Virtualbox not starting in Arch Linux lts

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Phydoux
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Virtualbox not starting in Arch Linux lts

Post by Phydoux »

I'm running ArchLinux 5.4.28-2-lts. I've installed virtualbox 6.1.4-5. I also have libvirt 5.10.0-2, virtualbox-host-modules-arch 6.1.4-12 installed as well.

When I try to start a VM I keep getting this error message:

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The virtual machine 'Ubuntu Server 18.04.4' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1).
  Result Code: 
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
 Component: 
MachineWrap
Interface: 
IMachine {85632c68-b5bb-4316-a900-5eb28d3413df}
I also get this:

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Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver is either not loaded or not set up correctly. Please try setting it up again by executing

'/sbin/vboxconfig'

as root.

If your system has EFI Secure Boot enabled you may also need to sign the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load them. Please see your Linux system's documentation for more information.

where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT. 
I've ran it before under Arch Linux lts. I don't understand why I can't get it to run now... It runs fine in the non lts Arch Linux version. I've looked for /sbin/vboxconfig and it does not exist on my system.
I've also installed the Extension Pack as well. Still no go.
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Re: Virtualbox not starting in Arch Linux lts

Post by WFV »

Have you tried the older virtualbox-packages?
Check Arch archives to see which essential virtualbox packages were out when Arch mainline was 5.4.X. Lts is several revs behind mainline.
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