[SOLVED] How to Purge or Fix VirtualBox from OpenSUSE 13

dictatorofmyownworld · 09-04-2014, 03:00 PM

I am running OpenSUSE 13 and I have Oracle VirtualBox 4.3.14 r95030 installed, but broken.
I can open VirtualBox Manager just fine. I cannot start or create new VMs. When I try I get this error message:

Quote:

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows XP 1.
The virtual machine 'Windows XP 1' has terminated unexpectedly
during startup with exit code 1.

Details:

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: Machine
Interface: IMachine {480cf695-2d8d-4256-9c7c-cce4184fa048}

Also this message comes up at the same time:

Quote:

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

'/ect/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.

Code:

linux-5ym7:/home/eric # /ect/init.d/vboxdrv setup
bash: /ect/init.d/vboxdrv: No such file or directory

I have done my best to uninstall VirtualBox from my computer but the icon is still on my desktop and it still works. I have searched yast and removed anything related to VirtualBox. I have also searched rpm for it as well and I cannot find any reference to it, but it's there! When I installed it I tried both from yast and downloaded the rpm from virtualbox.org and I am not sure what is installed, but I cannot find it. I tried installing again with the rpm from virtualbox.org but the installation stops and says that the installation was aborted by the user.
Thanks for any help.

jefro · 09-04-2014, 03:07 PM

Did it ever work correctly?

Did you use package manager to install or did you use other method?

It has never been very easy getting rid of a linux app. You have to know what all the installer did and then remove it step by step.

So, what do you want to do? Fix virtualbox or continue to get rid of it?

dictatorofmyownworld · 09-04-2014, 04:03 PM

I would like to fix it. I'm just afraid to get it to work I will have to start with a clean slate.
Yes it did work before. Then I made some changes to my computer in haste to just accomplish a task without worrying about what I was doing. Now VirtualBox is broken.
I did use a package manager to install it. It would be whatever is default on OpenSUSE 13.

EDDY1 · 09-04-2014, 04:46 PM

It says install dkms

dictatorofmyownworld · 09-04-2014, 04:47 PM

It also says that the DKMS is optional. I have tried installing it but it provided no help.

EDDY1 · 09-04-2014, 04:58 PM

Have you fully updated your system because there may be a kernel & headers update stopping the action

dictatorofmyownworld · 09-04-2014, 05:00 PM

I believe my system is up to date. But is there a simple command to make sure?

EDDY1 · 09-04-2014, 05:07 PM

zypper up

dictatorofmyownworld · 09-04-2014, 06:38 PM

Ok, I think I got this. Whatever was hung up is moving now. I can start a Virtual Machine.
Thank you for all your help.

EDDY1 · 09-04-2014, 06:44 PM

You're welcome
Were there any updates?