virtualbox

[Psycho]

hey, I am trying to use virtualbox however I get this error.



any help?

[glennzo]

So stop the virtualbox service and re-install the software.

[axet]

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

[Psycho]

glennzo, the reason I posted this is because I already tried that.

[glennzo]

That's OK. Did you try axet's suggestion? That may be the correct response. It is what you need to do after a kernel update.

[crossz]

axet is right.

When you start VirtualBox in terminal, you will get some helpful instruction. Just like axet said. sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

[scottro]

You will probably get that error each time you upgrade the kernel. (As well as the first time you start VBox.)

As axet said, usually the solution is, either as root or with root privilege to run /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Please try that and see if it works.
You might (or might not) also need kernel headers for it to work.

sudo yum -y install gcc make gcc-c++ kernel-devel

This pulls in a few other programs as well, many of them necessary to do any compiling.

[axet]

that is not kernel upgrade issue. that is incompatible virtualbox drivers version, and issue happens after upgrade virtualbox from 2.0.2 to 2.0.4

[bluebeeem]

I had this problem after updating from 2.02 to 2.04. I realised I had accidentally installed the 32bit version after previously using the 64bit package. Installing the correct package solved the problem.

[scottro]

@axet yes, but at time, I believe there have been posts from people where it turned out that the problem was that they didn't have one or another of the development libraries or headers--apparently VBox does require some.

However, that is NOT a positive statement on m part. My memory is vague, and I'd have to test it on a fresh install to be sure of that. On the other hand, unless the OP is running a server or something with extremely limited space, having those things won't hurt and might save headaches in the future.

However, I cannot be 100 percent positive that my previous post was correct, so will thank you for the correction.

[Psycho]

I tried axet's solution and that didn't work.
Then I tried scottro's. also no luck.

[axet]

try to remove virtualbox rpm, then reinstall it and do /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup.

and put output here pls

[Psycho]

haha. I was just dumb.
I accidentally clicked the wrong link and dl'd i386 as opposed to 86_64

[scottro]

Thank you for coming back and posting the solution. It will quite possibly help others in the future.