Author Topic: (SOLVED) Updated to the new Kernel and now cannot open my virtual machine ?  (Read 2492 times)

Offline Cressida

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Since doing the kernel update a few days ago I can no longer start (open) my saved session of "WinXP".  Here is the error message and I followed the suggestion of reinstalling the kernel module but that Failed.  

Can someone see what went wrong or what I need to do in order to get my WinXP virtual machine to run again in VirtualBox  ?



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

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
'/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
as root. Users of Narly Nachos, Fedora or Mandriva should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.


[root@localhost james]# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules                              [  OK  ]
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules                 [  OK  ]
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.38.8-pclos1.a64 (i586)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/3.2.12/build/ for more information.
                                                                [FAILED]
  (Failed, trying without DKMS)
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules                           [FAILED]
  (Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong)
[root@localhost james]#

« Last Edit: June 28, 2011, 11:02:28 PM by Cressida »
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KDE     Kern  3.2.18-pclos2.a64

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Offline djohnston

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Re: Updated to the new Kernel and now cannot open my virtual machine ?
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2011, 08:44:20 PM »
Find More Applications > Emulators > Get Oracle VM Virtual Box in the main menu and run it. It will update and/or reinstall VirtualBox.
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Offline Cressida

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Re: Updated to the new Kernel and now cannot open my virtual machine ?
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2011, 11:00:17 PM »
Find More Applications > Emulators > Get Oracle VM Virtual Box in the main menu and run it. It will update and/or reinstall VirtualBox.


That did the trick.    Thanks!!
AMD Athlon 64 3200, 2GB ram,  ~320 GB HD,  Video=ATI Radeon X300 SE (128mb) PCI-e
KDE     Kern  3.2.18-pclos2.a64

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Offline djohnston

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You're welcome. Error messages can be a little misleading sometimes.

Bare metal                           VBox
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core    Single core
4GiB RAM                              1GiB RAM
nVidia GeForce FX 5200          64MB video
LXDE 32bit                            KDE 64bit

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