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Tetrix

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(SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Hello everyone!
After upgrading my Arch i have trouble starting VirtualBox. I get this message "The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executing: /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup".  After executing the command I get:

Loading modules: modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxnetadp not found in directory /lib/modules/4.4.3-1-ARCH
modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxnetflt not found in directory /lib/modules/4.4.3-1-ARCH
modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxpci not found in directory /lib/modules/4.4.3-1-ARCH
modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory /lib/modules/4.4.3-1-ARCH

I tried running 'depmod 4.4.3-1-ARCH' but that didn't work.

Any suggestions how can i solve this?

Last edited by Tetrix (2016-03-11 17:12:09)

WorMzy

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Please search before posting.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=209966

Closing, for deletion. Restored after it became apparent that there wasn't the same problem. Some posts will seem slightly odd due to them original being an a different topic, and merged back into this one.

Last edited by WorMzy (2016-03-11 15:50:51)

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Tetrix

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

I have the same problem. I have virtualbox-host-dkms  and virtualbox-guest-dkms installed and also linux-headers are installed but the problem is still here.

Scimmia

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

I have the same problem. I have virtualbox-host-dkms  and virtualbox-guest-dkms installed and also linux-headers are installed but the problem is still here.

Different problem then (and your other thread probably shouldn't have been dustbinned). From the info in the other thread, I'm guessing you've updated your kenrel but neglected to reboot.

Last edited by Scimmia (2016-03-11 13:17:23)

Tetrix

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

I have the same problem. I have virtualbox-host-dkms  and virtualbox-guest-dkms installed and also linux-headers are installed but the problem is still here.

Different problem then (and your other thread probably shouldn't have been dustbinned). From the info in the other thread, I'm guessing you've updated your kenrel but neglected to reboot.

I actually did 3 or 4 reboots today, so that's not the problem

Scimmia

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

What is the output of `uname -r` and `pacman -Q linux linux-headers`?

Tetrix

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

What is the output of `uname -r` and `pacman -Q linux linux-headers`?

The output of 'uname -r' is:
4.4.3-1-ARCH

The output of 'pacman -Q linux linux-headers' is:

linux 4.4.3-1
linux-headers 4.4.5-1

Scimmia

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

The output of 'pacman -Q linux linux-headers' is:

linux 4.4.3-1
linux-headers 4.4.5-1

Bingo. You did a partial update (pacman -Sy). This is unsupported. Update your entire system and the problem will go away.

Tetrix

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

The output of 'pacman -Q linux linux-headers' is:

linux 4.4.3-1
linux-headers 4.4.5-1

Bingo. You did a partial update (pacman -Sy). This is unsupported. Update your entire system and the problem will go away.

I am usually doing pacman -Syyu. I did it again and it says:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
linux: /usr/lib/modules/4.4.5-1-ARCH/modules.alias exists in filesystem
linux: /usr/lib/modules/4.4.5-1-ARCH/modules.alias.bin exists in filesystem
linux: /usr/lib/modules/4.4.5-1-ARCH/modules.builtin.bin exists in filesystem
linux: /usr/lib/modules/4.4.5-1-ARCH/modules.dep exists in filesystem
linux: /usr/lib/modules/4.4.5-1-ARCH/modules.dep.bin exists in filesystem
linux: /usr/lib/modules/4.4.5-1-ARCH/modules.devname exists in filesystem
linux: /usr/lib/modules/4.4.5-1-ARCH/modules.softdep exists in filesystem
linux: /usr/lib/modules/4.4.5-1-ARCH/modules.symbols exists in filesystem
linux: /usr/lib/modules/4.4.5-1-ARCH/modules.symbols.bin exists in filesystem

Sorry for my lack of understanding, I am new to Arch

WorMzy

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

It seems I was too hasty in dustbinning your thread. I'll restore it and split these posts off into it so as not to derail this thread.

As for your conflict errors, please see this link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … 9.22_error

Last edited by WorMzy (2016-03-11 15:52:58)

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Scimmia

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Those files are generally owned by the "linux" package. Since you did a partial update and the corrrect "linux" package wasn't installed, the files didn't exist when the modules were installed and depmod created them. Now you've got a bunch of orphaned files in the way.

Short version: deleted them.

Tetrix

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Those files are generally owned by the "linux" package. Since you did a partial update and the corrrect "linux" package wasn't installed, the files didn't exist when the modules were installed and depmod created them. Now you've got a bunch of orphaned files in the way.

Short version: deleted them.

I successfully upgraded and now the output of 'uname -r' is:
4.4.5-1-ARCH
and the output of '-Q linux linux-headers' is:
linux 4.4.5-1
linux-headers 4.4.5-1

They are all same version but the problem is still here

Scimmia

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

What exactly did you delete? Just the files listed? or the entire dir?

Tetrix

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

What exactly did you delete? Just the files listed? or the entire dir?

I renamed the files just like the ArchWiki suggested "rename the file which 'exists in filesystem' and re-issue the update command".

Scimmia

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Hmm, so the modules should be there. As you didn't have the correct kernel at the time, though, something could easily have gone wrong with the module generation. Reinstall the linux-headers package to regenerate them.

Tetrix

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Hmm, so the modules should be there. As you didn't have the correct kernel at the time, though, something could easily have gone wrong with the module generation. Reinstall the linux-headers package to regenerate them.

I reinstalled them but the problem is still here. I also deleted the renamed files.

Last edited by Tetrix (2016-03-11 17:10:06)

Scimmia

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

What is the exact error when you modprobe them?

Tetrix

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

What is the exact error when you modprobe them?

I run '/sbin/rcvboxdrv setup' again and now the VirtualBox is working again. Thank you very much for the help, I owe you a beer

Scimmia

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

I don't think that was a good solution, but if it worked, ok. For anyone coming across this thread looking for help, don't do that.

Edit: oh, it's just a script that runs modprobe. I guess it's harmless.

Last edited by Scimmia (2016-03-11 17:15:49)

hb860

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

I successfully upgraded and now the output of 'uname -r' is:
4.4.5-1-ARCH
and the output of '-Q linux linux-headers' is:
linux 4.4.5-1
linux-headers 4.4.5-1

They are all same version but the problem is still here

What the following command reports?

#/sbin/rcvboxdrv setup

If it complains about missing modules, have you tried to run

#dkms autoinstall

What is the result?
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Ooops, wrote my answer way too slow!

Last edited by hb860 (2016-03-11 17:28:45)

Archmen

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Was the same issue.

have installed:
linux-lts-4.1.19-1
linux-lts-headers-4.1.19-1
linux-4.4.5-1
linux-headers-4.4.5-1

all work doing under non-lts version

today updates break vbox modules to start

trying reinstalling  virtualbox-host-dkms, but it build modules only for lts-version

after reinstalling linux-headers, hook was executed and succesfully build modules versions for non-lts version.

now all work fine.

tj0x

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Re: (SOLVED) VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

i resolve this problem on my computer using this way.

after fresh installation of VirtualBox, i run this command:
sudo /sbin/vboxreload

output:
Unloading modules:
Loading modules: vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv

now VirtualBox perfectly normal.