Opened 4 years ago
Last modified 4 years ago
#20328 new defect
MacOSX 11.2.3 Big Sur host, Linux guest; always getting "Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)" error popups; no system preferences > security and privacy "Allow" popups to date
Reported by: | SlugRightsNow | Owned by: | |
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Component: | host support | Version: | VirtualBox 6.1.20 |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Mac OS X |
Description
On every attempted install, this old error keeps popping up:
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Make sure the kernel module has been loaded successfully.
where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.
Another error message shows up in conjunction with it, which is:
The virtual machine 'Linux Test' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1). Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: MachineWrap Interface: IMachine {85632c68-b5bb-4316-a900-5eb28d3413df}
My setup is:
Program Version: Virtual Box version 6.1.20 Operating System: macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91) Hardware Model: Early 2015 13-inch Macbook Pro Memory: 16GB 1867 MHz DDR3 Processor: 3.1 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7
This also happened on Big Sur 11.1, and persisted after upgrading. I also did an online Big Sur reinstallation (i.e. from Apple's servers) and it did not solve the issue.
The only information I have been able to glean that may help solve this issue is that Intel-based Big Sur installations seem to be missing the "IOUSBMassStorageClass" kext, which may be deprecated. Seen at Apple's open source page: https://opensource.apple.com/
This may be relevant, because terminal would mention it when attempting to run VirtualBox with the .sh file. I have included relevant logs, and I hope this information helps!
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by , 4 years ago
Attachment: | System Profile, Install Logs, Crash Reports, Terminal Commands.zip added |
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comment:1 by , 4 years ago
I just now realize that the formatting is a little messed up. I'm sorry about that! This is the first time I've ever had to submit a ticket, and I thought I fixed everything...I was wrong. I don't see an edit button, but at least all the information is still accurate.
Logs I obtained while installing, terminal commands I ran to verify my system integrity, and potentially helpful outputs.