VirtualBox

Ticket #794 (closed defect: invalid)

Opened 2 years ago

Last modified 2 years ago

FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found.

Reported by: zdavatz Assigned to:
Priority: major Component: other
Version: VirtualBox 1.5.2 Keywords: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found.
Cc: Guest type: other
Host type: other

Description

Hi

I just installed VirtualBox Version 1.5.2 OSE on my Gentoo with with Kernel 2.6.23.1 VirtualBox startsup fine but after building the vboxdrv module, it can not be found by /sbin/modprobe vboxdrv - I get FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found.

I done: cd ./out/linux.x86/release/bin/src make

Thank you for your Feedback.

Zeno

Change History

2007-10-19 10:43:25 changed by sandervl73

If our binary package works, then you should take this up with the Gentoo guys. Perhaps you're doing something wrong or something is broken in their package.

2007-10-19 10:46:31 changed by michael

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to invalid.

Not a bug. AFAIK, modprobe will not load a module unless it is installed first. Unless you are developing, I suggest that you use a ready-packaged version of VirtualBox.

2007-10-20 17:38:47 changed by Fenix*NBK*

Do: ./out/linux.x86/release/bin/src# insmod vboxdrv.ko

-Technologov

2008-05-04 01:11:37 changed by phyzome

I tried installing VBox 1.5.0 from repository in Ubuntu 7.10 ("Gutsy Gibbon"), using the generic module. I received the same vboxdrv module error.

I managed to locate vboxdrv.ko but doing an insmod gave me an "Invalid module format" error.

2008-05-05 09:03:48 changed by frank

'invalid module format' means that the module does most probably not match your current running kernel. Please could you try to upgrade to 1.6.0?

2008-05-11 21:11:04 changed by phyzome

Alright, found my problem. I had both the generic and 386 kernels installed, but 386 was still the default. Booting to the generic one solved my problem. (Still using 1.5.0)

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