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KarlP

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From: Vorderstoder, AUSTRIA

Registered: 2015-01-01

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[SOLVED] VirtualBox - Module vboxdrv not found

Everything was o.k. with my VirtualBox-installation until 2015-05-20.
virtualbox 4.3.28-1
virtualbox-host-modules 4.3.28-1
Linux 3.14.43-2-lts #1 SMP Fri May 22 03:50:10 UTC 2015 i686 GNU/Linux

But since then vboxdrv can't be found any more.

$ journalctl --since=2015-05-20 --until=2015-05-21 | grep -B 3 -A 3 vboxdrv
Mai 20 00:36:48 node systemd-journal[105]: Journal started
Mai 20 00:36:48 node systemd[1]: Started Journal Service.
Mai 20 00:36:45 node systemd-modules-load[113]: Inserted module 'lp'
Mai 20 00:36:45 node systemd-modules-load[113]: Failed to find module 'vboxdrv'
Mai 20 00:36:47 node systemd-udevd[140]: starting version 219
Mai 20 00:36:48 node systemd[1]: Starting Flush Journal to Persistent Storage...
Mai 20 00:36:53 node kernel: input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input2

Any idea, what's wrong?
Thanks

Last edited by KarlP (2015-06-08 22:11:30)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] VirtualBox - Module vboxdrv not found

You need to rebuild the modules every time the kernel is updated.

I think you use:

# dkms install vboxhost/4.3.28

There is a systemd .service you can use to do this automatically every boot but I can't remember what it is...

Try re-installing the virtualbox package and see if pacman gives you any clues.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2015-06-08 21:32:36)

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Re: [SOLVED] VirtualBox - Module vboxdrv not found

Or build virtualbox-modules-lts from ABS.  It could be that the linux-lts-3.14.43 broke the module and it simply needs to be compiled against the new kernel.

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KarlP

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From: Vorderstoder, AUSTRIA

Registered: 2015-01-01

Posts: 31

Re: [SOLVED] VirtualBox - Module vboxdrv not found

Reinstalling virtualbox and virtualbox-host-modules did not help.
But, installing community/virtualbox-host-modules-lts solved the problem.
Tank you all.