I am trying to install Virtual box but it keeps giving me problems, the manager window will open fine but it keeps giving me this message in the terminal.
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.
I reinstalled it and then I had these errors in installation.
× virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/virtualbox; generated)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2024-09-19 11:25:15 +03; 1min>
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 34263 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/virtualbox start (code=exited, status=>
CPU: 45ms
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi systemd[1]: Starting virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox>
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi virtualbox[34263]: * Loading VirtualBox kernel modules...
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi virtualbox[34263]: * modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use>
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi virtualbox[34263]: ...fail!
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Control process exited, c>
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Failed with result 'exit->
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi systemd[1]: Failed to start virtualbox.service - LSB: Vir>
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× virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/virtualbox; generated)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2024-09-19 11:25:15 +03; 1min 59s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 34263 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/virtualbox start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 45ms
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi systemd[1]: Starting virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module...
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi virtualbox[34263]: * Loading VirtualBox kernel modules...
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi virtualbox[34263]: * modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi virtualbox[34263]: ...fail!
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 19 11:25:15 Moudi systemd[1]: Failed to start virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module.
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I tried all the suggestions in that old post except disabling secure boot because it doesn't seem like a good idea. I got this:
Job for virtualbox.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status virtualbox.service" and "journalctl -xeu virtualbox.service" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
× virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/virtualbox; generated)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2024-09-21 12:57:26 +03; 20ms ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 66621 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/virtualbox start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 44ms
Sep 21 12:57:26 Moudi systemd[1]: Starting virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module...
Sep 21 12:57:26 Moudi virtualbox[66621]: * Loading VirtualBox kernel modules...
Sep 21 12:57:26 Moudi virtualbox[66621]: * modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why
Sep 21 12:57:26 Moudi virtualbox[66621]: ...fail!
Sep 21 12:57:26 Moudi systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 21 12:57:26 Moudi systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 21 12:57:26 Moudi systemd[1]: Failed to start virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module.
moudi@Moudi:~$ dmesg
dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted
