get the following:

Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxAutostart
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxBalloonCtrl
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxDD2GC.gc
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxDDGC.gc
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxExtPackHelperApp
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxHeadless
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxManage
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxNetAdpCtl
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxNetDHCP
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxNetNAT
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxSVC
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxXPCOMIPCD
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VMMGC.gc
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VirtualBox
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: VirtualBoxVM
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS: vboxwebsrv
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxAutostart
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxBalloonCtrl
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxDD2GC.gc
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxDDGC.gc
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxExtPackHelperApp
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxHeadless
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxManage
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxNetAdpCtl
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxNetDHCP
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxNetNAT
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxSVC
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxXPCOMIPCD
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VMMGC.gc
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VirtualBox
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: VirtualBoxVM
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS: vboxwebsrv
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxAutostart
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxBalloonCtrl
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxDD2GC.gc
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxDDGC.gc
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxExtPackHelperApp
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxHeadless
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxManage
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxNetAdpCtl
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxNetDHCP
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxNetNAT
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxSVC
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VBoxXPCOMIPCD
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VMMGC.gc
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VirtualBox
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: VirtualBoxVM
Only in VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/vmstarter.app/Contents/MacOS: vboxwebsrv

Note that '-amd64' and '-x86' versions of said files are present. Moreover, copying the back-up over to the original location fixes the problem.

[Frank Mehnert]

Could you uninstall VBox and then install VBox 4.3.2? Do you still see that problem?

[Frank Mehnert]

Installing VBox 4.3.2 should also solve the problem.

[jvliwanag]

Hi. I just updated to 4.3.2 from 4.2.18 and it still happens.

Btw, this does not happen if I downgrade to 4.2.18.

[jvliwanag]

Hm. Found the problem. I have 'ln' pointing to the coreutils implementaion which doesn't have 'ln -h'.

/Library/Application\ Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.sh uses 'ln -h'. Replacing 'ln' with '/bin/ln' solves the problem.

[Frank Mehnert]

Fixed in 4.3.4.