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SmarterChild

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Registered: 2008-07-24

Posts: 35

some problems with VBOX, Please Help me!

ok, so i have installed VirtualBox on my PC, and i get this eroor every time:

VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Re-setup the kernel module by executing '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' as root.
VBox status code: -4 (VERR_INVALID_HANDLE).


Result Code: 
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: 
Console
Interface: 
IConsole {d5a1cbda-f5d7-4824-9afe-d640c94c7dcf}

it doesn't matter if i do:

[israelha@israelha ~]$ modprobe vboxdrv

PLEASE HELP ME!

luca

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From: Rome

Registered: 2005-10-30

Posts: 280

Re: some problems with VBOX, Please Help me!

Hi SmarterChild,
I need some info; post the output of these commands:

pacman -Q |grep virtualbox
pacman -Q |grep kernel

SmarterChild

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Registered: 2008-07-24

Posts: 35

Re: some problems with VBOX, Please Help me!

[israelha@israelha Desktop]$ pacman -Q |grep virtualbox
virtualbox-additions 2.0.2-1
virtualbox-modules 2.0.2-2
virtualbox-ose 2.0.2-2
virtualbox-ose-additions 2.0.2-1
virtualbox-ose-additions-modules 2.0.2-1

[israelha@israelha Desktop]$ pacman -Q |grep kernel
kernel-headers 2.6.26.3-1
kernel26 2.6.26.5-1

luca

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From: Rome

Registered: 2005-10-30

Posts: 280

Re: some problems with VBOX, Please Help me!

See this:http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9810

SmarterChild

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Registered: 2008-07-24

Posts: 35

Re: some problems with VBOX, Please Help me!

See this:http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9810

what's the point?

pjjanak

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Registered: 2008-08-17

Posts: 128

Re: some problems with VBOX, Please Help me!

I was having this same problem a few days ago. I switched the non ose version (housed in the aur) and everything has been working great. For some it may not be an optimal solution, but it does work and if you're just looking for a nice virtual environment, that doesn't require a ton of hassle, there's no reason not to go for the proprietary one. Good luck!

Peter

luca

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From: Rome

Registered: 2005-10-30

Posts: 280

Re: some problems with VBOX, Please Help me!

Try the PKGBUILD posted by  jensp (the first comment)

SmarterChild

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Registered: 2008-07-24

Posts: 35

Re: some problems with VBOX, Please Help me!

Try the PKGBUILD posted by  jensp (the first comment)

i don't understand anything from his comment... :S