[arch-general] unable to load virtualbox kernel module

James bjlockie at lockie.ca
Mon Aug 24 23:15:52 UTC 2015



On 08/24/15 19:00, Sean Greenslade wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 06:52:43PM -0400, James wrote:
>> I just installed virtualbox  yesterday and I rebooted and can't load the
>> kernel module.
>>
>> I reinstalled the package:
>> $ sudo pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules
>>
>>> (1/1) reinstalling virtualbox-host-modules
>>> [######################] 100%
>>> In order to use the new version, reload all virtualbox modules manually.
>>> $ sudo insmod vboxdrv
>>> insmod: ERROR: could not load module vboxdrv: No such file or directory
> insmod wants a filename. Try modprobe instead.
>
> --Sean
Thanks.
That and rebooting fixed it.


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