Can,t start VirtualBox on F19

[Steven Stern]

On 10/08/2013 11:16 AM, Owen Orakwue wrote:
> 
> Here is the complete error message :
> 
> 1)
> 
> Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
> 
> The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or
> there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the
> kernel module by executing
> 
> '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
> 
> as root. If it is available in your distribution, you should install the
> DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and
> recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.
> 
> 
> 2)
> 
> [root at localhost init.d]# ./vboxdrv setup
> Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
> Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules [ OK ]
> Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS[ OK ]
> Starting VirtualBox kernel modules [FAILED]
> (modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why)
> [root at localhost init.d]#
> 
> 
> 3)
> 
> When I ran 'dmesg', this is what I saw that is related to virtualbox :
> 
> [ 169.857137] warning: `VirtualBox' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy
> support in use)
> 
> 
> 
> -Owen
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carlos "casep" Sepulveda <casep at fedoraproject.org>
> To: Owen Orakwue <orakwueo at aol.com>
> Cc: Community support for Fedora users <users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Sent: Tue, Oct 8, 2013 11:04 am
> Subject: Re: Can,t start VirtualBox on F19
> 
> And what's the complete error ?
> Looks like you don't have the kernel-headers / devel packeges so the
> module isn't being properly compiled.... we need the complete log to
> confirm it.
> 
> On 8 October 2013 11:56, Owen Orakwue <orakwueo at aol.com <mailto:orakwueo at aol.com>> wrote:
>> ..yes I did.
>> -Owen
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Carlos "casep" Sepulveda <casep at fedoraproject.org <mailto:casep at fedoraproject.org>>
>> To: Community support for Fedora users <users at lists.fedoraproject.org <mailto:users at lists.fedoraproject.org>>
>> Sent: Tue, Oct 8, 2013 10:41 am
>> Subject: Re: Can,t start VirtualBox on F19
>>
>> On 8 October 2013 11:36, Owen Orakwue <orakwueo at aol.com <mailto:orakwueo at aol.com>> wrote:
>>> '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
>>
>>
>> Hi:
>> Did you ran the
>> /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
>> script as root?
>>
>>
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> 

Make sure you are in the vboxusers user group.  Edit /etc/group and put
your ID there. For example:

vboxusers:x:1001:sdstern

You may have to logout/login after doing so to get the change picked up.

-- 
-- Steve