Also, the same issue did occur on i686 arch for Ubuntu 11.04. PC: Dell D755
Arch : i686 Steps to reproduce: 1 Install VirtualBox- 4.0.8 r71778 2 reboot PC, then change to root account (i.e su ) 3 Start VirtualBox 4 Refer to the Error info from Terminal Workaround: 1. Try to change to "root" account with the following command: $ su --login root Then, start VirtualBox; $ VirtualBox -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/782664 Title: GLib-GIO error while submitting bugreport -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs