VirtualBox 3.2.4: Unable to Start VMs [Solved]

[OOPMan]

Hi, I'm running Sabayon 5.2K AMD64 with VirtualBox 3.2.4. Initially I was experiencing the Incorrect Module format issue with regards to some of the VirtualBox modules corrected the issue by removing the guest additions package.

However, I am now experiencing a new issue. When I start a VM it seems to run as normal but the VM freezes up before any activity. Attached to this post is a screencap illustrating the situation...

Does anyone have any ideas what the problem could be?

The Error

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[rumahsiput]

Yes, same problem here (i686 Gnome). This is the output of the error:

FATAL: Error inserting vboxnetflt (/lib/modules/2.6.34-sabayon/misc/vboxnetflt.ko): Invalid module format
FATAL: Error inserting vboxnetflt (/lib/modules/2.6.34-sabayon/misc/vboxnetflt.ko): Invalid module format

Help appreciated. Thank you.

[DanySK]

Working here on a up-to-date installation: weird problem. Did you check you are running latest modules for your kernel (app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-3.2.4#2.6.34-sabayon must be installed)?

[rumahsiput]

Here's the output:

# equo query installed app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-3.2.4
>> @@ Searching...
>> @@ Package: app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-3.2.4#2.6.34-sabayon branch: 5, [__system__]
>> Installed: version: 3.2.4 ~ tag: 2.6.34-sabayon ~ revision: 0
>> Slot: 0,2.6.34-sabayon
>> Homepage: http://www.virtualbox.org/
>> Description: Kernel Modules for Virtualbox
>> License: GPL-2
>> Keyword: app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-3.2.4
>> Found: 1 entries

[DanySK]

My same output. I Can not figure out why mine is working and yours' not.

[OOPMan]

Okay, things are a bit different on my end.

In my case, I *was* experiencing the incorrect module format issue. However, I resolved said issue by completed removing all VirtualBox packages using Sulfur, including the VirtualBox guest additions.

Once that was done, I installed VirtualBox using the generic linuc .run script from www.virtualbox.org and ran /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup.

The virtual box setup was able to build all the modules successfully and loaded them correctly as when I did an lsmod | grep vbox it listed not only the vboxdrv module but also the vboxnetflt module and so forth.

Nevertheless, VirtualBox persists with the error show above. This also occurs when I run VirtualBox as root using sudo.

Any new ideas?

[rumahsiput]

This could be the problem. From entropy log:

*[Trigger] [client] [POST] Running env_update
*[Package] [client] Removing package: net-wireless/bluez-gnome-1.8-r1
*[Package] [client] Removing from SPM: net-wireless/bluez-gnome-1.8-r1
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /etc/gconf/schemas/bluetooth-manager.schemas - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /etc/xdg/autostart/bluetooth-applet.desktop - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/bin/bluetooth-applet - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/bin/bluetooth-properties - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/bin/bluetooth-sendto - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/bin/bluetooth-wizard - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/share/applications/bluetooth-properties.desktop - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/bluetooth.png - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/bluetooth.png - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/bluetooth.png - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/bluetooth.png - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/bluetooth.png - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/bluetooth.svg - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/share/man/man1/bluetooth-applet.1.bz2 - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/share/man/man1/bluetooth-properties.1.bz2 - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/share/man/man1/bluetooth-sendto.1.bz2 - cannot overwrite
*[Package] [client] Collision found during removal of /usr/share/man/man1/bluetooth-wizard.1.bz2 - cannot overwrite

What to do now?

[OOPMan]

Okay, mine is sorted. I removed all traces of VirtualBox on my system and then re-installed afresh from Sulfur and everything works fine now.

[rumahsiput]

Ugh, you are right. I did the same and now it's working fine. Strange that guest-addition was installed and I didn't noticed it. Thanks! I'm still curious as to what that collision thing is all about in entropy log... but that's another matter.
You can mark as solved!

[corktowner]

I get a message when attempting to run vbox which says I need to run "for m in vbox{drv,netadp,netflt}; do modprobe $m; done".
How can I get this to load automatically at boot?