[SOLVED] modprobe vboxdrv error.. I'm stuck for 3days

gonny95 · 02-03-2014, 11:50 PM

I'm using Slackware and quite new in Slackware and Linux

I just want to use Virtual Box..

I went to SlackBuild.org and downloaded virtualbox and requirements
(virtualbox-kernel and acpid)

Then I ran virtualbox but I can't add new VM because of vboxdrv

I googled and googled.. and find out that this is because of kernel module ..maybe?

When I did

Code:

modprobe vboxdrv

And result is

Code:

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Exec format error

and I did dmesg to find out why

Code:

dmesg

result is

Code:

[ 4694.215588] vboxdrv: version magic '3.10.17-smp SMP mod_unload PENTIUMIII ' should be '3.10.17 mod_unload 486 '

What it means.. and what is version magic and What should I do?

/dev/random · 02-04-2014, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gonny95

I'm using Slackware and quite new in Slackware and Linux

I just want to use Virtual Box..

I went to SlackBuild.org and downloaded virtualbox and requirements
(virtualbox-kernel and acpid)

Then I ran virtualbox but I can't add new VM because of vboxdrv

I googled and googled.. and find out that this is because of kernel module ..maybe?

When I did

Code:

modprobe vboxdrv

And result is

Code:

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Exec format error

and I did dmesg to find out why

Code:

dmesg

result is

Code:

[ 4694.215588] vboxdrv: version magic '3.10.17-smp SMP mod_unload PENTIUMIII ' should be '3.10.17 mod_unload 486 '

What it means.. and what is version magic and What should I do?

You don't need to use the slackbuild. download virtualbox directly from virtualbox.org and make sure you get the bundel installer. This installed will setup everything for you.

gonny95 · 02-04-2014, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by /dev/random

You don't need to use the slackbuild. download virtualbox directly from virtualbox.org and make sure you get the bundel installer. This installed will setup everything for you.

I also tried but didn't work either.

/dev/random · 02-04-2014, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gonny95

I also tried but didn't work either.

What was the error you got from the bundle installer? Are you using Slackware 32bit or 64 bit? (or multi-lib)?

gonny95 · 02-04-2014, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by /dev/random

What was the error you got from the bundle installer? Are you using Slackware 32bit or 64 bit? (or multi-lib)?

I'm using 32bit

and bundle installer is..

did you mean this?

Code:

bash-4.2# /root/Downloads/VirtualBox-4.3.6-91406-Linux_x86.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox for Linux installation............
VirtualBox Version 4.3.6 r91406 (2013-12-18T16:23:31Z) installer
Installing VirtualBox to /opt/VirtualBox
Python found: python, installing bindings...
Building the VirtualBox kernel modules

VirtualBox has been installed successfully.

You will find useful information about using VirtualBox in the user manual
  /opt/VirtualBox/UserManual.pdf
and in the user FAQ
  http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ

We hope that you enjoy using VirtualBox.

bash-4.2# virtualbox
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (3.10.17) or it failed to
         load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

           sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

         You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

bash-4.2# /etc/rc.d/rc.vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.
Removing old VirtualBox pci kernel module ...done.
Removing old VirtualBox netadp kernel module ...done.
Removing old VirtualBox netflt kernel module ...done.
Removing old VirtualBox kernel module ...done.
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.
Starting VirtualBox kernel modules ...failed!
  (modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why)
bash-4.2#

gonny95 · 02-04-2014, 01:39 AM

http://i62.tinypic.com/4kgnr5.png
these are my kernel-headers

and when I type uname -r

Code:

bash-4.2# uname -r
3.10.17

In the directory /lib/modules/

Code:

bash-4.2# ls /lib/modules/
3.10.17  3.10.17-smp

what's wrong with my linux

brianL · 02-04-2014, 03:46 AM

(modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why)
Did you try that? Have you done a full install of Slackware? Another possibility: depending on your processor, you might be getting the kvm (either amd or intel) module loaded automatically, this can interfere sometimes with VirtualBox. Try running:

Code:

lsmod

and

Code:

cat /proc/cpuinfo

And post the results.

gonny95 · 02-04-2014, 03:54 AM

Results are:

Code:

bash-4.2# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
parport_pc             16472  0 
cdc_acm                13933  0 
ipv6                  234918  14 
lp                      7474  0 
ppdev                   4702  0 
parport                24879  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
fuse                   64207  3 
hid_generic              733  0 
usbhid                 31706  0 
hid                    70115  2 hid_generic,usbhid
usb_storage            35805  0 
nouveau               870054  3 
coretemp                3855  0 
acpi_cpufreq            4479  1 
mperf                    911  1 acpi_cpufreq
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     26486  4 
mxm_wmi                 1119  1 nouveau
gpio_ich                3424  0 
wmi                     7051  2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
ttm                    44502  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         31326  1 nouveau
drm                   184126  5 ttm,drm_kms_helper,nouveau
i2c_dev                 4471  0 
r8169                  50804  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek    30108  1 
kvm_intel             119260  0 
kvm                   306633  1 kvm_intel
i2c_i801               12385  0 
i2c_algo_bit            4567  1 nouveau
i2c_core               17440  6 drm,i2c_i801,i2c_dev,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,nouveau
uhci_hcd               19323  0 
ehci_pci                2972  0 
video                  10162  1 nouveau
processor              20557  1 acpi_cpufreq
snd_hda_intel          29246  2 
snd_hda_codec         123857  3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               4730  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                60504  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc          5894  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              14195  1 snd_pcm
snd                    43944  11 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
soundcore               4218  1 snd
ehci_hcd               33259  1 ehci_pci
thermal_sys            18829  2 video,processor
intel_agp               8672  0 
button                  3664  1 nouveau
evdev                   7448  5 
intel_gtt              10108  1 intel_agp
lpc_ich                11181  0 
freq_table              2104  2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal_sys
agpgart                21576  4 drm,ttm,intel_agp,intel_gtt
hwmon                    997  3 coretemp,nouveau,thermal_sys
mii                     3263  1 r8169
microcode               7469  0 
loop                   14679  0

Code:

bash-4.2# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 23
model name	: Pentium(R) Dual-Core  CPU      E5800  @ 3.20GHz
stepping	: 10
microcode	: 0xa0b
cpu MHz		: 3200.000
cache size	: 2048 KB
fdiv_bug	: no
f00f_bug	: no
coma_bug	: no
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 13
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm xsave lahf_lm dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips	: 6384.79
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

brianL · 02-04-2014, 04:26 AM

From lsmod:

Code:

kvm_intel             119260  0 
kvm                   306633  1 kvm_intel

That could be causing the problem, but I'm only guessing. Try, as root:

Code:

modprobe -r kvm_intel

Then installing and running VirtualBox.

gonny95 · 02-04-2014, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianL

From lsmod:

Code:

kvm_intel             119260  0 
kvm                   306633  1 kvm_intel

That could be causing the problem, but I'm only guessing. Try, as root:

Code:

modprobe -r kvm_intel

Then installing and running VirtualBox.

Thanks! it worked
But I still got problems
When I reboot computer and in lsmod kvm_intel appears again
Is there a way to remove kvm_intel?
And what was kvm_intel anyway?

brianL · 02-04-2014, 05:10 AM

It works with qemu to run virtual machines. I have kvm_amd loaded automatically, so when I get round to using VBox on 14.1, I'm going to be facing the same problem. I think you can blacklist it with a file in either /etc/modprobe.d or /lib/modprobe.d (there's some files in there could be used as a sample).

brianL · 02-04-2014, 05:14 AM

Have a look here:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine

gonny95 · 02-04-2014, 05:39 AM

wow.. thanks you saved my life!

brianL · 02-04-2014, 05:40 AM

Works! Created a file in /etc/modprobe.d called kvm_amd.conf with just this line in it:

blacklist kvm_amd

Rebooted, checked lsmod, and the kvm and kvm_amd modules were gone.
Do the same, but with kvm_intel, and you should be OK

herakles · 08-04-2014, 05:27 AM

Hi everybody !

I am using Porteus 3.0 64 bits as guest on a Linux Mint 17 Quina -64 bits

When I try to build vbox addons, I get the error picture I attached . I tried to replace the kernel.xzm in /mnt/sda1/porteus/base/
but i'm still turning arons again and again !
Commands like apt-get update , yum do not work !

What must I do ??!I'm also stuck still a week !

Thank you so much in advance and for the guidance you provide to dummies like me !LOL!

Caron
Rodrigues Island
Republic of Mauritius
Indian Ocean