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Hi

I have mageia 6 and I am using virtualbox. I am getting an error message regarding a vboxdrv service not started. I think there is a service disabled somewhere. No idea what happened.
Tried enabling the virtualbox service using the service command but still getting errors. Thanks for your help.

would you mind attempting to start virtualbox from command line and posting the output error(s)

TIA

here it is

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WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6) or it failed to
         load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

           sudo /sbin/vboxconfig

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


looked for /sbin/vboxconfig and unable to locate.

have you installed

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kernel-desktop-devel-latest

?

how do I test for that kernel-desktop-devel-latest ?

as root

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urpmi kernel-desktop-devel-latest

.

if already installed, it will advise so

The package ws not installed but now is. I tested virtualbox and problem still exists.

you will have to reboot for the virtualbox module to be installed

Rebooted and tested virtualbox. Problem still exists

has virtualbox previously been working, or is this a new install that you cannot get to work?

have you installed package

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dkms-virtualbox

and

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virtualbox-kernel-desktop-latest

?
again reboot.

I have just added virtualbox to this system and the following were added:

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# urpmi virtualbox
To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed:
  Package                        Version      Release       Arch   
(medium "Core Updates")
  virtualbox                     5.2.18       1.mga6        x86_64 
  virtualbox-doc                 5.1.30       1.mga6        noarch  (recommended)
  virtualbox-kernel-4.14.65-des> 5.2.18       1.mga6        x86_64 
  virtualbox-kernel-desktop-lat> 5.2.18       1.mga6        x86_64  (recommended)

reboot and opened an existing .vdi ok

Completed all as stated and problem still exists.

Here is the problem

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Kernel driver not installed (rc =-1908)

The virtualbox linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or
there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the
kernel module by executing

/sbin/vboxconfig


What is the vboxdrv driver and how do I install it. I have looked for /sbin/vboxconfig and unable to locate it .
No idea how this happened. I was looking at the system security using msec.

Please post the output as root of

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rpm -qa|sort|grep -iE "kernel|virtualbox"
dkms status
systemctl status dkms-autorebuild.service -al -n50

vboxdrv is the kernel module that is required on the virtualbox host for the actual virtualisation and it needs to match the running kernel (like with any other kernel module).

for rpm -qa|sort|grep -iE "kernel|virtualbox"

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dkms-virtualbox-5.2.18-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.1.15-2.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.14.10-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.14.13-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.14.16-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.14.18-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.14.20-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.14.25-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.14.30-3.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.14.40-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.14.44-2.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.14.50-2.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.14.56-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.14.62-2.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.14.65-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.4.13-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.16-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.26-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.30-2.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.32-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.36-2.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.39-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.50-2.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.55-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.59-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.65-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.68-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.74-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.9.35-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.9.40-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.9.43-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.9.50-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-4.9.56-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop586-3.19.4-2.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop586-3.19.8-3.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop586-4.1.12-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop586-4.1.13-2.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop586-4.1.15-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-devel-4.14.65-1.mga6-1-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-devel-latest-4.14.65-1.mga6
kernel-desktop-latest-4.14.65-1.mga6
kernel-firmware-20170531-1.mga6
kernel-firmware-nonfree-20180606-1.mga6.nonfree
kernel-userspace-headers-4.14.65-1.mga6
vboxadditions-kernel-3.19.4-desktop586-2.mga5-4.3.26-6.mga5
vboxadditions-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5-5.0.2-2.mga5
vboxadditions-kernel-4.1.12-desktop586-1.mga5-5.0.8-2.mga5
vboxadditions-kernel-4.1.13-desktop586-2.mga5-5.0.10-1.mga5
vboxadditions-kernel-4.1.15-desktop586-1.mga5-5.0.12-1.mga5
virtualbox-5.2.18-1.mga6
virtualbox-doc-5.1.30-1.mga6
virtualbox-guest-additions-5.2.18-1.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5-5.0.2-2.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.1.12-desktop586-1.mga5-5.0.8-2.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.1.13-desktop586-2.mga5-5.0.10-1.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.1.15-desktop-2.mga5-5.0.16-3.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.1.15-desktop586-1.mga5-5.0.12-1.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.14.10-desktop-1.mga6-5.2.2-5.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.14.13-desktop-1.mga6-5.2.6-1.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.14.16-desktop-1.mga6-5.2.6-4.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.14.18-desktop-1.mga6-5.2.6-6.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.14.20-desktop-1.mga6-5.2.8-1.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.14.25-desktop-1.mga6-5.2.8-5.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.14.30-desktop-3.mga6-5.2.8-6.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.14.40-desktop-1.mga6-5.2.12-1.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.14.44-desktop-2.mga6-5.2.12-2.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.14.50-desktop-2.mga6-5.2.14-1.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.14.56-desktop-1.mga6-5.2.14-6.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.14.62-desktop-2.mga6-5.2.14-12.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6-5.2.18-1.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.4.13-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.2-1.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.4.16-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.2-2.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.4.26-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.2-8.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.4.30-desktop-2.mga5-5.1.2-10.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.4.32-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.10-1.1.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.4.36-desktop-2.mga5-5.1.10-2.1.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.4.39-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.10-3.1.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.4.50-desktop-2.mga5-5.1.18-1.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.4.55-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.18-2.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.4.59-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.22-1.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.4.65-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.22-2.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.4.68-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.22-3.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.4.74-desktop-1.mga5-5.1.22-7.mga5
virtualbox-kernel-4.9.35-desktop-1.mga6-5.1.22-20.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.9.40-desktop-1.mga6-5.1.26-1.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.9.43-desktop-1.mga6-5.1.26-2.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.9.50-desktop-1.mga6-5.1.26-4.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-4.9.56-desktop-1.mga6-5.2.2-1.mga6
virtualbox-kernel-desktop-latest-5.2.18-1.mga6


for dkms status

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virtualbox, 5.2.18-1.mga6, 4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed
virtualbox, 5.2.2-1.mga6, 4.9.56-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.9.56-desktop-1.mga6
virtualbox, 5.1.10-1.1.mga5, 4.4.36-desktop-2.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.4.36-desktop-2.mga5
virtualbox, 5.2.12-1.mga6, 4.14.44-desktop-2.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.14.44-desktop-2.mga6
virtualbox, 5.2.18-1.mga6, 4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6
virtualbox, 5.2.6-1.mga6, 4.14.18-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.14.18-desktop-1.mga6
virtualbox, 5.2.8-1.mga6, 4.14.30-desktop-3.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.14.30-desktop-3.mga6
virtualbox, 5.2.14-1.mga6, 4.14.50-desktop-2.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.14.50-desktop-2.mga6
virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga5, 4.4.65-desktop-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.4.65-desktop-1.mga5
virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga6, 4.9.35-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.9.35-desktop-1.mga6
virtualbox, 5.2.8-1.mga6, 4.14.20-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.14.20-desktop-1.mga6
virtualbox, 5.2.6-1.mga6, 4.14.16-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.14.16-desktop-1.mga6
virtualbox, 5.1.18-1.mga5, 4.4.50-desktop-2.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.4.50-desktop-2.mga5
virtualbox, 5.2.2-1.mga6, 4.14.10-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.14.10-desktop-1.mga6
vboxadditions, 4.3.26-1.mga5, 3.19.4-desktop586-2.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 3.19.4-desktop586-2.mga5
virtualbox, 5.1.26-1.mga6, 4.9.50-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.9.50-desktop-1.mga6
virtualbox, 5.2.14-1.mga6, 4.14.62-desktop-2.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.14.62-desktop-2.mga6
virtualbox, 5.0.2-2.mga5, 3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5
vboxadditions, 5.0.2-2.mga5, 3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5
virtualbox, 5.1.10-1.1.mga5, 4.4.39-desktop-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.4.39-desktop-1.mga5
virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga5, 4.4.74-desktop-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.4.74-desktop-1.mga5
virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga5, 4.4.59-desktop-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.4.59-desktop-1.mga5
virtualbox, 5.1.18-1.mga5, 4.4.55-desktop-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.4.55-desktop-1.mga5
virtualbox, 5.1.2-1.mga5, 4.4.13-desktop-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.4.13-desktop-1.mga5
virtualbox, 5.1.26-1.mga6, 4.9.40-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.9.40-desktop-1.mga6
virtualbox, 5.0.8-1.mga5, 4.1.12-desktop586-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.1.12-desktop586-1.mga5
vboxadditions, 5.0.8-1.mga5, 4.1.12-desktop586-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.1.12-desktop586-1.mga5
virtualbox, 5.1.22-1.mga5, 4.4.68-desktop-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.4.68-desktop-1.mga5
virtualbox, 5.0.12-1.mga5, 4.1.15-desktop586-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.1.15-desktop586-1.mga5
vboxadditions, 5.0.12-1.mga5, 4.1.15-desktop586-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.1.15-desktop586-1.mga5
virtualbox, 5.0.10-1.mga5, 4.1.13-desktop586-2.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.1.13-desktop586-2.mga5
vboxadditions, 5.0.10-1.mga5, 4.1.13-desktop586-2.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.1.13-desktop586-2.mga5
virtualbox, 5.1.2-1.mga5, 4.4.16-desktop-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.4.16-desktop-1.mga5
virtualbox, 5.2.6-1.mga6, 4.14.13-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.14.13-desktop-1.mga6
virtualbox, 5.2.12-1.mga6, 4.14.40-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.14.40-desktop-1.mga6
virtualbox, 5.1.2-1.mga5, 4.4.30-desktop-2.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.4.30-desktop-2.mga5
virtualbox, 5.2.14-1.mga6, 4.14.56-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.14.56-desktop-1.mga6
virtualbox, 5.1.2-1.mga5, 4.4.26-desktop-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.4.26-desktop-1.mga5
virtualbox, 5.0.16-1.mga5, 4.1.15-desktop-2.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.1.15-desktop-2.mga5
virtualbox, 5.1.26-1.mga6, 4.9.43-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.9.43-desktop-1.mga6
virtualbox, 5.2.8-1.mga6, 4.14.25-desktop-1.mga6, i586: installed-binary from 4.14.25-desktop-1.mga6
virtualbox, 5.1.10-1.1.mga5, 4.4.32-desktop-1.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 4.4.32-desktop-1.mga5


for systemctl status dkms-autorebuild.service -al -n50

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● dkms-autorebuild.service - run dkms_autoinstaller on every boot to rebuild dkms modules for newly booted kernels
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dkms-autorebuild.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)


I have the same problem. Mageia 6 fully updated 64 bit version using the latest kernel server. Virtualbox worked before for me but now not anymore. Tried to uninstall Virtualbox completely with all kernel modules and re-install. It did not helpl Would apperciate any solution.

For my part solved (at least for the moment). After reading the thread again, i installed the VirtualBox-kernel exactly corresponding to the linux kernel running. Then it started to work again. I hav no idea why this was messed up at the latest updates of the system. In fact there exists many more late versions of VirtualBox-kernel than the actualt linux kernel.

Do you have virtualbox-kernel-desktop-latest installed?

Hi.

Finally solved this proble. Some research on the net led me to the /etc/init.d folder and the vitualbox shell script. Executed as root and problem solved. No idea what happened to change this in the first place. THanks for all our help.