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axl

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Registered: 2020-05-22

Posts: 4

[SOLVED]modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory /lib/mo

Again me(

Installed virtualbox and getting this when try to create machine https://imgur.com/ZPA9qbH.png

Tried

sudo modprobe vboxdrv

and getting

modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not 
found in directory /lib/modules/5.6.4-1.0-pae

Then tried

sudo pacman -S linux-pae-headers

, it`s up to date

Linux arch 5.6.4-1.0-pae #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 14 20:40:21 CEST 2020 i686 GNU/Linux

sudo pacman -Qi virtualbox-host-modules-arch
Name            : virtualbox-host-modules-arch
Version         : 6.0.8-17.0
Description     : Virtualbox host kernel modules for Arch Kernel
Architecture    : pentium4
URL             : http://virtualbox.org
Licenses        : GPL
Groups          : None
Provides        : VIRTUALBOX-HOST-MODULES
Depends On      : linux
Optional Deps   : None
Required By     : virtualbox
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : virtualbox-modules  virtualbox-host-modules  virtualbox-host-dkms
Replaces        : virtualbox-modules  virtualbox-host-modules
Installed Size  : 174.00 KiB
Packager        : Erich Eckner <arch32 at eckner dot net>
Build Date      : Sun Jul 7 14:53:19 2019
Install Date    : Sat May 23 17:33:09 2020
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

Last edited by axl (2020-05-24 12:40:33)

levi

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From: Yorkshire, UK

Registered: 2018-06-16

Posts: 1,196

Re: [SOLVED]modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory /lib/mo

Your screenshot doesn't seem to contain your error, but I'll trust that's causing you problems.  It might be instructive to do a pacman -Ql on a couple of those packages to see what they actually contain.

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Architecture: pentium4, Testing repos: Yes, Hardware: EeePC 901+2GB RAM+OS half on the SD card.

deep42thought

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From: Jena, Germany

Registered: 2017-06-17

Posts: 617

Re: [SOLVED]modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory /lib/mo

I don't have vboxdrv in /lib/modules/$version either (also not on x86_64). I think, you need to install some additional package to get those (not sure, which) - I would guess some virtualbox-guest-* one.

regards,
deep42thought

axl

Member

Registered: 2020-05-22

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED]modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory /lib/mo

Big thanks for your time and answers, problem was in architecture. In pacman.conf was "architecture = auto" and pacman determine it like 'pentium4', ive changed it to 'i686' and everything work fine) Also yesterday ive tried to compile pf-kernel and makepkg said that 'its not possible to compile package for pentium4' but 'uname' says that i have i686, also in makepkg.conf i had 'pentium4' architecture, dont know why. But know all is working perfect. Thank u for ur attention)))

Last edited by axl (2020-05-24 12:39:29)

deep42thought

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From: Jena, Germany

Registered: 2017-06-17

Posts: 617

Re: [SOLVED]modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory /lib/mo

pentium4 is i686 with more features. Just add it to the arch=() array in the PKGBUILD which you try to build. If you build for i686, pacman will refuse to install the package

levi

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From: Yorkshire, UK

Registered: 2018-06-16

Posts: 1,196

Re: [SOLVED]modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory /lib/mo

uname therefore says i686 when you really have i686 plus the pentum4 extra ops.  It's not a guide to which packages are more suitable.

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Architecture: pentium4, Testing repos: Yes, Hardware: EeePC 901+2GB RAM+OS half on the SD card.