Recompiling Virtualbox Kernel Module
July 7th, 2008If after installing a new kernel you may get an error message when you try to start Virtualbox saying something like ‘The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded…’. If you then read the logs the solution is actually written there.
Re-setup the kernel module by executing ‘/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup’ as root.
Sure enough this command fixes the problem and rebuilds the kernel module for the currently running kernel.
# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup Stopping VirtualBox kernel module [ OK ] Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module [ OK ] Starting VirtualBox kernel module [ OK ]
July 19th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
This is what I get…
# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel module [ OK ]
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module [ FAILED ]
Starting VirtualBox kernel module [ FAILED ]
Am running Fedora 9 64 on a AMD AM2
September 4th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Hi All, I got the same error . I ‘m running FC9 . I got eh following error msg , Can some one please let me know what is the prob…..I use the following link for installing vbox ,
http://spoilt.blogsite.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/05/06/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-fedora-8
Error: sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel module [ OK ]
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module [FAILED]
(Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong)
Thanks in App.
October 26th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
In FC9, I uninstall the VirtualBox and then I install it again. I don’t lose any file.