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by efftee
18. Jan 2021, 14:28
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Replies: 9
Views: 21438

Re: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

It would be helpful if you could provide package names which were mentioned by the last three steps "error message about unmet dependencies, sudo apt --fix-broken install, sudo apt autoremove". That way others could compare what was missing or in conflict. Hi Martin, you are correct. Sorr...
by efftee
18. Jan 2021, 11:18
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Replies: 9
Views: 21438

Re: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

For what it's worth... Might help someone... Corrected the problem by doing : Uninstall Virtualbox Download pkg from http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.16/ sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-6.1_6.1.16-140961~Ubuntu~eoan_amd64.deb sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get ugprade sudo apt-get dist-upgrade go...
by efftee
18. Jan 2021, 11:05
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Replies: 9
Views: 21438

Re: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Peter83 wrote: EDIT:
Downgrading to 5.9.16-200.fc33.x86_64 seems to fix the issue.
Hi Peter, how did you proceed exactly for the downgrade ?
by efftee
18. Jan 2021, 09:14
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Replies: 9
Views: 21438

Re: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Same issue on 3 machines running Linux a 5.8.0-38-generic #43~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 12 16:39:47 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Linux b 5.4.0-48-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 10 10:58:49 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Linux c 5.8.0-38-generic #43~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 12 ...
by efftee
27. Mar 2020, 21:06
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: VBoxManage scripting with variable
Replies: 4
Views: 987

Re: VBoxManage scripting with variable

VBoxManage: error: Cannot register the hard disk '/home/x/VirtualBox VMs/BackupSync/test_20200327/Ubuntu18Server-disk001.vdi' {0093b44f-4cd9-4473-837c-f3cedf627090} because a hard disk '/home/x/VirtualBox VMs/BackupSync/test_20200327/Ubuntu18Server-disk001.vdi' with UUID {dc25c2bd-3385-41c3-bdfc-800...
by efftee
27. Mar 2020, 20:53
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: VBoxManage scripting with variable
Replies: 4
Views: 987

Re: VBoxManage scripting with variable

Pursuing tests I have the impression that some of the arguments are not taken into account in this order...
Does the order matter for the arguments ?
by efftee
27. Mar 2020, 17:54
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: VBoxManage scripting with variable
Replies: 4
Views: 987

Re: VBoxManage scripting with variable

Ok, so I've found a solution... it turns out the variable works when the syntax is changed from --name="$NOW_test" TO --name test_$NOW Because I had to remove the "", I've also had to place the --name argument at the very end of the command so that the --options would not end up ...
by efftee
27. Mar 2020, 17:34
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: VBoxManage scripting with variable
Replies: 4
Views: 987

VBoxManage scripting with variable

Good day to all, Currently aiming to automate backups of my VMs with some cron jobs, I'm running into a problem while trying to put a date variable in the clonevm name. Here is my script : #!/bin/bash NOW=$(date +"%Y%m%d") VBoxManage clonevm BackupTest --basefolder="/home/x/VirtualBox...
by efftee
28. Mar 2019, 11:43
Forum: VirtualBox on Mac OS X Hosts
Topic: Cancelling Automatic fullscreen mode
Replies: 9
Views: 2219

Cancelling Automatic fullscreen mode

Dear all, I've searched in the forum before posting this, and although I did not find an answer to my question, I can hardly beleive it hasn't been previously covered. So all apologies if this is a duplicate... I'm trying to stop Virtualbox from going fullscreen automatically when starting a VM. Thi...