[Resolved] VirtualBox Quit Working

[caltrop]

Things were working fine until the latest system update.

Now 'vboxdrv' is no where to be found.

I have reinstalled everything VirtualBox & additional linux-headers-generic.
Nothing works!

I am running VBox 5.1.3.4 since I abhor the new interface.
Like I said things were working fine until the kernel update.

So much for virtualization...
I have a half dozen VM's I can no longer access.
I was planning on testing other OS's & different flavors of Linux but that is not going to happen.

attached is the reinstall I performed

[andyp73]

It looks like you are running the Ubuntu fork of VirtualBox. We have no idea what changes they have made and so we have no idea what support to offer.

You should purge your system of the Ubuntu VirtualBox packages and install the latest version from the Downloads page. If you want to stick with the 5.1.x versions then the current version (as of writing this) is 5.1.38. You may just have to "suck it up" about the user interface as only 5.2 is officially supported now.

-Andy.

[caltrop]

I guess the solution I need is what kernel worked with vbox 5.1.34 ?

Then I can revert to that kernel.

[socratis]

If you want to use the latest version for your host/guests, you should also consider doing the same for VirtualBox. Download the latest VirtualBox. As of this writing, that would be version 5.2.14. If that doesn't work you should try the latest test builds, especially with all the Spectre/Meltdown patches coming in from all sides.

BTW, 5.1.x has entered the "Unsupported" state, so go with 5.2.x...

[caltrop]

FIXED!

see this:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic. ... 6#p1491936

Apparently the latest kernel 4.15.0-24 is having issues.

[socratis]

Great, thanks for the feedback. Marking as [Resolved].