Startup Problem.

[ss538]

Hi, I'm new to VirtualBox I'm getting the following error when I run a VM
My uname -a is 5.11 snv_79a i86pc i386 i86xpv

The Error is:
VirtualBox kernel driver not installed.
VBox status code: -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED).

Result Code: 0x80004005
Component: Console
Interface: IConsole {d5a1cbda-f5d7-4824-9afe-d640c94c7dcf}

I've had a look through the Documentation but cant find anything. Can anyone help?

[aribi]

Hi,

This seems to be an installation problem. Is the driver really not loaded? is the device entry /dev/vboxdrv present? Is the module loaded? Check with:

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modinfo | grep vbox

Ofcourse this should all have been taken care of automagically during install, but you could manually try to load the driver with:

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/opt/VirtualBox/vboxdrv.sh start

kind regards, Arie Bikker

[ss538]

Thanks aribi,

That told me that vboxdrv wasnt installed.

So I un-installed it, went back to the Documentation, read it, then downloaded the 64bit version.

Would you believe it works.

Thanks again for you help.