After successfully installing Virtualbox 6.0 in Arch Linux 2018 December 30 snapshot via the Add/Remove Programs interface in the Xfce desktop environment and configuring VBox for any 64-bit ISO of Linux, upon starting the VM I receive the error as shown in the attached snapshot of the screen in VBox 6.0 with an error that reads: "The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executing '/sbin/vboxconfig'. When I execute this command in the Terminal without single quotes, it outputs to the screen that it is unable to locate the file or directory associated with it.
I have the following packages installed in Arch Linux, 64-bit:
oracle-vm-virtualbox
virtualbox-ext-vnc
virtualbox-guest-dkms
virtualbox-guest-utils
virtualbox-host-modules-arch
Can someone assist me with this issue as I would like to run virtual machines in Oracle VBox 6.0 in Arch Linux for recording purposes. Thank you.
VBox 6 Fails To Open VM With Error in Arch Linux
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VBox 6 Fails To Open VM With Error in Arch Linux
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Re: VBox 6 Fails To Open VM With Error in Arch Linux
So it looks like you have both host and guest packages installed in the host?
host for hosts
guest for guests.
Remove virtualbox-guest-dkms and virtualbox-guest-utils, those are for installing Arch as a guest.
Might have to run afterwards - check the Wiki
Not sure about oracle-vm-virtualbox, have you tried Arch repo "community/virtualbox"?
host for hosts
guest for guests.
Remove virtualbox-guest-dkms and virtualbox-guest-utils, those are for installing Arch as a guest.
Might have to run
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# modprobe vboxdrv
Not sure about oracle-vm-virtualbox, have you tried Arch repo "community/virtualbox"?