Error with homestead up

Try updating VirualBox ;) They patched some stuff around this subject

I have the last version, downloaded for the first time yesterday :/

@blackbird u are on all topics ;P

Trying to work my way through the forum ;) I learned a lot while doing it :D

You are using Homestead 2.0 right? Did you follow this tutorial: https://laracasts.com/lessons/say-hello-to-laravel-homestead-two

Worrying: VBoxManage: error: VMDK: Compressed image is corrupted

You are using Homestead 2.0 right? Did you follow this tutorial: https://laracasts.com/lessons/say-hello-to-laravel-homestead-two

Yes, I did. I tried the composer method and the git clone method.

Worrying: VBoxManage: error: VMDK: Compressed image is corrupted

I tried to download homestead several times because of that message, same result :S

Open vbox and try to run anything at all (just create an emty vm and boot it). Could be that your imac doesn't support virtualization.

Same problem here, did you get this fixed @cmarfil?

What I tried so far:

1. Forcing to re-add the laravel/homestead vagrant box
2. Removing the VMs from VirtualBox
3. Removing all files under ~/VirtualBox VMs/
4. Perform a 'sudo VirtualBox restart' command from the command line
5. Re-install VirtualBox
6. Re-install Vagrant
7. Rebooting my machine

The error message doens't ring any bells to me unfortunately

pendo@pendo:~$ homestead up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Importing base box 'laravel/homestead'...
There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant
for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.

Command: ["import", "/Users/pendo/.vagrant.d/boxes/laravel-VAGRANTSLASH-homestead/0.2.6/virtualbox/box.ovf", "--vsys", "0", "--vmname", "settler_default_1430450956915_11366_1432468719324_89357", "--vsys", "0", "--unit", "7", "--disk", "/Users/PendoMBP/VirtualBox VMs/settler_default_1430450956915_11366_1432468719324_89357/box-disk1.vmdk"]

Stderr: 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Interpreting /Users/pendo/.vagrant.d/boxes/laravel-VAGRANTSLASH-homestead/0.2.6/virtualbox/box.ovf...
OK.
0%...
Progress state: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR
VBoxManage: error: Appliance import failed
VBoxManage: error: Could not create the directory '/Users/PendoMBP/VirtualBox VMs/settler_default_1430450956915_11366_1432468719324_89357' (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005), component Appliance, interface IAppliance
VBoxManage: error: Context: "int handleImportAppliance(HandlerArg*)" at line 779 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp

I guess I see where it goes wrong on my part. It's refering to the PendoBMP folder, which was changed to Pendo. Let's dive into VirtualBox and see if I can set the folder somewhere.

// Edit: fixed! Stupid mistake :-)

Same problem here, i'm use Windows 8.1, git bash, homestead 2.0 and the last version of vagrand and virtualbox u.u

@alexandrobazan If you're following the current instructions at the link below (and not a 3 month old version), I guess your problem is not the same.

You need to open a command line at your Homestead folder and run vagrant up instead instead of homestead up.

Current Homestead installation instructions:

http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/homestead

I had the same issue after I renamed my Mac's user account (a rare edge case I'm sure). I had to change Preferences > Default Machine Path in Virtualbox as well.

Last login: Mon Nov 23 03:01:57 on ttys001 VBoxManage unregistervm homestead --delete% ☁ ~ VBoxManage unregistervm homestead --delete 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% ☁ ~ homestead up Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider... ==> default: Importing base box 'laravel/homestead'... ==> default: Matching MAC address for NAT networking... ==> default: Setting the name of the VM: homestead ==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces... ==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration... default: Adapter 1: nat default: Adapter 2: hostonly ==> default: Forwarding ports... default: 80 => 8000 (adapter 1) default: 443 => 44300 (adapter 1) default: 3306 => 33060 (adapter 1) default: 5432 => 54320 (adapter 1) default: 22 => 2222 (adapter 1) ==> default: Running 'pre-boot' VM customizations... ==> default: Booting VM... ==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes... The guest machine entered an invalid state while waiting for it to boot. Valid states are 'starting, running'. The machine is in the 'poweroff' state. Please verify everything is configured properly and try again.

If the provider you're using has a GUI that comes with it, it is often helpful to open that and watch the machine, since the GUI often has more helpful error messages than Vagrant can retrieve. For example, if you're using VirtualBox, run vagrant up while the VirtualBox GUI is open.

The primary issue for this error is that the provider you're using is not properly configured. This is very rarely a Vagrant issue. ☁ ~ what think about this? help!