Hi
On Sun, 05 Apr 2020 01:12:04 +1000 "Michael D. Setzer II via users" wrote:
> On running Virtual Box I get this message??
> WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no
> module available for the current kernel (5.5.13-200.fc31.x86_64) or
> it failed to load. Please try load the kernel module by executing as
> root
> dnf install akmod-VirtualBox kernel-devel-5.5.13-200.fc31.x86_64
> akmods --kernels 5.5.13-200.fc31.x86_64 && systemctl restart >
> systemd-modules-load.service
> I do the recommended options.
> dnf packages are already installed
> The akmods builds the moduals, and they are in the location
> But restarting the systemd-modules-load results in error.
Does a simple "modprobe vboxdrv" also fails ?
What gives: modinfo vboxdrv
# modprobe vboxdrv
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Operation not permitted
# modinfo vboxdrv
filename:
/lib/modules/5.5.13-200.fc31.x86_64/extra/VirtualBox/vboxdrv.ko
version: 6.1.4_RPMFusion r136177 (0x002d0001)
license: GPL
description: Oracle VM VirtualBox Support Driver
author: Oracle Corporation
srcversion: 1339FC9C1EAAA355E78EDA5
depends:
retpoline: Y
name: vboxdrv
vermagic: 5.5.13-200.fc31.x86_64 SMP mod_unload
parm: force_async_tsc:force the asynchronous TSC mode (int)
Also, double check that the modules have been build with:
dnf list installed kmod-VirtualBox\*
dnf list installed kmod-VirtualBox\*
Installed Packages
kmod-VirtualBox.x86_64 6.1.4-3.fc31
@rpmfusion-free-updates
kmod-VirtualBox-5.5.13-200.fc31.x86_64.x86_64 6.1.4-3.fc31 @@commandline
> On exact same machine with Fedora 29, this was working. This is a clean
> install on a new hard disk.
> Any ideals?
With Fedora 31 you have newer kernels: the Virtualbox sources may
become incompatile with them.
--
francis
Thanks. Don't know if that gives any more info.