Warning vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded
Solution 1
for Ubuntu 15.10 and virtualbox 5.+ use:
sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup
thx: http://www.webupd8.org/2015/10/workaround-for-sbinvboxconfig-not.html
Solution 2
I met the problem:
VBoxManage --version
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module available for the current kernel (4.6.3-300.fc24.x86_64) or it failed to load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by
sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
5.0.24_RPMFusionr108355
After I do
sudo modprobe vboxdrv
Then it works now.
Solution 3
On Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules-arch
and then
sudo modprobe vboxdrv
Solution 4
For me, I did an update to the system and run again sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
after that.
Solution 5
Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules-arch
And then you have to reboot. That fixed it for me.
Tring to restart could work on other distrobutions, too.
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Updated on July 23, 2022Comments
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Photomancia 5 months
Well I run this command
aptitude purge ~o
To delete all the Obsoletes files that aptitude show me big mistake I guess after that I update the system everything works fine but when I restart the system and I want to load the virtual machine I got this error
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module available for the current kernel (3.14-kali1-amd64) or it failed to load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
The program still running but I can't load the virtual machine so I run that command to and the out put was.
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules ...done. Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules ...failed! (Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong)
I am going to post just one part of the file because vbox-install.log have to many lines.
./install.sh: 343: ./install.sh: /etc/init.d/vboxautostart-service: not found ./install.sh: 343: ./install.sh: /etc/init.d/vboxballoonctrl-service: not found ./install.sh: 343: ./install.sh: /etc/init.d/vboxweb-service: not found VirtualBox 4.3.10 r93012 installer, built 2014-03-26T19:18:38Z. Testing system setup... System setup appears correct. Installing VirtualBox to /opt/VirtualBox Output from the module build process (the Linux kernel build system) follows: make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG= -C /lib/modules/3.12-kali1-amd64/build modules make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-amd64 \ KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common \ KBUILD_EXTMOD="/tmp/vbox.0" -f /usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/Makefile \ modules test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \ echo >&2; \ echo >&2 " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \ echo >&2 " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\ echo >&2 " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \ echo >&2 ; \ /bin/false) mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/* make -f /usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0
The last part.
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-amd64 \ KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common \ KBUILD_EXTMOD="/tmp/vbox.0" -f /usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/Makefile \ modules test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \ echo >&2; \ echo >&2 " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \ echo >&2 " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\ echo >&2 " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \ echo >&2 ; \ /bin/false) mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/* make -f /usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0 gcc-4.7 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/linux/.VBoxPci-linux.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.7/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/arch/x86/include -Iarch/x86/include/generated -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/include -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/arch/x86/include/uapi -Iarch/x86/include/generated/uapi -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/include/uapi -Iinclude/generated/uapi -include /usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/include/linux/kconfig.h -I/tmp/vbox.0 -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mno-mmx -mno-sse -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX2=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -fomit-frame-pointer -g -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -include /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/SUPDrvMangling.h -I/lib/modules/3.12-kali1-amd64/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(VBoxPci_linux)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxpci)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/.tmp_VBoxPci-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxPci-linux.c gcc-4.7 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.VBoxPci.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.7/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/arch/x86/include -Iarch/x86/include/generated -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/include -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/arch/x86/include/uapi -Iarch/x86/include/generated/uapi 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-I/lib/modules/3.12-kali1-amd64/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(VBoxPci)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxpci)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_VBoxPci.o /tmp/vbox.0/VBoxPci.c gcc-4.7 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.SUPR0IdcClient.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.7/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/arch/x86/include -Iarch/x86/include/generated -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/include -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/arch/x86/include/uapi -Iarch/x86/include/generated/uapi -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/include/uapi -Iinclude/generated/uapi -include 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-I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPR0IdcClient)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxpci)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_SUPR0IdcClient.o /tmp/vbox.0/SUPR0IdcClient.c gcc-4.7 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.SUPR0IdcClientComponent.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.7/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/arch/x86/include -Iarch/x86/include/generated -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/include -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/arch/x86/include/uapi -Iarch/x86/include/generated/uapi -I/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/include/uapi -Iinclude/generated/uapi -include /usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/include/linux/kconfig.h -I/tmp/vbox.0 -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mno-mmx -mno-sse -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX2=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -fomit-frame-pointer -g -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -include /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/SUPDrvMangling.h -I/lib/modules/3.12-kali1-amd64/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX 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-Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mno-mmx -mno-sse -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX2=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -fomit-frame-pointer -g -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -include /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/SUPDrvMangling.h -I/lib/modules/3.12-kali1-amd64/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPR0IdcClient_linux)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxpci)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/.tmp_SUPR0IdcClient-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPR0IdcClient-linux.c ld -m elf_x86_64 -r -o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxPci-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/VBoxPci.o /tmp/vbox.0/SUPR0IdcClient.o /tmp/vbox.0/SUPR0IdcClientComponent.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPR0IdcClient-linux.o (cat /dev/null; echo kernel//tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci.ko;) > /tmp/vbox.0/modules.order make -f /usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/scripts/Makefile.modpost find /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions -name '*.mod' | xargs -r grep -h '\.ko$' | sort -u | sed 's/\.ko$/.o/' | scripts/mod/modpost -m -i /usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-amd64/Module.symvers -I /tmp/vbox.0/Module.symvers -o /tmp/vbox.0/Module.symvers -S -w -s -T - gcc-4.7 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.vboxpci.mod.o.d -nostdinc -isystem 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-mno-3dnow -mno-avx -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -fomit-frame-pointer -g -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -include /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/SUPDrvMangling.h -I/lib/modules/3.12-kali1-amd64/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxpci.mod)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxpci)" -DMODULE -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci.mod.o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci.mod.c ld -r -m elf_x86_64 -T /usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-kali1-common/scripts/module-common.lds --build-id -o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci.ko /tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci.o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxpci.mod.o Starting VirtualBox kernel modules ...done. End of the output from the Linux kernel build system. Installation successful Makefile:183: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again. Stop. Makefile:183: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again. Stop. Makefile:183: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again. Stop.
thank you very much for any help or comments.
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Photomancia over 8 yearsThank you very much for your help. I am just delete all the related files and them re-install, works like a charm thank God.
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andreshg112 over 4 yearsIt also works for Zorin 12.3 (xenial - Ubuntu 16.04). But, first I had to install this: askubuntu.com/a/779427/584541
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StackEdd over 4 yearsworked for me with manjaro Linux. Did not have to reinstall or remove anything
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sametcodes over 4 yearsYou save my day!
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lava-lava over 4 years@selmansamet, isn't this a great platform for a mutual help. I was also having trouble with it and it took me couple of ours to solve it by poking. Next time I may find your answer that you figured before me.
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ego over 3 yearsIf anyone having error with modprobe "Operation is not permitted" - try disabling secure boot from bios menu.
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Amir Shabani about 3 yearsNone of other answers worked for me, except this. Thank you.
Kernel: 5.3.5-arch1-1-ARCH