virtualbox problem

[Himlad1519]

today i came up with this error in my FC17 virtualbox:

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

i started googling and searching the forum.

i ve tried the:

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv status or setup

command to no use, since there is no file with this name.

i installed akmod to no use as well
i installed dkms to no use as well
i installed kernel-devel to no use as well
i rebooted several times after every installation, to no use as well.
i tried the "/etc/sysconfig/modules/VirtualBox.modules" as vbox suggested and got this:

ERROR: Module vboxdrv not found.
ERROR: Module vboxnetflt not found.
ERROR: Module vboxnetadp not found.

i m quite frustrated, not only because from what it seems a package manager does not work as it should, but also because i ve lost 3-4 hours of my day trying to solve a problem, i didnt even cause. so is there any solution?

ps: fedora day-by-day tries to convince me to migrate. if you got bored of maintaining it, let us know. some people use it to work on it, and not just to brag that they re not using ubuntu "muahaha what a linux warmonger i am"...

[nonamedotc]

A couple of things to try.

1. Check if you have kernel-headers installed.

2. Try

yum reinstall VirtualBox

This is from rpmfusion.

If either of these is not a solution, try installing virtualbox from virtualbox repository here - https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

[weitjong]

This may sound obvious, but just in case you don't know. After installing the kernel module, make sure you have rebooted the system before retrying to launch VirtualBox.

[Himlad1519]

installed, reinstalled, erased and installed. rebooted after every *installation

[weitjong]

My apology. My tired eyes have somehow missed the sentence in your first post that you have rebooted several times. I just rebooted my PC back to Fedora 17 system and I can confirm I have similar problem in launching VirtualBox. It was OK before the last kernel update. I have 3.6.3-1 at the moment. I wonder why the akmod-VirtualBox does not rebuild the corresponding kernel module as expected. Anyway, now you know you are not alone .

[brianblaze]

If I remember correctly I had to do:

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

and then wait a bit it seems like it's doing nothing but it actually is...

If that's not good start virtualbox from terminal

virtualbox

you should see an error before it starts up hook us up with it!

[LongTimeDabbler]

Virtualbox running fine for me under 3.6.3-1.fc17.x86_64.

[Himlad1519]

[root@localhost ~]# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
bash: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: No such file or directory

[brianblaze]

Originally Posted by Himlad1519

[root@localhost ~]# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
bash: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: No such file or directory

from the terminal start virtualbox

virtualbox

what errors are written before virtualbox starts up?!

[Himlad1519]

virtualbox 
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (3.6.3-1.fc17.i686.PAE) or it failed to
         load. Reboot the computer or load the kernel module by executing

           '/etc/sysconfig/modules/VirtualBox.modules' (as root)

         You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

Package kernel-headers-3.6.3-1.fc17.i686 already installed and latest version

in yum search

...
...
...
kmod-VirtualBox-3.5.4-2.fc17.i686.PAE.i686 : VirtualBox kernel module(s) for 3.5.4-2.fc17.i686.PAE
kmod-VirtualBox-3.6.1-1.fc17.i686.i686 : VirtualBox kernel module(s) for 3.6.1-1.fc17.i686
kmod-VirtualBox-3.6.1-1.fc17.i686.PAE.i686 : VirtualBox kernel module(s) for 3.6.1-1.fc17.i686.PAE
kmod-VirtualBox-3.6.2-4.fc17.i686.i686 : VirtualBox kernel module(s) for 3.6.2-4.fc17.i686
kmod-VirtualBox-3.6.2-4.fc17.i686.PAE.i686 : VirtualBox kernel module(s) for 3.6.2-4.fc17.i686.PAE
kmod-VirtualBox-PAE.i686 : Metapackage which tracks in VirtualBox kernel module for newest kernel-PAE
python-VirtualBox.i686 : Python bindings for VirtualBox
VirtualBox.i686 : A general-purpose full virtualizer for PC hardware

there is no "kernel (3.6.3-1.fc17.i686.PAE)"

[root@localhost ~]# /etc/sysconfig/modules/VirtualBox.modules
ERROR: Module vboxdrv not found.
ERROR: Module vboxnetflt not found.
ERROR: Module vboxnetadp not found.

[brianblaze]

do this:

su -
/etc/sysconfig/modules/VirtualBox.modules

I just saw you already tried that try noori's solution and then do it again!

[noori]

Hi
you should install kmod-VirtualBox package

yum install kmod-VirtualBox

[Himlad1519]

just did. see my previous post. anyhow. just migrated. thanks for the help though. good luck with your distro. have fun

[brianblaze]

damn well it worked for me no problem

[smr54]

A lot of times, this has to do with the naming of the Fedora kernel-devel--for whatever reason, you can't do install kernel-devel you have to install kernel-PAE-devel if running a PAE kernel

I realize that you have already migrated, (and that might not have been the issue) but figured I'd post it for others