Linux @lemmy.ml vortexal @lemmy.ml 1y ago

I'm trying to run VirtualBox in Linux Mint but I keep getting an error message about Kernel drivers.

I tried looking into this myself but I couldn't really find much about this error. The only solutions I could find didn't work for me. The first one was to use mokutil but at the point where I was supposed to run sudo mokutil --import MOK.der it gives me the error message "Failed to get file status, MOK.der" even though I did everything it told me to do. The other one was to disable secure boot and then run sudo '/sbin/vboxconfig' but even though it looked like it worked, I'm still getting the error message. I have re-enabled secure boot, so you don't have to worry about that.

Is there something else I can try or does VirtualBox not work in Linux Mint for some reason?

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if you just need software to set up virtual machines you might look into Gnome Boxes or virt-manager which don't require external kernel modules like Virtuap Box to work

anyway these issues typically happen on Ubuntu based distros (like Linux Mint) because your linux kernel is to new for the Virtual Box version (or the Virtual Box version is simply too old)
- So I tried virt-manager but it's giving me an error message about not being able to connect to "libvirt qemu:///system" and it wont let me install a virtual machine. I'm assuming that I'm supposed to download "libvirtd", but I can't figure out how to install it. I think it wants me to build it from the source but there doesn't seem to be a guide on how to do that.
  
  Yayy, I have the same problem.
  
  Try a
  
  sudo systemctl enable --now libvirtd
  
  I dont know how manual everything is in Mint
  
  Also add your user to thr libvirt group
  
  groupadd libvit sudo usermod -aG libvirt $USER
  
  Just FYI, if you want to enable and start, you can use systemctl enable --now ....
  
  Are you using a package manager or downloading everything from virtualboxs website? When I installed virtual box earlier today it all worked fine so that's why I ask.
  
  I installed it through apt with just sudo apt install virtualbox-7.0. I also downloaded the deb file from their website but, at least when installed through apt, it just ignores it and uses the version from Mint's repository anyways.
  
  Edit: Because I just checked and you can't install it directly like that anymore, I first tried installing VirtualBox a few months ago, with an older version of Linux Mint. When I tried installing it several hours ago, it was with the deb file but for some reason apt still selects a different version when it actually installs it.
  
  OK, why are you installing it from a deb file and not just from your repo?
  Try that first.
  
  How much of my comment did you read before replying?
  
  I read that you installed a specific version months ago, but now installed it from a .deb file recently.
  I'm asking why you don't just sudo apt install virtualbox now?
  
  I literally stated in my comment that you can't install it like that anymore. The reason why is because you get an error saying "E: Package 'virtualbox-7.0' has no installation candidate". This means that in Linux Mint, you have to install it via the deb file.
  
  And I literally wrote in the comment above yours to install the version in the repo instead, with sudo apt install virtalbox.
  NOT sudo apt install virtualbox-7.0
  
  It's in the Ubuntu repository:
  https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/virtualbox
  
  Which Mint 21.2 points to according to the default sources.list:
  
  deb http://packages.linuxmint.com victoria main upstream import backport deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ jammy partner
  
  It's version 6.1, which is better than having no working Virtualbox.
  
  I kind of wanted to be using the newest version but I'll try the old version to see if it works.
  
  6.1 is the newest version included in your OS. That's just how Linux works.
  Downloading newer versions from somewhere else is sometimes possible, but can lead to a lot of headaches, especially with packages that interact with the kernel.
  
  If you notice you keep running into this issue and using the newest stuff is important to you, consider switching to OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. It's the most beginner-friendly rolling release distro.
- I'm currently installing virt-manager but I ran into a problem with Gnome Boxes where I’m trying to run a Windows XP virtual machine but I can’t figure out how to get files from my host to the guest. Apparently, I need some software to be running on the guest but the website that I need to download the software from doesn’t work in internet explorer and I obviously can’t just download it on the host and transfer it to the guest.
  
  Yes this seems to be a Gnome Boxes Flatpak problem. I like that it works as a flatpak, but unsure if this can be fixed, I think its a known limitation.
  
  Oh yes, the spice guest addition. This will be needed on every Spice VM
  
  Try this bat script from Github
  
  Or the program they are referring to
- Ok thanks, I might try those later if I can't get VirtualBox working.
  
  virt-manager
  
  I've used VirtualBox for years and only just tried virt-manager. I wish I had tried years ago, so much simpler and it is in my distro's default repository.
  
  I tried virt-manager but it's giving me an error message about not being able to connect to "libvirt qemu:///system" and it wont let me install a virtual machine. I'm assuming that I'm supposed to download "libvirtd", but I can't figure out how to install it. I think it wants me to build it from the source but there doesn't seem to be a guide on how to do that.
  
  I'm assuming that I'm supposed to download "libvirtd", but I can't figure out how to install it.
  
  Try sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients in the terminal and rebooting the system.
  
  It stated that they were already installed so I went through the process of re-installing them and rebooting the computer, which seems to have fixed the problem. I wont really be able to test it much right now because of how late it is for me but I was able to at least start the installation for Windows XP.
  
  On fedora its sudo dnf install qemu qemu-kvm virt-manager
  
  Virt-manager alone is just the viewer, its also intended to be used for things like remote viewing. This would be an easy solution

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