[SOLVED] Virtual Box Install Question

Question

I have been working through the Arch Linux wiki regarding installing virtualbox.
I do not believe I have a custon kernel, as I would not know how to customize it, but here is my kernel info:
Name : linux
Version : 3.8.4-1
Description : The linux kernel and modules
Architecture : x86_64
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
Licenses : GPL2
Groups : base
Provides : kernel26=3.8.4
Depends On : coreutils linux-firmware kmod mkinitcpio>=0.7
Optional Deps : crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your
country
Required By : nvidia virtualbox-host-modules
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : kernel26
Replaces : kernel26
Installed Size : 64728.00 KiB
Packager : Tobias Powalowski <[email protected]>
Build Date : Wed 20 Mar 2013 05:16:17 PM EDT
Install Date : Tue 02 Apr 2013 09:36:32 AM EDT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By : Unknown
Following the wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox) I installed virtualbox and virtualbox-host-modules.
When I go to launch virtual box I get:
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (3.8.4-1-ARCH) or it failed toload. Please reinstall
the kernel module virtualbox-host-modules or if you don't use our stock kernel
compile the modules withsudo dkms autoinstallYou will not be able to start VMs
until this problem is fixed.
After googling I have read that many people get this warning after a kernel update but in
my cause this is a fresh install.
I even followed the steps for a custom kernel and reveived the follow:
input:
dkms install vboxhost/$(pacman -Q virtualbox|awk {'print $2'}|sed 's/\-.\+//') -k $(uname -rm|sed 's/\ /\//')
response:
Error! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel 3.8.4-1-ARCH cannot be found at
/usr/lib/modules/3.8.4-1-ARCH/build or /usr/lib/modules/3.8.4-1-ARCH/source.
Pretty much at a loss and any help would be appreciated.
Last edited by soulrainX (2013-04-13 18:03:58)

Answer 1

So now my kernel is up to date:
Name : linux
Version : 3.8.6-1
Description : The linux kernel and modules
Architecture : x86_64
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
Licenses : GPL2
Groups : base
Provides : kernel26=3.8.6
Depends On : coreutils linux-firmware kmod mkinitcpio>=0.7
Optional Deps : crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your
country
Required By : nvidia virtualbox-host-modules
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : kernel26
Replaces : kernel26
Installed Size : 64354.00 KiB
Packager : Tobias Powalowski <[email protected]>
Build Date : Sat 06 Apr 2013 01:32:32 AM EDT
Install Date : Sat 13 Apr 2013 10:36:09 AM EDT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By : Signature
and now I can run
modprobe vboxdrv
and it seems to work, yet when I run VirtualBox, I still get:
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (3.8.4-1-ARCH) or it failed to
load. Please reinstall the kernel module virtualbox-host-modules or
if you don't use our stock kernel compile the modules with
sudo dkms autoinstall
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed
Just tried removing virtualbox via
pacman -Rns virtualbox
and reinstalling and it stills reads kernet as 3.8.4-1
Last edited by soulrainX (2013-04-13 17:27:20)