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nopriler

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Registered: 2011-01-27

Posts: 40

[Solved]Vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded

I had installed Virtualbox OSE, but I got the warning when I runned it.

WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (2.6.38-ARCH) or it failed to
         load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

           /etc/rc.d/vboxdrv setup

         You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

I do setup vboxdrv, and it is successful.

$ sudo /etc/rc.d/vboxdrv setup
:: Unloading VirtualBox kernel modules                                   [DONE] 
:: Removing old VirtualBox netadp kernel module                          [DONE] 
:: Removing old VirtualBox netflt kernel module                          [DONE] 
:: Removing old VirtualBox kernel module                                 [DONE] 
:: Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules                                 [DONE] 
:: Reloading VirtualBox kernel modules                                   [DONE] 

But, the warning is still given, what should I do?

Last edited by nopriler (2011-04-29 15:34:27)

Inxsible

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Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: [Solved]Vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded

Have you read the wiki pages?

you need to either manually load the module or add it in the MODULES array in rc.conf

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tjwoosta

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Registered: 2008-12-18

Posts: 453

Re: [Solved]Vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded

# modprobe vboxdrv

to auto load the module at boot add vboxdrv to modules array in /etc/rc.conf

nopriler

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Registered: 2011-01-27

Posts: 40

Re: [Solved]Vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded

Inxsible, tjwoosta.
It is working now.Thanks.
I had once added it into rc.conf before, but it didn't work,  modprobe couldn't find vboxdrv.
It seems everything works well after reboot.
I'm sorry.