VirtualBox Won't Launch On Slackware 15(current)

100000EE · 01-19-2020, 05:35 PM

Hello there, so I installed VirtualBox and the kernel driver for it.

When I launch VirtualBox, it saids this:

According to the terminal:
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (5.4.12) or it failed to
load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup

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

I tried the sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup command.
and I got this error saying.
sudo: /sbin/rcvboxdrv: command not found

I even tried doing the sudo modprobe vboxdrv command, and I got this error message saying.
sudo: modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory /lib/modules/5.4.12

Is there anyway to solve this?

koloth · 01-21-2020, 03:25 AM

Since it is slackware, you should run

Quote:

/sbin/rcvboxdrv setup

as root user.

100000EE · 01-21-2020, 05:48 PM

I tried running the /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup command as root.

and I got an error message saying.

Quote:

-su: /sbin/rcvboxdrv: No such file or directory

phantom_cyph · 01-21-2020, 05:53 PM

How did you install it?

Refer to the SBo page, did you setup the group and other such steps, or it was a package?

http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14...rch=VirtualBox

Added:

If you didn't compile the VirtualBox kernel yourself, it is likely built against the wrong system kernel (I.e. 4.19.x vs 5.4.12)

100000EE · 01-21-2020, 06:38 PM

I installed the Virtualbox packages from pkgs.org.

List of the VirtualBox packages I installed:

Quote:

virtualbox-5.0.40-x86_64-2_slonly
virtualbox-kernel-5.0.40_4.9.45-x86_64-2_slonly
virtualbox-kernel-addons-5.0.40_4.9.45-x86_64-2_slonly

So I basically didn't compile the VirtualBox kernel.

cwizardone · 01-21-2020, 08:22 PM

So, you are using Slackware-current with the 5.4.12 kernel, yet you are trying to install virtualbox-5.0.4, is that correct?

VirtualBox had troubles building with the 5.4.x kernel until version 6.1... IIRC.
The current version of VirtualBox is 6.1.2.

You can find it at, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

For Slackware right click on, ""all distributions" and then "save link as."

Once you have it on your hard drive, go to it and as "root" and run, sh ./virtualboxwhateverversion.run

The extension pack can be found here, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

100000EE · 01-21-2020, 09:43 PM

Quote:

So, you are using Slackware-current with the 5.4.12 kernel, yet you are trying to install virtualbox-5.0.4, is that correct?

yes

So I uninstalled all the outdated Virtualbox packages and installed the latest version of VirtualBox (and the extension pack), the VirtualBox GUI can now launch, but here's the problem, the kernel driver is not installed, so I still can't run virtual machines.

I also still this error message:

Quote:

WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (5.4.12) or it failed to
load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

sudo /sbin/vboxconfig

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

I tried running the sudo /sbin/vboxconfig command.
and I got this message saying.

Quote:

vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.

There were problems setting up VirtualBox. To re-start the set-up process, run
/sbin/vboxconfig
as root. If your system is using EFI Secure Boot you may need to sign the
kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load
them. Please see your Linux system's documentation for more information.

phantom_cyph · 01-21-2020, 11:27 PM

Guessing you left out the kernel-source and/or kernel-header package. You'll need it to build a(ny) module, nvidia proprietary driver being another example.

Update Slackware to get the latest kernel, install source, recompile/install VBox.

cwizardone · 01-22-2020, 07:20 AM

Quote:

This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.

As Phanton cyph has said, you need, at least, the headers and, most likely, the kernel source, to build the virtualbox module.
A FULL Slackware installation is highly recommmend for everyone, unless, of course, the user is really an expert.

100000EE · 01-22-2020, 04:48 PM

List of the kernel packages I installed

Quote:

kernel-firmware-20200114_9c340bd-noarch-1
kernel-headers-5.4.13-x86-1
kernel-source-5.4.13-noarch-1

Yet I'm running the Linux kernel version 5.4.12.

So I think I'm missing something to fully update to the Linux kernel version 5.4.13.

100000EE · 01-22-2020, 08:06 PM

UPDATE: I updated the Linux kernel and VirtualBox is running fine now.

Robertbut · 02-07-2020, 04:34 AM

Thanks for the update. So, if Im following correctly, you now have the latest version of d3d9.dll in both folders. You should be able to remove the one in the P3D folder.

Randy

rizitis · 03-14-2022, 04:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 100000EE

yes

So I uninstalled all the outdated Virtualbox packages and installed the latest version of VirtualBox (and the extension pack), the VirtualBox GUI can now launch, but here's the problem, the kernel driver is not installed, so I still can't run virtual machines.

I also still this error message:

I tried running the sudo /sbin/vboxconfig command.
and I got this message saying.

I had the same problem last 2 days. I installed VB from Sbopkg

Code:

root@rtz:~# uname -a
Linux rtz 5.15.27 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Mar 8 18:18:11 CST 2022 x86_64 AMD Athlon Silver 3050U with Radeon Graphics AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
root@rtz:~# cat /etc/*version*
Slackware 15.0
root@rtz:~# ls /etc/rc.d/  |grep vbox
rc.vboxautostart-service*
rc.vboxballoonctrl-service*
rc.vboxdrv*
root@rtz:~# /sbin/vboxconfig
-su: /sbin/vboxconfig: No such file or directory
root@rtz:~#

Code:

root@rtz:~# virtualbox &
[1] 12952
root@rtz:~# WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (5.15.27) or it failed to
         load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

           sudo /sbin/vboxconfig

         You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
Qt WARNING: QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'

Code:

r-tz@rtz:~$ virtualbox &
[1] 13877
r-tz@rtz:~$ WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (5.15.27) or it failed to
         load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

           sudo /sbin/vboxconfig

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

Code:

bash-5.1# /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup 
bash: /sbin/rcvboxdrv: No such file or directory

Code:

r-tz@rtz:~$ groups
users lp wheel floppy audio video cdrom input plugdev power netdev scanner vboxusers

Code:

# modprobe vboxdrv

After modprobe^^ Virtualbox running without problem.
The question is:
Do I have to add "vboxdrv" at the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.modules to have it on startup? Also how can I add it, just write "vboxdrv" at the end of file? Or do I have to do something else?
thank you.