#5381 (virtualbox-dkms failed to upgrade)
by Luc Saffre · in Hosting (system administration) · assigned to Luc Saffre
Summary
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver is either not loaded or not set up correctly. Please reinstall virtualbox-dkms package and load the kernel module by executing 'modprobe vboxdrv' as root.
If your system has EFI Secure Boot enabled you may also need to sign the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load them. Please see your Linux system's documentation for more information.
where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows XP. The virtual machine 'Windows XP' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1). Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: MachineWrap
Interface: IMachine {85632c68-b5bb-4316-a900-5eb28d3413df}
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- 2 years, 9 months ago by Luc Saffre about #5381 (virtualbox-dkms failed to upgrade) : Cool. They fixed the bug and I just had to say "apt remove virtualbox" and "apt install virtualbox".
- 2 years, 9 months ago by Luc Saffre about #5381 (virtualbox-dkms failed to upgrade) : Aha. Seems that it is a bug in virtualbox with the newest Linux kernel. I guess that I just need to wait...
- 2 years, 9 months ago by Luc Saffre about #5381 (virtualbox-dkms failed to upgrade) : I posted [url answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/708952 a help request on launchpad].
- 2 years, 9 months ago by Luc Saffre about #5381 (virtualbox-dkms failed to upgrade) : Seems that something broke with my last system upgrade...
- 2 years, 9 months ago by Luc Saffre about #5381 (virtualbox-dkms failed to upgrade) : apt upgrade says "ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/virtualbox-dkms.0.crash'"
- 2 years, 9 months ago by Luc Saffre about #5381 (virtualbox-dkms failed to upgrade) : Created new Ticket #5381 (virtualbox-dkms failed to upgrade).