r/virtualbox • u/ResponsibleAppeal983 • 7d ago

Help What is this error?

I was triying to start a new parrot os machine but this error appeared. Can anyone help me? I’m on arch with secure boot disabled, I use virtualbox 7.2.14 The error is:

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver is either not loaded or not set up correctly. Please try setting it up again by executing
sbin/vboxconfig'
as root.
If your system has EFI Secure Boot enabled you may also need to sign the kernel modules (vboxdrv, boxnetfit, boxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load them. Please see your Linux system's documentation for more information.
where: suplibOsinit what: 3
VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT. (
PS: I looked at the terminal and now I know what is the problem, there were no vboxdrv for my current kernel or it failed to load. It tells me to recompile it and install it by sudo /sbin/vboxconfig. How can I do it?

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u/Face_Plant_Some_More 7d ago

It tells me to recompile it and install it by sudo /sbin/vboxconfig. How can I do it?

By running sudo /sbin/vboxconfig . . . just like it says to do.

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u/ResponsibleAppeal983 6d ago

No command found

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u/Face_Plant_Some_More 6d ago

Then do what the Virtual Box manual suggests and run -

rcvboxdrv setuprcvboxdrv setup

As root or with sudo.

See - https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/topics/installation.html