VIRTUALBOX INSTALLATION - 'modprobe vboxdrv failed' after trying to rebuild kernel modules

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I Have been trying to follow this guide: https://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-virtualbox-with-yum-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/ on how to install VirtualBox 5.2 on Fedora 27. It all went pretty smooth until I used the command '/usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup' to rebuild the kernel modules. Below you can see that the problem lies on the last line:



 # /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup
vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.


vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. makes it seem like there is some error. Does anybody know how to fix this and correctly finish the installation and everything?



I have been trying to install VirtualBox on Fedoracorrectly so that I don't get the well-known error rc=-1908 when I try to launch an OS in VirtualBox.







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    Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.
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I Have been trying to follow this guide: https://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-virtualbox-with-yum-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/ on how to install VirtualBox 5.2 on Fedora 27. It all went pretty smooth until I used the command '/usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup' to rebuild the kernel modules. Below you can see that the problem lies on the last line:



 # /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup
vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.


vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. makes it seem like there is some error. Does anybody know how to fix this and correctly finish the installation and everything?



I have been trying to install VirtualBox on Fedoracorrectly so that I don't get the well-known error rc=-1908 when I try to launch an OS in VirtualBox.







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    Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.
    – Axel Sommerfeldt
    Feb 18 at 21:25












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I Have been trying to follow this guide: https://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-virtualbox-with-yum-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/ on how to install VirtualBox 5.2 on Fedora 27. It all went pretty smooth until I used the command '/usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup' to rebuild the kernel modules. Below you can see that the problem lies on the last line:



 # /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup
vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.


vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. makes it seem like there is some error. Does anybody know how to fix this and correctly finish the installation and everything?



I have been trying to install VirtualBox on Fedoracorrectly so that I don't get the well-known error rc=-1908 when I try to launch an OS in VirtualBox.







share|improve this question














I Have been trying to follow this guide: https://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-virtualbox-with-yum-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/ on how to install VirtualBox 5.2 on Fedora 27. It all went pretty smooth until I used the command '/usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup' to rebuild the kernel modules. Below you can see that the problem lies on the last line:



 # /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup
vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.


vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. makes it seem like there is some error. Does anybody know how to fix this and correctly finish the installation and everything?



I have been trying to install VirtualBox on Fedoracorrectly so that I don't get the well-known error rc=-1908 when I try to launch an OS in VirtualBox.









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    Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.
    – Axel Sommerfeldt
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    Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.
    – Axel Sommerfeldt
    Feb 18 at 21:25







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Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.
– Axel Sommerfeldt
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Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.
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Since the questioner only provided little useful information (no kernel version, no log file / dmesg, ...) I can only ask my cloudy crystal ball here.



It says: Since the installation of VirtualBox 5.2 on Fedora 27 is usually painless (and since the guides from If-not-true-than-false are usually fine), "Secure Boot" might be enabled in the UEFI/BIOS and is preventing the vboxdrv driver from loading.






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    Since the questioner only provided little useful information (no kernel version, no log file / dmesg, ...) I can only ask my cloudy crystal ball here.



    It says: Since the installation of VirtualBox 5.2 on Fedora 27 is usually painless (and since the guides from If-not-true-than-false are usually fine), "Secure Boot" might be enabled in the UEFI/BIOS and is preventing the vboxdrv driver from loading.






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      Since the questioner only provided little useful information (no kernel version, no log file / dmesg, ...) I can only ask my cloudy crystal ball here.



      It says: Since the installation of VirtualBox 5.2 on Fedora 27 is usually painless (and since the guides from If-not-true-than-false are usually fine), "Secure Boot" might be enabled in the UEFI/BIOS and is preventing the vboxdrv driver from loading.






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        Since the questioner only provided little useful information (no kernel version, no log file / dmesg, ...) I can only ask my cloudy crystal ball here.



        It says: Since the installation of VirtualBox 5.2 on Fedora 27 is usually painless (and since the guides from If-not-true-than-false are usually fine), "Secure Boot" might be enabled in the UEFI/BIOS and is preventing the vboxdrv driver from loading.






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        Since the questioner only provided little useful information (no kernel version, no log file / dmesg, ...) I can only ask my cloudy crystal ball here.



        It says: Since the installation of VirtualBox 5.2 on Fedora 27 is usually painless (and since the guides from If-not-true-than-false are usually fine), "Secure Boot" might be enabled in the UEFI/BIOS and is preventing the vboxdrv driver from loading.







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