This issue has to do with VirtualBox-ose the part that runs on the host. I was experiencing intermittent issues were some executeables were not found (on the host) I traced the issue to /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBox.sh VBox.sh hard-codes: PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin" and launches: /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox According to FreeBSD audit trails, VirtualBox launches: 'kdeinit4 Running...' (/usr/local/bin/kdeinit4) inheriting that PATH. Since that is the second 'kdeinit4 Running...' (and not exclusive to VirtualBox) running on my system I was experiencing some executables working OK where some would not be found. It is not clear to me why VirtualBox is launching this second copy of 'kdeinit4 Running...' but I might suggest either getting VirtualBox to use it for its exclusive purposes or to establish the PATH more consistent with what everything else uses. The most obvious missing part of that PATH is '/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin' It would seem best to inherit a PATH rather than hard-code it. I have done some testing with just committing out that hard-coded PATH and it seems to work better. Version info: virtualbox-ose 5.1.12 Options : ALSA : off DBUS : on DEBUG : off GUESTADDITIONS : on MANUAL : off NLS : on PULSEAUDIO : off PYTHON : on QT4 : on QT5 : off R0LOGGING : off UDPTUNNEL : on VDE : off VNC : on VPX : off WEBSERVICE : on X11 : on . This version of VirtualBox-ose was compiled on: uname -a FreeBSD MT2016 10.3-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p5 #0: Thu Jun 30 03:52:15 UTC 2016 root@amd64-builder.pcbsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 KDE apps:.....4.14.3_1 KDE plasma:...4.11.21 Sincerely, Mark T.
I have seen on the web that several others have noticed some 'odd' interference between VirtualBox and other applications. I believe this bug report may shed some light on this interference.
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I'm reminded of attention to PATH in bug 266992 comment 1, the eventual fix there focused on UserManual.pdf … (In reply to mrT from comment #0, 2017) Please, is this still an issue with 6.1.46_1 or greater on a currently supported version of FreeBSD?