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undeadalex

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Registered: 2022-06-28

Posts: 28

[SOLVED] Virtualbox Modules have vanished

I ran pacman -Syu and did a standard update this morning

Then I tried to open oracle's virtual box, which was running fine for my virtual machines. Except now I'm getting an error message:

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver is either not loaded or not set up correctly. Please try setting it up again by executing

'/sbin/vboxconfig'

as root.

If your system has EFI Secure Boot enabled you may also need to sign the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load them. Please see your Linux system's documentation for more information.

where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT. 

I am not sure what to do here and I need access to my virtual machines. Here are some relevant pastebins:

pacman -Qe

journalctl --grep=vbox

Please read following before posting

Have you rebooted?

Yes I have rebooted the machine twice

Did you try loading the kernel modules again?

Yes, that results in the same errors listed in the journal output listed above.

virtualbox-host-modules-arch 7.0.6-7 is built against linux 6.1.11.arch1-1. You need virtualbox-host-modules-arch 7.0.6-8 for linux 6.1.12.arch1-1.

Update all your packages!

Thanks, I mentioned in my first sentence I'd updated my packages. I may wind up rolling back the relevant packages until there's a build for the current kernel though.

Can share other errors, logs, etc as needed. Thanks in advance for any help!

Edit: next login I'll try updating (again) and see if an update is available but if not at least it's clear what the issue is

Last edited by undeadalex (2023-02-21 00:38:54)

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nl6720

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Registered: 2016-07-02

Posts: 714

Re: [SOLVED] Virtualbox Modules have vanished

linux 6.1.12.arch1-1
virtualbox-host-modules-arch 7.0.6-7

virtualbox-host-modules-arch 7.0.6-7 is built against linux 6.1.11.arch1-1. You need virtualbox-host-modules-arch 7.0.6-8 for linux 6.1.12.arch1-1.

Update all your packages!

undeadalex

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Registered: 2022-06-28

Posts: 28

Re: [SOLVED] Virtualbox Modules have vanished

linux 6.1.12.arch1-1
virtualbox-host-modules-arch 7.0.6-7

virtualbox-host-modules-arch 7.0.6-7 is built against linux 6.1.11.arch1-1. You need virtualbox-host-modules-arch 7.0.6-8 for linux 6.1.12.arch1-1.

Update all your packages!

Thanks! I'll add that to the sample quotes as it was all updated when this happened. Maybe an update is coming and is not live yet. Or I can roll back the relevant packags I guess.

Last edited by undeadalex (2023-02-20 10:13:41)

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nl6720

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Registered: 2016-07-02

Posts: 714

Re: [SOLVED] Virtualbox Modules have vanished

Both packages were moved from testing and community-testing to core and community four days ago.
If you still don't get the virtualbox-host-modules-arch 7.0.6-8 update, then there may be something wrong with the mirror you use. Which mirror (check /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist) is it?

Last edited by nl6720 (2023-02-20 10:25:32)

undeadalex

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Registered: 2022-06-28

Posts: 28

Re: [SOLVED] Virtualbox Modules have vanished

Both packages were moved from testing and community-testing to core and community four days ago.
If you still don't get the virtualbox-host-modules-arch 7.0.6-8 update, then there may be something wrong with the mirror you use. Which mirror (check /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist) is it?

I'm marking this resolved. Indeed I suspect you are right. Where I am I have to fix my mirrors on a regular basis. Thanks for the insights. Will try updating mirrors and then packages once more. Thanks for the help nl6720

Edit: I'll add the output you ask for as well tomorrow when I get in.

Edit 2: Thanks nl6720, I forgot to check the mirrorlist, I just ran reflector and updated my mirrors, then ran pacman -Syu, and sure enough, what was in it? The virtualbox--host-modules-arch update. Thanks again, was a simple issue but I hadn't even thought it was the mirrorlist causing it.

Last edited by undeadalex (2023-02-21 00:36:53)

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He was once a man, then he was almost killed, a mob hit gone wrong. Now we can rebuild him, we have the tools, we have FOSS, he will be better. He will be Alex, he will live again!