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FS#43899 - VirtualBox 4.3.22: module 'vboxguest' cannot be loaded

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Stefan Förster (HotblackDesiato) - Saturday, 21 February 2015, 01:12 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Sunday, 22 February 2015, 14:47 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

I have recently updated Virtualbox to 4.3.22. Under XFCE after login I now get the (pop-up) error message "The VirtualBox kernel service is not running."

I googled and found that this is due to the kernel module 'vboxguest' cannot b e loaded.

I am running my own kernel, which I have done for quite some time and I have never problems loading 'vbox' modules.

I believe that this is a bug since subversion 22.

Similarily, I also cannot load 'vboxsf'. 'vboxvideo', 'vboxpci', 'vboxnetadp', 'vboxnetflt' and 'vboxdrv' are loaded.

Additional info:

# uname -a
Linux stefan 3.19.0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Feb 15 10:38:05 SGT 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# modprobe -v vboxguest
insmod /lib/modules/3.19.0/kernel/misc/vboxguest.ko
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxguest': No such device

modprobe -v vboxsf
insmod /lib/modules/3.19.0/kernel/misc/vboxguest.ko
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxsf': No such device

# lsmod | grep vbox
vboxpci 14035 0
vboxvideo 1989 0
drm 250551 4 nvidia,vboxvideo
vboxnetadp 18227 0
vboxnetflt 16612 0
vboxdrv 334091 3 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpci

find /lib/modules/ -iname "vbox*"
/lib/modules/extramodules-3.18-ARCH/vboxdrv.ko.gz
/lib/modules/extramodules-3.18-ARCH/vboxnetadp.ko.gz
/lib/modules/extramodules-3.18-ARCH/vboxnetflt.ko.gz
/lib/modules/extramodules-3.18-ARCH/vboxpci.ko.gz
/lib/modules/extramodules-3.18-ARCH/vboxguest.ko.gz
/lib/modules/extramodules-3.18-ARCH/vboxsf.ko.gz
/lib/modules/extramodules-3.18-ARCH/vboxvideo.ko.gz
/lib/modules/3.18.3/kernel/misc/vboxdrv.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.3/kernel/misc/vboxnetflt.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.3/kernel/misc/vboxnetadp.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.3/kernel/misc/vboxpci.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.3/kernel/misc/vboxguest.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.3/kernel/misc/vboxsf.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.3/kernel/misc/vboxvideo.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.7/kernel/misc/vboxdrv.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.7/kernel/misc/vboxnetflt.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.7/kernel/misc/vboxnetadp.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.7/kernel/misc/vboxpci.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.7/kernel/misc/vboxguest.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.7/kernel/misc/vboxsf.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.7/kernel/misc/vboxvideo.ko
/lib/modules/3.19.0/kernel/misc/vboxdrv.ko
/lib/modules/3.19.0/kernel/misc/vboxnetflt.ko
/lib/modules/3.19.0/kernel/misc/vboxnetadp.ko
/lib/modules/3.19.0/kernel/misc/vboxpci.ko
/lib/modules/3.19.0/kernel/misc/vboxguest.ko
/lib/modules/3.19.0/kernel/misc/vboxsf.ko
/lib/modules/3.19.0/kernel/misc/vboxvideo.ko

# pacman -Qs virtualbox
local/libvirt 1.2.12-1
API for controlling virtualization engines (openvz,kvm,qemu,virtualbox,xen,etc)
local/vboxguest-hook 1.0-2
mkinitcpio hook to compile the virtualbox guest modules
local/vboxhost-hook 1.0-3
mkinitcpio hook to compile the virtualbox host modules
local/virtualbox 4.3.22-2
Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use
local/virtualbox-ext-oracle 4.3.22-1
Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
local/virtualbox-ext-vnc 4.3.22-2
VirtualBox VNC extension pack
local/virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.3.22-2
VirtualBox Guest kernel modules sources
local/virtualbox-guest-iso 4.3.22-1
The official VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO image
local/virtualbox-guest-modules 4.3.22-1
Guest kernel modules for VirtualBox
local/virtualbox-guest-utils 4.3.22-2
VirtualBox Guest userspace utilities
local/virtualbox-host-dkms 4.3.22-2
VirtualBox Host kernel modules sources
local/virtualbox-host-modules 4.3.22-1
Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Sunday, 22 February 2015, 14:47 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Stefan Förster (HotblackDesiato) - Saturday, 21 February 2015, 01:26 GMT
Update: I have the same bug with the stock kernel:

# uname -a
Linux stefan 3.18.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 7 08:44:05 CET 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[root@stefan stefan]# modprobe -v vboxguest
insmod /lib/modules/3.18.6-1-ARCH/extramodules/vboxguest.ko.gz
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxguest': No such device

[root@stefan stefan]# modprobe -v vboxsf
insmod /lib/modules/3.18.6-1-ARCH/extramodules/vboxguest.ko.gz
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxsf': No such device
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Saturday, 21 February 2015, 05:40 GMT
Are you guys running Arch as the host or guest system? The OP seems to have both sets of modules installed (which makes no sense at all).
Comment by Stefan Förster (HotblackDesiato) - Saturday, 21 February 2015, 09:42 GMT
Arch Linux is the host. Doug, thanks for your advice, you are right, it doesn't make sense. I have removed the guest modules now.

Why has there never been a similar error message with the previous versions of VirtualBox and both host and guest modules installed?
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Sunday, 22 February 2015, 14:46 GMT
No idea why there wasn't a message before or why there is one now. Since there is no reason to load the guest modules on a host system, I'm going to go ahead and close this.

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