VirtualBox - Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

asked 2013-08-02 04:43:45 -0500

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After my latest update I have kernel 3.10.4-300.fc19.x86_64. If I do a search for the corresponding kmod-VirtualBox-* package I find that the newest is kmod-VirtualBox-3.10.3-300.fc19.x86_64.x86_64.

Is it anything I can do to run VirtualBox on the newest kernel?

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# uname -r
3.10.4-300.fc19.x86_64
# yum search kmod-VirtualBox-3.10
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit
====================== N/S matched: kmod-VirtualBox-3.10 =======================
kmod-VirtualBox-3.10.3-300.fc19.x86_64.x86_64 : VirtualBox kernel module(s) for
                                              : 3.10.3-300.fc19.x86_64

b0ris ( 2013-08-02 04:59:52 -0500 )edit

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Does someone really need to make a new kmod-VirtualBox-* for every new kernel? Can't this be avoided, for me, it seems very unnecessary time consuming for the developers.

b0ris ( 2013-08-02 19:06:46 -0500 )edit

You could always avoid using VirtualBox, and use kvm/libvirtd, which has kernel modules built into the mainline kernel, which will be included in every kernel release.

wquine ( 2013-08-02 19:44:01 -0500 )edit

I positively check your answer, thanks for sharing.

davidva ( 2013-08-05 23:56:00 -0500 )edit

In general, RPMFusion also releases akmod packages where possible. These packages contain necessary information to build modules on your system after a kernel update. They pull in quite a few development tools as dependencies though, but are worth using if you get bitten by the missing kmod issue too often. You can even install both kmods and akmods. They play nice with each other in general.