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linustalman

02-03-2017 04:40 AM

Error message at login on client: "VBoxClient: the VirtualBox kernel service is not running. Exiting."

Hi.

I get this error message after boot up when my desktop loads on my main PC (not inside VirtualBox): "VBoxClient: the VirtualBox kernel service is not running. Exiting."

I have VB installed with a few VMs and the shared clipboard works for Linux Mint 17.3 and Ubuntu MATE 16.04 which I have installed inside VirtualBox.

Is there a fix for this?

I'm running Debian 8 Jessie x64.

Thanks.

business_kid

02-03-2017 11:04 AM

What kernel modules are loaded in the main machine? As root

Code:

lsmod |grep vbox

linustalman

02-03-2017 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by business_kid (Post 5664559)

What kernel modules are loaded in the main machine? As root

Code:

lsmod |grep vbox

Hi BK.

Here's the output:

Code:

vboxpci                24576  0 

vboxnetadp            28672  0 

vboxnetflt            28672  0 

vboxdrv              454656  3 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpci

business_kid

02-04-2017 08:28 AM

Same modules as I have. Have you the guest additions loaded on the host, by any chance? VBoxClient appears to be in the guest additions and run on the guest, not the main machine.

linustalman

02-04-2017 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by business_kid (Post 5664981)

Same modules as I have. Have you the guest additions loaded on the host, by any chance? VBoxClient appears to be in the guest additions and run on the guest, not the main machine.

Hi.

Do you refer to the package 'virtualbox-guest-additions-iso'? I do not have it installed on my host machine. Should I install it?

business_kid

02-04-2017 01:08 PM

No, I don't think so. You install the extension pack on your host, and the guest additions on your guest. Try this one line at a time:

Code:

which VBoxClient

ls -l /path/to/VBoxClient

On my host system VBoxClient was a symlink into the guest additions, which I had mistakenly installed in times past. Maybe it picked up some old files lying about.In /usr/bin I ended up running

Code:

find -type l |xargs ls -l |less

and going through the broken ones (like VBoxClient and removing them

frankbell

02-04-2017 01:17 PM

Have you recently updated the kernel for your host machine? If so, did you rebuild the VBox kernel for the new kernel.

I have received that message on Slackware under that circumstance and fixed it by doing rebuilding the VBox kernel against the new system kernel. Slackware uses a BSD style init system, so the mechanics of how to do it would be different, but it would be something to check into. This should help: https://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox#K...8rc.3D-1908.29

linustalman

02-04-2017 01:27 PM

To business_kid & frankbell.

The kernel may have been updated. My current version is: 4.8.0-0.bpo.2-amd64

Since my VMs work fine, I may just let this issue alone as it does not seem to be causing any problems other than the error message upon logging into host machine.

frankbell

02-04-2017 01:34 PM

Thanks for the update. Please let us know if you get to the bottom of it.

erik2282

02-04-2017 11:47 PM

http://askubuntu.com/questions/64299...-is-not-runnin

linustalman

02-05-2017 04:17 AM

During bootup this morn, I noticed in read text 2 lines (not one after another):

They were something like:

Code:

Failed to start Load Kernel Modules

Failed to start LSB: Virtual Box Additions

linustalman

02-05-2017 04:27 AM

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I got this error when I went to launch a VM in VirtualBox [img].

I tried:

Code:

sudo 'modprobe vboxdrv'

Code:

# 'modprobe vboxdrv'

but no joy.

The output was:

Code:

modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found.

business_kid

02-05-2017 12:20 PM

I have recently battled with this and probably made every conceivable mistake.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ox-4175597655/
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...te-4175596144/
vboxdrv.ko runs on the host, not the guest. The "error" was your command. Have you virtualbox installed on the guest as well? You don't need anyvirtualbox stuff in the guest to get booting. You need the guest additions for extra features, usb etc.

linustalman

02-05-2017 01:42 PM

I recall now I had this issue in the past when I ran Linux Mint.

I had these noted in a text file:

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential module-assistant



sudo m-a prepare

However the later commands to run gave me these outputs.

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup



sudo: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: command not found

Code:

sudo modprobe vboxdrv



modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found.

linustalman

02-05-2017 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by business_kid (Post 5665538)

Hi BK. I don't even know where to begin there. :confused:

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