Genymotion Error: Unable to load Virtualbox engine

Question

I am on Arch using VirtualBox from community repo and Genymotion from AUR. Whenever i want to start a virtual device it says:

Unable to load VirtualBox engine.

Make sure that it is properly installed before starting Genymotion.

For more information please refer to: https://cloud.genymotion.com/page/faq/#vbox

I've already reinstalled everything nothing seems to work.

When i use

#vboxreload

"vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxpci vboxdrv" are loaded and genymotion works for this session until i reboot the system.

I use a virtualbox.conf at /etc/modules-load.d/ to load "vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxpci vboxdrv".

$cat /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf 
vboxdrv\nvboxnetflt\nvboxnetadp\nvboxpci

I'm not a linux crack but I thought /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf would automatically load the modules - so i do not need to use #vboxreload after each reboot?

Answer 1

In Linux VirtualBox Module compilation by running following command:

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

If the above command fails, use:

sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup

then restart virtualBox

/usr/bin/VirtualBox restart

Answer 2

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms
sudo apt-get remove --purge virtualbox-dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox

Answer 3

Change the version of VirtualBox and start Genymotion again. It will work fine.

Answer 4

In my case, it was a problem with VirtualBox itself and UEFI secure boot. I disabled it in the BIOS and it sorted out.

Answer 5

In my case (Ubuntu 18) I installed the last Vbox and after I disabled the secure boot from the BIOS

Answer 6

If you have not vboxdrv file

Reinstall virtualbox-dkms:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install virtualbox-dkms