I have seen different variations of this kernel issue throughout the web. Unfortunately- after hours (days actually), of trying and re-trying- I cannot get my VMs to start. I am currently attempting to run this on Kali Linux.
ERROR MSG 1:
ERROR MSG 2:Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Puppy Linux.
The virtual machine 'Puppy Linux' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1).
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: MachineWrap
Interface: IMachine {b2547866-a0a1-4391-8b86-6952d82efaa0}
BASIC ATTEMPTED SOLUTIONS-Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall virtualbox-dkms package and load the kernel module by executing
'modprobe vboxdrv'
as root.
where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT
-I have tried
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sudo apt-get install dkms
-I have tried purging, removing, updating and reinstalling virtualbox.
-I have installed virtualbox via terminal and from the website.
-I have tried
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sudo modprobe vboxdrv
Summation(?)
-The issue may be that /dev/vboxdrv doesn't exist in my system. I'm gathering that I have to "activate" modprobe vboxdrv for the issue to be neutralized, but I have no idea how to do it.
I'm curious whether anyone has had this specific issue, and whether they remember how to fix it.