VirtualBox 2.2.0 and 2.2.2 GUI hang

[thenthenio]

After recent updates from 2.1.4 to 2.2.0 and from 2.2.0 to 2.2.2 my VirtualBox GUI always hangs:
- First time after opening X session VirtualVox window opens, but turns immediately gray without listing any vistual machine.
- Second time after forcing the closure of the window it opens with all the virtual machines listed, but then turns gray and it is not possible to run any of them.
- Third time after forcing the closure of the window, it does not even open.
Killing all the VirtualBox processes by hand always behaves as in the first case.
Running directly the virtual machine everything is ok:

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VirtualBox --startvm <VirtualMachineName>

This started since 2.1.4 to 2.2.0 update and fails also after 2.2.0 to 2.2.2 update!
Do I have to clear .VirtualBox folder and recreate my virtual machines?

Thanks.
Mauro

[thenthenio]

Yes, I already did uninstall/install.
Now seems working.
Anyway vboxdrv is a module, not a service, in fact it can be loaded by modprobe vboxdrv, not running /etc/init.d/vboxwhatever start (or loading automatically at boot with rc-update), I have a vboxdrv entry in my /etc/conf.d/modules file.
The window that turns gray is the VirtualBox GUI, not the virtual machine, I don't think it was due to the kernel module, because the virtual machines run properly.
I did not know about equo deptest and equo libtest, these can be useful, thanks.

Mauro

[thenthenio]

My Sabayon Linux is the HOST, virtualbox guest additions are not even installed and in fact their use is needed only on the GUEST OS.
In my case the guest OS is Windoz so the virtualbox guest additions have to be win executables!
Anyway the guest OS machine works well if I run it manually.
The application that hangs is the VirtualBox GUI which has nothing to do with the module vboxdrv and the virtualbox guest additions because it is just the GUI that helps running the virtual machines.

Mauro