On 03/01/2013 10:46 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/01/13 17:28, Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> tomorrow I installed kernel-3.8.1-201.fc18.x86_64 and
> kernel-devel-3.8.1-201.fc18.x86_64from koji, and now I have the problem
> that the installer did no build the kernel modules for
> kernel-3.8.1-201. Reboot does not help.
>
> Starting VirtualBox now complains with:
>
> ----------------------------snip--------------------------------
> Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
>
> The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is probably not loaded.
>
> If you installed or VirtualBox package recently you need to restart the
> computer for the driver to load.
>
> Alternatively, you may attempt to load the driver by issuing the
> following command with system administrator (root) privileges:
>
> '/etc/sysconfig/modules/VirtualBox.modules'
> -----------------------------snip---------------------------------
>
>
> Trying to execute '/etc/sysconfig/modules/VirtualBox.modules' fails:
>
> modinfo: ERROR: Module vboxdrv not found.
> modinfo: ERROR: Module vboxnetflt not found.
> modinfo: ERROR: Module vboxnetadp not found.
>
>
> I had no such problems with kernel-3.7.9-205.fc18.x86_64.
>
> Remark: the VB source module akmod-VirtualBox-4.2.6-1.fc18.1.x86_64 is
> installed on my box.
>
> I found out that /lib/modules/3.8.1-201.fc18.x86_64/extras is missing.
>
> Anybody has a solution for this issue? All comments are welcome.
>
What do you get if you run...
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Hi Ed,
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv only exists if you install VB from
virtualbox.org,
but VB from rpmfusion has no /etc/init.d/vboxdrv :-(
Kind regards
Joachim Backes <joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de>
https://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes