VirtualBox Error - Kernel Driver Not Installed (rc=-1908)

Hello Team!

I'm trying to use VirtualBox on my machine, but I'm getting the following error:

These are the things I installed:

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And finally, here are my specs:

Any help would be much appreciated.

Please let me know what further information I can provide.

Thanks!

You have to match the host modules to your kernel.

virtualbox-host-modules-arch are precompiled for the linux kernel package.

virtualbox-host-dkms will work on all kernels.

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You also need to reboot or execute the given command if that hasnt happened yet :eyes:

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Hello there,

None of this help has worked for me either and I'm having the same issues starting a VM...
What I haven't tried yet is executing the given command, well, I have but coming from Debian derivatives I run 'sudo /sbin/vboxconfig' with a 'command not found' as a return, so yes, I do need to get a fish manual and it would be nice if someone could point me in the right direction.
As I said before, I have tried both the arch and the dkms version with the same disappointing result.

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Kind regards and thanks in advance.

norbert

“FILE_NOT_FOUND” would seem to be a different issue.

Are the VM files accessible?

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Hello, thanks for your reply, indeed they are, on a second interneal ntfs hhd.
THeres a Virtualbox folder ready, containing the subflders. Hasn't wanted to work either with live cd .isos from ubuntu, windows 10, nor with vbox precooked images that start up on a native windows 10 OS virtualbox application...
Using boxes meanwhile, quite easy, but I need to store my VMs of my main SSD due to portability and backups, etc.
Kind regards m8.

Norbert

you need to update your kernel. open terminal and type sudo pacman -S linux linux-headers