Am Freitag, 11. August 2017, 07:08:41 CEST schrieb Robert Menes: Did you install the virtualbox-dkms package?
If yes, did it build? If yes, can you modprobe virtualbox? If everything fails, try kvm and aqemu as a substitute. Best Hans > Hi all, > > On my home desktop, I'm running Debian on the testing channel (currently > at "buster"). A recent apt-get upgrade appears to have broken or removed > a few vital virtualbox packages, including virtualbox-dkms. > > Launching any VM in virtualbox throws this error message: > > [error] > > The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there > is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall virtualbox-dkms > package and load the kernel module by executing > > 'modprobe vboxdrv' > > as root. > > where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The > support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT. > > [/error] > > Running modprobe as the error message suggests, though, gives me: > > modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory > /lib/modules/4.11.0-1-amd64 > > Current I'm running the 4.11.0-1-amd64 kernel, but can easily boot and run > a 4.9 kernel (which is the last good working kernel I have). > > apt-cache search on my desktop doesn't bring up results for any virtualbox > package, except for 'virtualbox-guest-additions-iso'. > > Is there a reason why virtualbox hasn't migrated into stretch or buster > yet? While only a minor inconvenience of having to boot with another > kernel, I would like to have the newer packages available for a consistent > upgrade. > > Thanks, all. > > --Robert
