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huanmoon007

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Registered: 2023-08-01

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[SOLVED]Failed to start VirtualBox

I installed the virtualbox and virtualbox-host-dkms.But when I was trying to start a windows vm something went wrong

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.

'sudo /sbin/vboxconfig' doesn't work
'modprobe vboxdrv' doesn't work too(modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory /lib/modules/6.4.1-arch2-1)

Anyone know how to fix this?

Last edited by huanmoon007 (2023-08-09 13:14:14)

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED]Failed to start VirtualBox

Did the module build for that kernel when you installed it?

huanmoon007

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Re: [SOLVED]Failed to start VirtualBox

Did the module build for that kernel when you installed it?

how to build that?

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED]Failed to start VirtualBox

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dynami … le_Support

I'm asking what it did. You read the output of pacman, right?

huanmoon007

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Re: [SOLVED]Failed to start VirtualBox

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dynami … le_Support

I'm asking what it did. You read the output of pacman, right?

I re-install it

Packages (1) virtualbox-host-dkms-7.0.10-1

Total Installed Size:  11.07 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                          [##############################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                        [##############################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                             [##############################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                       [##############################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                     [##############################] 100%
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Remove upgraded DKMS modules
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) reinstalling virtualbox-host-dkms                 [##############################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/2) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/2) Install DKMS modules
==> ERROR: Missing 6.4.8-arch1-1 kernel modules tree for module vboxhost/7.0.10_OSE.

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED]Failed to start VirtualBox

So it didn't build anything. You seem to be in a partially updated state?

huanmoon007

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Re: [SOLVED]Failed to start VirtualBox

So it didn't build anything. You seem to be in a partially updated state?

I updated my os and run

modprobe vboxdrv

and it works!!!!!

it still shows

The virtual machine failed to boot. That might be caused by a missing operating system or misconfigured boot order. Mounting an operating system install DVD might solve this problem. Selecting an ISO file will attempt to mount it after the dialog is closed.

but I think it is caused I didn't download and choose an iso file

thank you very much!