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Virtualbox 5.1.28 Mac OS `Sierra High Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Posted: 15. Sep 2017, 09:42
by jacoxl
Good Day Guys im trying to install Virtualbox 5.1.28 on mac OSX Sierra High and im getting the Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) error message is there any one that has encountered this and how did you fix it?
Re: Virtualbox 5.1.28 Mac OS `Sierra High Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Posted: 15. Sep 2017, 09:52
by socratis
OSX 10.13 has not yet been released. Moving to "OS X pre-releases".
- Reboot.
- Download the latest release (5.1.28 as of this writing), or the latest test build (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds), if you don't already have them.
- Mount the DMG from the previous step. Run "VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool". Make sure there are no error messages. If there are, please post them, exactly as they appear.
- Reboot.
- Mount the DMG from the previous steps. Install "VirtualBox.pkg". As soon as you start the installation, press Cmd+L to show the log. Select "Show All Logs" from the drop-down menu. Before the last step of the installation (Done), click the "Save" in the log window. ZIP and attach that file.
Re: Virtualbox 5.1.28 Mac OS `Sierra High Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Posted: 15. Sep 2017, 10:05
by jacoxl
Good morning, i have run the install and saved the log, it is attached.
Re: Virtualbox 5.1.28 Mac OS `Sierra High Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Posted: 15. Sep 2017, 10:29
by jacoxl
I think i managed to get it working, it looks like it has something to do with admin writes and where you run the .pkg.
i uninstalled 5.1.28 with the uninstall tool
i then copied the the virtualbox.pkg to the application folder and wran it from there, it failed again,
i then navigated to system preferences and selected security and privacy, in there was a popup message that orical was trying to install an app do you want to allow.
I then ran the uninstall again without rebooting, i then selected allow and ran the virtualbox.pkg again and this time it installed correctly. and the USB support also seems to be working.
I hope this helps, i will try and uninstall and reinstall to replicate with install logs.
Re: Virtualbox 5.1.28 Mac OS `Sierra High Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Posted: 15. Sep 2017, 10:34
by jacoxl
attached is the successful install log
Re: Virtualbox 5.1.28 Mac OS `Sierra High Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Posted: 15. Sep 2017, 10:59
by socratis
Thanks for the feedback. There has been a change in Apple's policy regarding kernel extension installations with 10.13. From my
previous experience on the subject:
For the VirtualBox installation, there is a small difference for first time users of either 10.13 or VirtualBox, and that's a new policy from Apple, which requires that even known developers must be given a stamp of approval before they can install a kernel extension for the 1st time. Expect complains...
You fell in the "Expect complains" part
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I'm not sure why you didn't get a dialog box stating that Oracle wasn't approved. Maybe they removed it in later betas...