Unable to start VM: WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded.

[jainVish]

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[balopat]

hi @jainVish, can you try to upgrade your virtualbox installation?

[tstromberg]

NOTE: This error is a sign of a failed VirtualBox installation. The solution is to reinstall VirtualBox. We should direct users to do so. This may help isolate the specific failure as well:

sudo modprobe vboxdrv

[frankmeten]

NOTE: This error is a sign of a failed VirtualBox installation. The solution is to reinstall VirtualBox. We should direct users to do so. This may help isolate the specific failure as well:

sudo modprobe vboxdrv

CentOS 7 can reference the following link

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Kernel_Administration_Guide/sect-signing-kernel-modules-for-secure-boot.html

[John-Dormevil]

Try to:

• Deactivate Secure Boot from your bios system;
• Then run sudo /sbin/vboxconfig in case you install and use virtualbox 6+
• Then minikube start

[825i]

I know this is closed, but I just wanted to say. The problem for me was a few missing packages, and then all I really needed to do was just reboot my machine and everything worked perfectly. I just installed a couple of packages, namely these ones:

community/virtualbox-ext-vnc 6.1.22-3 [installed]
community/virtualbox-guest-iso 6.1.22-1 [installed]
community/virtualbox-guest-utils 6.1.22-3 [installed]
community/virtualbox-host-dkms 6.1.22-3 [installed]
community/virtualbox-sdk 6.1.22-3 [installed]
chaotic-aur/linux-tkg-muqss 5.12.15-178 [installed]
chaotic-aur/virtualbox-ext-oracle 6.1.22-1 [installed]
chaotic-aur/virtualbox-meta 2-1 [installed]

Rebooted my machine and no problem.

[ghost]

Thanks @pythonInRelay