Ошибка virtualbox kernel driver not installed rc 1908

I tried to set up an virtual machine on Ubuntu 12.10.I installed Oracle Vm VirtualBox Manager.
Then, i followed the steps and i choose .iso file from settings>storage.Then clicked live cd/dvd option.Then OK,when i clicked to start button i get such an error :

 Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

 The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a                   
 permissionproblem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by 
 executing

 '/etc/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.

I reinstalled program and rebooted pc, but not worked.Also, updated kernel driver but not worked.What can be done to solve it ?

(I’m on a Mac with this solution) I tried the first few answers on this board (so you might need those as well first), but then finally I Allowed Oracle to «load software» under System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> in the bottom right, click «Allow…»
Then a dialog box with checkbox options might come up, search for Oracle and check the box next to it. Click OK out of everything. (I also updated the preference above the «Allow…» button to Allow apps downloaded from: to «App store and identified developers«)
After all of this I rebooted and I no longer see this -1908 error when running a VM.
Again, I’m on a Mac, running Big Sur 11.2.1.

Personally, on my Mac installing the latest version of VirtualBox solved the problem

answered Mar 31, 2019 at 11:42

did you try the command /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
What was the output ?

First you have to install dkms packages (but optional)

sudo apt-get install dkms

Then run this

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

But in my case I had to run only second one.

answered Sep 15, 2015 at 5:15

Follow the following steps for Linux:

1. cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
2. vim epel.repo
3. Make every "enabled=1"
4. yum install dkms

there were only linux-lts kernel in my system so far. i just install linux-lts-headers using pacman and then i rebooted pc.it worked for me.

This one in recovery mode answered by @idkn worked for me.

spctl kext-consent add VB5E2TV963

answered Dec 8, 2019 at 11:13

Firstly open a terminal and write this command:

• sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-dkms

and after finish this operation, write this command:

• sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms

This solved the problem.
Do not worry, your files will not be lost.

I tried to set up an virtual machine on Ubuntu 12.10.I installed Oracle Vm VirtualBox Manager.
Then, i followed the steps and i choose .iso file from settings>storage.Then clicked live cd/dvd option.Then OK,when i clicked to start button i get such an error :

 Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

 The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a                   
 permissionproblem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by 
 executing

 '/etc/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.

I reinstalled program and rebooted pc, but not worked.Also, updated kernel driver but not worked.What can be done to solve it ?

(I’m on a Mac with this solution) I tried the first few answers on this board (so you might need those as well first), but then finally I Allowed Oracle to «load software» under System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> in the bottom right, click «Allow…»
Then a dialog box with checkbox options might come up, search for Oracle and check the box next to it. Click OK out of everything. (I also updated the preference above the «Allow…» button to Allow apps downloaded from: to «App store and identified developers«)
After all of this I rebooted and I no longer see this -1908 error when running a VM.
Again, I’m on a Mac, running Big Sur 11.2.1.

Personally, on my Mac installing the latest version of VirtualBox solved the problem

answered Mar 31, 2019 at 11:42

did you try the command /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
What was the output ?

First you have to install dkms packages (but optional)

sudo apt-get install dkms

Then run this

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

But in my case I had to run only second one.

answered Sep 15, 2015 at 5:15

Follow the following steps for Linux:

1. cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
2. vim epel.repo
3. Make every "enabled=1"
4. yum install dkms

there were only linux-lts kernel in my system so far. i just install linux-lts-headers using pacman and then i rebooted pc.it worked for me.

This one in recovery mode answered by @idkn worked for me.

spctl kext-consent add VB5E2TV963

answered Dec 8, 2019 at 11:13

Firstly open a terminal and write this command:

• sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-dkms

and after finish this operation, write this command:

• sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms

This solved the problem.
Do not worry, your files will not be lost.

Hi,
After updating to kernel 5.10.6-200.fc33.x86_64 x86_64 on Fedora 33 I get the following error,

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, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, 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.

After running

I get the following message:

vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: failed: Look at /var/log/vbox-setup.log to find out what went wrong.

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.

I’m not using EFI Secure Boot. I enclose the log file for your reference. I’m just not sure that re-installing would fix this issue but having said that I haven’t tried it.

Best regards,

EDIT:
Downgrading to 5.9.16-200.fc33.x86_64 seems to fix the issue.

Same issue on 3 machines running
Linux a 5.8.0-38-generic #43~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 12 16:39:47 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Linux b 5.4.0-48-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 10 10:58:49 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Linux c 5.8.0-38-generic #43~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 12 16:39:47 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Terrifying… nothing works anymore, 6 really important vms that can’t be started anymore since yesterday !
Halp !

However VB is working on mac. Would this seem to be more likely linked to a linux upgrade more than an issue with VB ?

Messages :
WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate
headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.

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

Or :

WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (5.8.0-38-generic) 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.
/usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox: error while loading shared libraries: libQt5PrintSupport.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

For what it’s worth… Might help someone…

Corrected the problem by doing :

Uninstall Virtualbox
Download pkg from http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.16/
sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-6.1_6.1.16-140961~Ubuntu~eoan_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get ugprade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
got error message about unmet dependencies
sudo apt —fix-broken install
sudo apt autoremove

All was back in working order… Sorry, I don’t exactly know why, proceed with caution.

Martin wrote:It would be helpful if you could provide package names which were mentioned by the last three steps «error message about unmet dependencies, sudo apt —fix-broken install, sudo apt autoremove».
That way others could compare what was missing or in conflict.

Hi Martin, you are correct. Sorry, I have lost them in the terminal unfortunately…
Not sure in which logs to look for them.

I remember however they were related to the Qt components in regards to VirtualBox UI.

EDIT :
Ok found the components mentionned in the history log

Commandline: apt --fix-broken install
Install: libqt5printsupport5:amd64 (5.12.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1, automatic), libqt5x11extras5:amd64 (5.12.8-0ubuntu1, automatic), python-is-python2:amd64 (2.7.17-4, automatic)

Commandline: apt autoremove
Remove: libvncserver1:amd64 (0.9.12+dfsg-9ubuntu0.3), libgsoap-2.8.91:amd64 (2.8.91-2)

Hi,
Sorry I just saw your message. Fedora 33 keeps the 3 most recent kernels I believe so I just ran

sudo grubby --set-default /boot/vmlinuz-5.9.16-200.fc33.x86_64

I’ll keep this kernel for a while while updating with -x kernel* until a feasible solution for Fedora comes up.

Cheers,
Peter

efftee wrote:

Peter83 wrote:
EDIT:
Downgrading to 5.9.16-200.fc33.x86_64 seems to fix the issue.

Hi Peter, how did you proceed exactly for the downgrade ?