Virtualbox vboxdrv error (#16937)

[Risky]

ohh my.. okay.. here goes..
first some intro of my kali linux

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root@Risky:~# uname -a
Linux Risky 4.9.0-kali3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.18-1kali1 (2017-04-04) x86_64 GNU/Linux

i tried by hook and crook but i cant get virtualbox working in my kali linux.. i tried the pakage u give on site and i tried the apt-get install virtualbox.. but everytime gives this

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root@Risky:~# apt-get install virtualbox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  virtualbox-qt
Suggested packages:
  vde2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  virtualbox virtualbox-qt
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 582 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/23.6 MB of archives.
After this operation, 101 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox.
(Reading database ... 343130 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox_5.1.18-dfsg-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox (5.1.18-dfsg-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-qt.
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-qt_5.1.18-dfsg-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-qt (5.1.18-dfsg-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47+b1) ...
Setting up virtualbox (5.1.18-dfsg-1) ...
vboxweb.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.
Job for virtualbox.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl  status virtualbox.service" and "journalctl  -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
● virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/virtualbox; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2017-07-24 09:13:16 IST; 7ms ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 3912 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/virtualbox start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jul 24 09:13:16 Risky systemd[1]: Starting LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel mod…e...
Jul 24 09:13:16 Risky virtualbox[3912]: Loading VirtualBox kernel modules...…ed!
Jul 24 09:13:16 Risky virtualbox[3912]:  failed!
Jul 24 09:13:16 Risky systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Control process exite…us=1
Jul 24 09:13:16 Risky systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: VirtualBox Linux ker…ule.
Jul 24 09:13:16 Risky systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jul 24 09:13:16 Risky systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Failed with result 'e…de'.
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Processing triggers for systemd (233-9) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.8-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-9) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-qt (5.1.18-dfsg-1) ...
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47+b1) ...

as u can see failed to start lsb is also showing on my boot screen.. i thought its because the header files but i found out later that it isnt it.. so when i try to run the vm it says

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall virtualbox-dkms package and load the kernel module by executing

'modprobe vboxdrv'

as root.

where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.

ok and m like fair enough lets do this.. then it says

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root@Risky:~# sudo modprobe vboxdrv
modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory /lib/modules/4.9.0-kali3-amd64

also m a beginner so i would be gratefull if u elaborate me.. what u want me to do.. i really want to fix it been searching for an answer on google youtube for about a month.. at last i turned to u guyz..
edit: also when i try to reinstall virtualbox dkms.. i gets..

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root@Risky:~# sudo apt install --reinstall virtualbox-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 588 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/659 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 343519 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-dkms_5.1.18-dfsg-1_all.deb ...

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Deleting module version: 5.1.18
completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done.
Unpacking virtualbox-dkms (5.1.18-dfsg-1) over (5.1.18-dfsg-1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (5.1.18-dfsg-1) ...
Loading new virtualbox-5.1.18 DKMS files...
Building for 4.9.0-kali3-amd64
Module build for kernel 4.9.0-kali3-amd64 was skipped since the
kernel headers for this kernel does not seem to be installed.
Job for virtualbox.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl  status virtualbox.service" and "journalctl  -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
● virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/virtualbox; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2017-07-24 11:16:35 IST; 8ms ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 9962 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/virtualbox start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jul 24 11:16:35 Risky systemd[1]: Starting LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module...
Jul 24 11:16:35 Risky virtualbox[9962]: Loading VirtualBox kernel modules...No suitable module for running kernel found ... failed!
Jul 24 11:16:35 Risky virtualbox[9962]:  failed!
Jul 24 11:16:35 Risky systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Jul 24 11:16:35 Risky systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module.
Jul 24 11:16:35 Risky systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jul 24 11:16:35 Risky systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

help me plz

[socratis]

Related ticket: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/16937

[socratis]

From the ticket #16937 which was closed as "Invalid":

You are using a distribution-specific VirtualBox package. The virtualbox-dkms error is not directly related to VirtualBox so please open a bug against your Linux distribution. To me it seems like the compilation of the vboxdrv kernel module was not successful. Did you install the correct kernel headers for your currently running kernel? See also the message in your report

Module build for kernel 4.9.0-kali3-amd64 was skipped since the kernel headers for this kernel does not seem to be installed.

[Risky]

yes i have the correct header files.. crosschecked.. it has sumthing to do with virtual machine drivers perhaps.. and #16937 is my bug ticket y the hell they closed it as invalid i provided everything

[Perryg]

They closed it because the information you provided was not from VirtualBox. It was from a distro fork ( virtualbox-dkms ) and it says that the matching headers are missing. Purge the distro version and install the official version from virtualbox.org and then see if it fails because of the missing "matching" headers.

[Risky]

They closed it because the information you provided was not from VirtualBox. It was from a distro fork ( virtualbox-dkms ) and it says that the matching headers are missing. Purge the distro version and install the official version from and then see if it fails because of the missing "matching" headers.

i did that too.. same error with it also..

[socratis]

Please post the new information with the official VirtualBox and a proof that the headers for your kernel actually exist.

[Perryg]

If you run the following in your terminal it should reply back that you have the proper headers installed that match your running kernel.

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dpkg -s linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Post the results here. If it returns nothing then you still need to install them.

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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

[Risky]

ok so i did wht u asked.. got this 0_0

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root@Risky:~# dpkg -s linux-headers-$(uname -r)
dpkg-query: package 'linux-headers-4.9.0-kali3-amd64' is not installed and no information is available
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
root@Risky:~# sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.9.0-kali3-amd64
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-4.9.0-kali3-amd64'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.9.0-kali3-amd64'

[Perryg]

You see what it says, right?

Now you head to kali and ask why they do not have the headers available that matches you running kernel.

[Risky]

awsm.. thank u so much.. will tell u wht hppned asap