Won't Start Guest Machine

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jay214128
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Joined: 22. Nov 2010, 21:56
Primary OS: Ubuntu other
VBox Version: OSE other
Guest OSses: Windows7

Won't Start Guest Machine

Post by jay214128 »

When I try to start my guest machine, I get an error

RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 (rc=-1912)
The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing
'/sbin/vboxconfig'
may correct this. Make sure that you do not mix the OSE version and the PUEL version of VirtualBox.
where: supR3HardenedMainInitRuntime what: 4 VERR_VM_DRIVER_VERSION_MISMATCH (-1912) - The installed support driver doesn't match the version of the user.

I have tried the /sbin/vboxconfig, which reports successfully building and installing the vbox modules, but still no luck.

This is on an Ubuntu 16.04 system. How do I fix this?
Perryg
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Primary OS: Linux other
VBox Version: OSE self-compiled
Guest OSses: *NIX

Re: Won't Start Guest Machine

Post by Perryg »

Post the guests log file ( as an attachment ). Right click on the guest in the Main Manager then click show log. Save and post as an attachment. Compress if it is too large to post.
jay214128
Posts: 8
Joined: 22. Nov 2010, 21:56
Primary OS: Ubuntu other
VBox Version: OSE other
Guest OSses: Windows7

Re: Won't Start Guest Machine

Post by jay214128 »

Somehow, I have now got it working. I tried several things, but am not sure which did the trick. It kept failing, but for a different reason. Things that I did (for others with the same issue) were:

sudo rm `find /lib/modules/4.4.0-51-generic/ -name "*vbox*" -print`
sudo /sbin//vboxconfig
sudo modprobe -r vboxpci vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv
sudo /sbin//vboxconfig
lsmod | grep vbox

I then needed to reinstall the extension pack.
Chelmite
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Joined: 23. Dec 2011, 02:25
Primary OS: Fedora other
VBox Version: OSE Fedora
Guest OSses: Windows 7

Re: Won't Start Guest Machine

Post by Chelmite »

jay214128's solution worked for me! Thanks!
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