Comments on: Arch Linux: bash: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: No such file or directory

By: Balwinder S Dheeman

Balwinder S Dheeman — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:07:25 +0000

I think, it is packager and, or PKGBUILD maintainer’s fault who forget to add a default config file /etc/conf.d/vboxdrv and an init script /etc/rc.d/vboxdrv which might help solving auto loading of requisite modules.

Try, http://cto.homelinux.net/pub/Archie/virtualbox-ose.tar.xz

You need to add vboxdrv to your DAEMONS arrary in /etc/rc.conf also.

By: jefke

jefke — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:15:08 +0000

Hi survietamine,

It’s been a while since I installed it, but if I remember correctly I used the archlinuxfr repository mentioned in wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox

I use the binary version mainly for its usb support

By: survietamine

survietamine — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:06:59 +0000

hello jefke,
and thanks for your answer.

By “i am not to ArchLinux.”, i meant “i am new to ArchLinux”.
Did you installed Virtualbox from sources or another repository ?
I didn’t configure AUR.
As I wrote, Additions are not so important to me because I Still can configure resolution under XP or linux virtual machines.
Have a good day.

By: jefke

jefke — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:33:40 +0000

Hi Survietamine,

If Virtualbox works fine, then I guess you’re ok, but I don’t think I can help you with the rest of your question: I think you are running the open source edition (ose), while I’m using the normal version myself. Maybe that’s why you don’t have vbox_build_module?

Cheers

By: survietamine

survietamine — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:43:17 +0000

hi,
I installed this driver from package and don’t have /usr/bin/vbox_build_module file on my system.

But Virtualbox works fine.

Did I miss a package ?
I have these :

# pacman -Qs virtualbox
local/virtualbox-modules 3.0.6-1
Kernel modules for VirtualBox
local/virtualbox-ose 3.0.6-1
Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use (Open Source Edition)
local/virtualbox-ose-additions 3.0.6-1
Guest Additions for VirtualBox (Open Source Edition)
local/virtualbox-ose-additions-modules 3.0.6-1
Kernel modules for VirtualBox Guest Additions

——————

# modprobe -l | grep vbo
misc/vboxnetflt.ko
misc/vboxvfs.ko
misc/vboxdrv.ko
misc/vboxnetadp.ko
misc/vboxadd.ko

$ lsmod | grep vbox
vboxnetflt 96424 0
vboxnetadp 88744 0
vboxdrv 134440 2 vboxnetflt

I cannot modprobe vboxvfs, vboxadd :
# modprobe vboxvfs
FATAL: Error inserting vboxvfs (/lib/modules/2.6.30-ARCH/misc/vboxvfs.ko): No such device
# modprobe vboxadd
FATAL: Error inserting vboxadd (/lib/modules/2.6.30-ARCH/misc/vboxadd.ko): No such device

That’s not too important for me, the important thing is that i get “bridge” mode operational for my virtual machines since vboxnetflt has been loaded successfully.

If you have any idea, thanks a lot, i am not to ArchLinux.

By: emptinger

emptinger — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:25:00 +0000

Hi!

Many thanks to you. The modprobe finally did the job for me!