VirtualBox not starting

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RossR
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Joined: 4. Apr 2021, 16:58

VirtualBox not starting

Post by RossR »

Hi, I just installed VirtualBox on a Manjaro Linux Machine for the first time with the hope of running Windows as a guest. I have used VirtualBox on other systems before, but that was years ago.
So I install it. with a Windows 10 Machine. I go to run it and this happens:

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.

And:

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Linux.

The virtual machine 'Linux' 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 thought it may have been the Windows machine so I deleted, created another one, created a Linux one... all with the same results...

Help please.
scottgus1
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Joined: 30. Dec 2009, 20:14
Primary OS: MS Windows 10
VBox Version: PUEL
Guest OSses: Windows, Linux

Re: VirtualBox not starting

Post by scottgus1 »

I suspect Virtualbox did not install correctly. Purge it off your host, install the prerequisites: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02. ... nux-prereq, then try the Virtualbox install again: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
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