[SOLVED] Failed to install VirtualBox 4.1 on CentOS 6 x86_x64.
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Creating group 'vboxusers'. VM users must be member of that group!
No precompiled module for this kernel found -- trying to build one. Messages
emitted during module compilation will be logged to /var/log/vbox-install.log.
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules [ OK ]
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS [FAILED]
(Failed, trying without DKMS)
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
Starting VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
After this I am able to open VirtualBox but when I create any vm machine and try to start the machine , it fails.
I get this error message after starting the vm machine.
RTR3Init failed with rc=-1912 (rc=-1912)
The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing
I have the same problem and after installing the expansion pack and running "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup" I receive the error "Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)" and to check the log file. I checked the log file and there was this:
"Makefile:172: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again. Stop."
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