Attach a driver to each VM. Use that to detect VirtualBox.

lib/vagrant.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ if ENV["VAGRANT_LOG"]
 end
 
 require 'pathname'
+require 'childprocess'
 require 'json'
 require 'i18n'
 require 'virtualbox'
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ module Vagrant
   autoload :Config,        'vagrant/config'
   autoload :DataStore,     'vagrant/data_store'
   autoload :Downloaders,   'vagrant/downloaders'
+  autoload :Driver,        'vagrant/driver'
   autoload :Environment,   'vagrant/environment'
   autoload :Errors,        'vagrant/errors'
   autoload :Guest,         'vagrant/guest'

lib/vagrant/driver.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module Vagrant
+  module Driver
+    autoload :VirtualBox, 'vagrant/driver/virtualbox'
+  end
+end

lib/vagrant/driver/virtualbox.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+require 'vagrant/util/subprocess'
+
+module Vagrant
+  module Driver
+    # This class contains the logic to drive VirtualBox.
+    class VirtualBox
+      # Include this so we can use `Subprocess` more easily.
+      include Vagrant::Util
+
+      # The version of virtualbox that is running.
+      attr_reader :version
+
+      def initialize
+        # Read and assign the version of VirtualBox we know which
+        # specific driver to instantiate.
+        begin
+          @version = read_version
+        rescue Subprocess::ProcessFailedToStart
+          # This means that VirtualBox was not found, so we raise this
+          # error here.
+          raise Errors::VirtualBoxNotDetected
+        end
+      end
+
+      protected
+
+      # This returns the version of VirtualBox that is running.
+      #
+      # @return [String]
+      def read_version
+        result = Subprocess.execute("VBoxManage", "--version")
+        result.stdout.split("r")[0]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/vagrant/environment.rb

@@ -36,27 +36,6 @@ module Vagrant
     # The path to the default private key
     attr_reader :default_private_key_path
 
-    #---------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Class Methods
-    #---------------------------------------------------------------
-    class << self
-      # Verifies that VirtualBox is installed and that the version of
-      # VirtualBox installed is high enough.
-      def check_virtualbox!
-        version = VirtualBox.version
-        raise Errors::VirtualBoxNotDetected if version.nil?
-        raise Errors::VirtualBoxInvalidVersion, :version => version.to_s if version.to_f < 4.1 || version.to_f >= 4.2
-      rescue Errors::VirtualBoxNotDetected
-        # On 64-bit Windows, show a special error. This error is a subclass
-        # of VirtualBoxNotDetected, so libraries which use Vagrant can just
-        # rescue VirtualBoxNotDetected.
-        raise Errors::VirtualBoxNotDetected_Win64 if Util::Platform.windows? && Util::Platform.bit64?
-
-        # Otherwise, reraise the old error
-        raise
-      end
-    end
-
     # Initializes a new environment with the given options. The options
     # is a hash where the main available key is `cwd`, which defines where
     # the environment represents. There are other options available but
@@ -331,10 +310,6 @@ module Vagrant
     def load!
       if !loaded?
         @loaded = true
-
-        @logger.info("Environment not loaded. Checking virtual box version...")
-        self.class.check_virtualbox!
-
         @logger.info("Loading configuration...")
         load_config!
       end

lib/vagrant/util/subprocess.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+require 'childprocess'
+require 'log4r'
+
+module Vagrant
+  module Util
+    # Execute a command in a subprocess, gathering the results and
+    # exit status.
+    #
+    # This class also allows you to read the data as it is outputted
+    # from the subprocess in real time, by simply passing a block to
+    # the execute method.
+    class Subprocess
+      # Convenience method for executing a method.
+      def self.execute(*command, &block)
+        new(*command).execute(&block)
+      end
+
+      def initialize(*command)
+        @command = command
+        @logger  = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::util::subprocess")
+      end
+
+      def execute
+        # Build the ChildProcess
+        @logger.debug("Starting process: #{@command.inspect}")
+        process = ChildProcess.build(*@command)
+
+        # Create the pipes so we can read the output in real time as
+        # we execute the command.
+        stdout, stdout_writer = IO.pipe
+        stderr, stderr_writer = IO.pipe
+        process.io.stdout = stdout_writer
+        process.io.stderr = stderr_writer
+        process.duplex = true
+
+        # Start the process
+        begin
+          process.start
+        rescue Exception => e
+          if defined?(RUBY_ENGINE) && RUBY_ENGINE == "jruby"
+            if e.is_a?(NativeException)
+              # This usually means that the process failed to start, so we
+              # raise that error.
+              raise ProcessFailedToStart
+            end
+          end
+
+          raise
+        end
+
+        # Make sure the stdin does not buffer
+        process.io.stdin.sync = true
+
+        # Close the writer pipes, since we're just reading
+        stdout_writer.close
+        stderr_writer.close
+
+        # Create a dictionary to store all the output we see.
+        io_data = { stdout => "", stderr => "" }
+
+        @logger.debug("Selecting on IO")
+        while true
+          results = IO.select([stdout, stderr], [process.io.stdin], nil, 5)
+          readers, writers = results
+
+          # Check the readers to see if they're ready
+          if !readers.empty?
+            begin
+              readers.each do |r|
+                data = r.read_nonblock(1024)
+                io_name = r == stdout ? :stdout : :stderr
+                @logger.debug(data)
+
+                if io_name == :stderr && io_data[r] == "" && data =~ /Errno::ENOENT/
+                  # This is how we detect that a process failed to start on
+                  # Linux. Hacky, but it works fairly well.
+                  raise ProcessFailedToStart
+                end
+
+                io_data[r] += data
+                yield io_name, data if block_given?
+              end
+            rescue IO::WaitReadable
+              # This just means the IO wasn't actually ready and we
+              # should wait some more. No problem! Just pass on through...
+            rescue EOFError
+              # Process exited, most likely. We're done here.
+              break
+            end
+          end
+
+          # Break out if the process exited. We have to do this before
+          # attempting to write to stdin otherwise we'll get a broken pipe
+          # error.
+          break if process.exited?
+
+          # Check the writers to see if they're ready, and notify any listeners
+          if !writers.empty?
+            yield :stdin, process.io.stdin if block_given?
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Wait for the process to end.
+        process.poll_for_exit(32000)
+        @logger.debug("Exit status: #{process.exit_code}")
+
+        # Return an exit status container
+        return Result.new(process.exit_code, io_data[stdout], io_data[stderr])
+      end
+
+      # An error which occurs when a process fails to start.
+      class ProcessFailedToStart < StandardError; end
+
+      # Container class to store the results of executing a subprocess.
+      class Result
+        attr_reader :exit_code
+        attr_reader :stdout
+        attr_reader :stderr
+
+        def initialize(exit_code, stdout, stderr)
+          @exit_code = exit_code
+          @stdout    = stdout
+          @stderr    = stderr
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/vagrant/vm.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module Vagrant
     attr_reader :vm
     attr_reader :box
     attr_reader :config
+    attr_reader :driver
 
     def initialize(name, env, config, vm=nil)
       @logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::vm")
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ module Vagrant
       @env    = env
       @config = config
       @box    = env.boxes.find(config.vm.box)
+      @driver = Driver::VirtualBox.new
 
       # Load the associated guest.
       load_guest!

vagrant.gemspec

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.rubyforge_project         = "vagrant"
 
   s.add_dependency "archive-tar-minitar", "= 0.5.2"
+  s.add_dependency "childprocess", "~> 0.2.3"
   s.add_dependency "erubis", "~> 2.7.0"
   s.add_dependency "json", "~> 1.5.1"
   s.add_dependency "log4r", "~> 1.1.9"
@@ -27,8 +28,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency "contest", ">= 0.1.2"
   s.add_development_dependency "minitest", "~> 2.5.1"
   s.add_development_dependency "mocha"
-  s.add_development_dependency "childprocess", "~> 0.2.3"
-  s.add_development_dependency "sys-proctable", "~> 0.9.0"
+  #s.add_development_dependency "sys-proctable", "~> 0.9.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec-core", "~> 2.7.1"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec-expectations", "~> 2.7.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec-mocks", "~> 2.7.0"