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cov

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Registered: 2023-08-18

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vboxdrv is missing after instalation of VirtualBox

Hi, I have been on Arch linux since a couple month so I am kind of a Newbie on this kind of OS, please don't roast me.
I installed VirtualBox but I never found how to make it work... I followed the wiki but on first step I found this:

$ sudo modprobe vboxdrv
modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory /lib/modules/6.2.8-arch1-1

I am on a classic x64 kernel and I can't find any "vboxdrv" in my file system...

A friend of mine (witch I assume is very good on Arch and has the exact same OS on the same pc) helped me to change my mirrors and I have tried to ReInstall VirtualBox (I tried both options) but nothing seems to work properly, so maybe you can help me solve my problem...

I couldn't find any things (useful for my problem) on this forum but if there is please give me the link.
ps: sorry for my terrible English : / .

WorMzy

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Re: vboxdrv is missing after instalation of VirtualBox

Your kernel is ancient, have you been doing partial updates?

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cov

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Re: vboxdrv is missing after instalation of VirtualBox

OK so you are right I had an error while doing

pacman -Syu

so my kernel is up to date now, do I need to ReInstall or reboot after the update?

WorMzy

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Re: vboxdrv is missing after instalation of VirtualBox

You will need to reboot to run the new kernel, which the virtualbox-host-modules-arch package provides the module for, but you shouldn't need to reinstall anything.

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cov

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Re: vboxdrv is missing after instalation of VirtualBox

It works now thank you !