Error while lunching Kali Linux VM on Ubuntu 15.10.

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orlo
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Error while lunching Kali Linux VM on Ubuntu 15.10.

Post by orlo »

Hey.
I have a vm with Kali Linux installed on my Ubuntu 15.10, which I used for a while now, and worked perfectly until now.
One time when I lunched it, it didn't lunch and the following massage appeared:
"Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
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'

as root. If it is available in your distribution, you should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.
where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT. "


So I executed the commend as shown, but no change in the results occurred. I have restarted and then tried again, but it didn't help.
When I click on "Details" on the error massage, this is what I see:
"The virtual machine 'Kali Linux' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1).

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: MachineWrap
Interface: IMachine {f30138d4-e5ea-4b3a-8858-a059de4c93fd}"


I don't know what to do, and would be happy if you could help me.
Thanks.
Perryg
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Re: Error while lunching Kali Linux VM on Ubuntu 15.10.

Post by Perryg »

What happens if you run the following in the hosts terminal

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sudo rcvboxdrv setup
orlo
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Re: Error while lunching Kali Linux VM on Ubuntu 15.10.

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Perryg wrote:What happens if you run the following in the hosts terminal

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sudo rcvboxdrv setup
Yep, it worked, thanks allot!
May I ask what was the problem?
Perryg
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Re: Error while lunching Kali Linux VM on Ubuntu 15.10.

Post by Perryg »

I believe it has to do with recent changes to the initv/systemd and the fact that the hint is not updated, but that is only a guess. I do know this command I sent you usually fixes the issue.
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