[Solved] vboxdrv errors...

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mine809
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Joined: 4. Jul 2009, 17:08
Primary OS: Fedora other
VBox Version: OSE Fedora
Guest OSses: Windows XP

[Solved] vboxdrv errors...

Post by mine809 »

Each time i try to run one of my guest OSses i get this error:

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: Machine
Interface: IMachine {13420cbb-175a-4456-85d0-301126dfdec7}

And this error text:

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is probably not loaded.
If you installed or VirtualBox OSE package recently you need to restart the computer for the driver to load.
Alternatively, you may attempt to load the driver by issuing the following command with system administrator (root) privileges:

'/etc/sysconfig/modules/VirtualBox-OSE.modules'

I try to run the command but it returns another error:

[emil@endor ~]$ sudo /etc/sysconfig/modules/VirtualBox-OSE.modules
[sudo] password for emil:
FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found.
FATAL: Module vboxnetflt not found.

can you help me?

Edit:
There's an error report here: http://pastebin.com/f1af03065
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Re: vboxdrv errors...

Post by Sasquatch »

Check your repository. You haven't installed the modules package. The OSE version consists of several packages, which you have to install before you have a fully working install. Just open your graphical package manager and search for virtualbox-ose. You should have a packages called virtualbox-ose-modules.
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mine809
Posts: 2
Joined: 4. Jul 2009, 17:08
Primary OS: Fedora other
VBox Version: OSE Fedora
Guest OSses: Windows XP

Re: vboxdrv errors...

Post by mine809 »

Thank you it worked...

--mine809
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