How to solve the issue: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

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ArkG
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How to solve the issue: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

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Tried to install a win11 on my samsung chromebook via Virtualbox, but got an error with following message:
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.
Google ChromeOS version: 132.0.6834.190 (official Build) (64-bit)
Developer Model enabled.


Checked with ai chatbox, was instructed to build and load the virtualbox kernal modules:

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sudo /sbin/vboxconfig
Got following error message:
vboxdrv .sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1725 kmod_module_new_from_loaded: could not open /proc/modules: No such file or directory
Error: could not get list of modules: No such file or directory
libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1725 kmod_module_new_from_loaded: could not open /proc/modules: No such file or directory
Error: could not get list of modules: No such file or directory
libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1725 kmod_module_new_from_loaded: could not open /proc/modules: No such file or directory
Error: could not get list of modules: No such file or directory
vboxdrv. sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1725 kmod_module_new_from_loaded: could not open /proc/modules: No such file or directory
Error: could not get list of modules: No such file or directory
vboxdrv .sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.

There were problems setting up VirtualBox. To re-start the set-up process, run
/sbin/vboxconfig
as root. If your system is using EFI Secure Boot you may 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.
Any suggestion will be appreciated!
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