[Solved] Error - Kernal driver not installed(rc=-1908)

[k9slaves]

Hi,

I am using OpenSuse 11.1 (2.6.27.29-0.1-default x86_64) as host with VirtualBox 3.0.6, and am getting errors when starting a Windows XP guest. Following are the errors.

I get two errors appear the first is a box titled "VirtualBox Error" and says the following:

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows XP.
Virtual machine 'Windows XP' has terminated unexpectedly during startup.
Details
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: Machine
Interface: IMachine {540dcfda-3df2-49c6-88fa-033a28c2ff85}

I then get a second box titled "VirtualBox - Error in suplibOslnit" and says the following:

Kernal driver not installed(rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernal driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Re-setup the kernal module by executing "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup" as root.

I execute "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup" as required and it fails with the following information:
/usr/share/virtualbox/src/vboxdrv/build_in_tmp: line 100: make: command not found

Hope someone can help, I am new to Linux so please be gentle!!!

Regards,
Adam

[Perryg]

Is your login name in the vboxusers group?

[Martin]

The "make: command not found" message points missing development tools. You need to install the compiler and kernel sources.

[k9slaves]

Is your login name in the vboxusers group?

It was not, so I put it in, no difference.

[k9slaves]

The "make: command not found" message points missing development tools. You need to install the compiler and kernel sources.

Hi Martin,

Which compiler and kernel sources should I be looking for?

Thanks,
Adam

[Perryg]

Did you reboot after you added your name?
Then run /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup as root and see if you get more errors.
If you do then Martin is correct that you need the files to build external modules, but I wonder how you got it installed the first place if those files were missing.
You can add the files by running the following command

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sudo zypper install gcc make automake autoconf kernel-source

[k9slaves]

Thanks Martin and Perryg for your help.

All is now OK.

I tried all again after a reboot, as me and as root, still same problem. Ran the command you gave me to add missing files, then ran "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup" as root, this time it worked.

Regards,
Adam

[Perryg]

Very well, I have marked this as solved.