id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 7334 /dev/vboxdrv and /dev/vboxnetctl going missing after reboot Bruce Williamson "Howzit Folks? Whenever I reboot my server I get the following error when starting VirtualBox: VBoxManage startvm Win-VM --type gui '''WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module available for the current kernel (2.6.34-12-desktop) 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. Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.2.8 (C) 2005-2010 Oracle Corporation All rights reserved.''' '''Waiting for the VM to power on ERROR: The virtual machine 'Win-VM' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component Machine, interface IMachine, callee ''' which is caused by /dev/vboxdrv and /dev/vboxnetctl going missing after reboot. Running sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup reinstates the missing devices and I can run VirtualBox. My pc configuration is as follows: OS/Desktop: openSUSE 11.3 - Linux 2.6.34-12-desktop x86_64 KDE 4.4.4 CPU: AMD Phenom 9500 Quad Core Processor Memory: 8GB DDR2 Ram Motherboard: M2A-VM - AMD 690G Chipset Graphics: 1GB ATI Radeon X1250 Graphics Hard drive: Samsung 500GB SATA Any questions, give me a shout. Cheers Bruce " defect closed other VirtualBox 3.2.8 fixed vboxdrv vboxnetctl missing reboot Windows Linux