[ Solved ] F16 - virtualbox problem after update

Paolo De Michele paolo at paolodemichele.it
Tue Jan 17 23:18:56 UTC 2012



On 01/18/2012 12:00 AM, Steven Stern wrote:
> On 01/17/2012 04:43 PM, Paolo De Michele wrote:
>> hi list,
>>
>> I am having problems on virtualbox following system update
>> you place some data which I hope can be useful:
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>> *
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>> |Linux homelinux 3.1.8-2.fc16.i686 #1 SMP Sat Jan 7 14:47:46 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux|
>>
>>
>> the version of virtualbox OSE is the: 4.1.8
>> When starting a virtual machine I appear two Windows, the first
>>
>> |Failed to open a session for the virtual machine ubuntu-server.
>> The virtual machine 'ubuntu-server' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1.|
>>
>>
>> the second
>>
>> |Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
>> The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is probably not loaded.
>> If you installed or VirtualBox OSE 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-OSE.modules'|
>>
>>
>>
>> If booting from root last string:
>>
>> |ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vboxdrv
>> ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vboxnetflt
>> ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vboxnetadp|
>>
>>
>>
>> does anyone know give me a hand?
>> thanks in advance
>>
>>
>
> If  you've updated anything lately, try
>
>   sudo /sbin/service vboxdrv setup
hi Steve,

I solved it with the command that I have indicated.
I also updated the kernel to version 3.1.9.1 without any problem

thanks to the collaboration

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