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sant527

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[SOLVED] virtual box (vboxdrv: not loaded)

I have installed virtualbox
pacman -S virtualbox_bin
and installed virtualbox_bin 3.0.0-2
/etc/rc.d/vboxdrv not found

When I run virtual box, it says vboxdrv is not loaded

what to do

Last edited by sant527 (2009-07-10 06:33:36)

Ashren

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Re: [SOLVED] virtual box (vboxdrv: not loaded)

Ehmm..

modprobe vboxdrv

It's a module not a daemon, so place it in the module section of rc.conf.

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sant527

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Re: [SOLVED] virtual box (vboxdrv: not loaded)

Ehmm..

modprobe vboxdrv

It's a module not a daemon, so place it in the module section of rc.conf.

I have added vboxdrv and restart its working fine.

But I am unable to find the virtualbox command from the terminal

I have to go through menu and use

Ashren

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Re: [SOLVED] virtual box (vboxdrv: not loaded)

If you want to start VirtualBox from the command line write

VirtualBox

. The caps are needed.

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FrozenFox

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Re: [SOLVED] virtual box (vboxdrv: not loaded)

For reference..

pacman -Ql packageName shows what files a package contains.

You might add | grep bin or something of the sort after it to find the binaries quickly (sometimes.. some files contain 'bin' in the title or a folder name, obviously)

that question has been asked many times before. please learn to use Pacman, the Forum (and corresponding Search functions), and the Wiki before asking questions, and edit your first post to append [SOLVED] to the title when you find an appropriate answer to your questions.. it will save those of us looking to help time and frustration if you do all of that. thanks.

Last edited by FrozenFox (2009-07-06 09:26:17)