13.1 VirtualBox does not run anymore

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#1

Dear opensuse members,
I have some days now starting my virtual box. It looks like that after some kernel update the Virtual box required some updates and somehow I created a big mess.

Now when I try to run virtualbox I get


RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 (rc=-1912)

The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing

'/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'

may correct this. Make sure that you do not mix the OSE version and the PUEL version of VirtualBox.

and when I try to compile it

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module, NOT. It has been packaged.

My issue returns

cat /etc/issue
Welcome to openSUSE 13.1 "Bottle" - Kernel \r (\l).

This is what installed related to virtualbox

rpm -qa  | grep ualbox
virtualbox-host-kmp-default-4.2.36_k3.12.62_52-2.64.4.x86_64
virtualbox-qt-4.2.36-2.64.4.x86_64
virtualbox-4.2.36-2.64.4.x86_64
virtualbox-guest-kmp-default-4.2.36_k3.12.62_52-2.64.4.x86_64

and my install related kernel files

rpm -qa  | grep kernel
kernel-default-devel-3.12.59-47.1.x86_64
kernel-debug-devel-3.12.53-40.1.x86_64
kernel-source-3.12.53-40.1.noarch
kernel-debug-devel-3.12.57-44.2.x86_64
texlive-l3kernel-doc-2013.81.svn_4469svn29409-10.5.3.noarch
kernel-desktop-3.12.53-40.1.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.12.57-44.1.noarch
kernel-firmware-20140807git-2.24.2.noarch
kernel-desktop-devel-3.12.59-47.1.x86_64
texlive-l3kernel-2013.81.svn_4469svn29409-10.5.3.noarch
kernel-syms-3.12.57-44.1.x86_64
kernel-desktop-3.12.57-44.2.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.12.53-40.1.noarch
kernel-devel-3.12.62-52.1.noarch
kernel-desktop-devel-3.12.57-44.2.x86_64
kernel-syms-3.12.53-40.1.x86_64
kernel-source-3.12.59-47.1.noarch
kernel-debug-devel-3.12.59-47.1.x86_64
kernel-xen-devel-3.12.53-40.1.x86_64
kernel-default-devel-3.12.53-40.1.x86_64
kernel-macros-3.12.59-47.1.noarch
kernel-desktop-3.12.62-52.1.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.12.59-47.1.noarch
kernel-default-devel-3.12.57-44.2.x86_64
kernel-xen-devel-3.12.57-44.2.x86_64
kernel-xen-devel-3.12.59-47.1.x86_64
kernel-default-3.12.62-52.1.x86_64
kernel-desktop-3.12.59-47.1.x86_64
kernel-source-3.12.62-52.1.noarch
kernel-source-3.12.57-44.1.noarch
kernel-syms-3.12.59-47.1.x86_64
kernel-desktop-devel-3.12.53-40.1.x86_64

What would you suggest me to try now to solve this situation?

Thanks a lot in advance
Regards
Alex

#2

Please post which kernel you are actually using from the few you have installed:

uname -a

In particular, you have both kernel-default and kernel-desktop, but only virtualbox-host-kmp-default.
I’d find it likely that you are using kernel-desktop, which would need virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop instead.

#3

I knew I forgot to report something:
uname -a
Linux caracus 3.12.62-52-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Aug 10 18:37:26 UTC 2016 (069dc39) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

#4

As suspected.
You need virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop in that case.
So install it, and virtualbox should work again after a reboot:

sudo zypper in virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop

Actually I would recommend to remove kernel-default completely, unless you have a specific reason to have both…

sudo zypper rm virtualbox-host-kmp-default virtualbox-guest-kmp-default kernel-default
#5

thanks a lot for the reply :slight_smile:
I tried both commands and it had to remove packages and install new ones.
Now when I issue:

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module, NOT. It has been packaged.

I get exactly the same message.
When starting virtualbox I also get

|Result Code: 
|
|NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
|
|Component: 
|Machine
|
|Interface: 
|IMachine {22781af3-1c96-4126-9edf-67a020e0e858}
|

How I should proceed now?
Regards
Alex

#6

That’s normal if you use openSUSE’s packages.
“vboxdrv setup” would normally compile the kernel module for your kernel, but the openSUSE packages do contain the kernel module in pre-compiled form and no source code (that’s also why they have to match the kernel).

Did you reboot after running the zypper commands?

Which exact packages do you have installed now?

rpm -qa | egrep -i "virtualbox|kernel"

And which kernel are you using?

uname -a

Is your user member of the “vboxusers” group?

groups
#7

omg! I logged in back to say
THANK YOU:
You made my day. It was the restart missing and the BOOM
everything works again.
Alex

#8

Ok, great! :wink: