Restarting VirtualBox services failed

Guaxim

How to remove any kind of VirtualBox services and kernel modules?

A few days ago I tried to install vbox, the wrong one btw, and during that installation I realized my mistake and had a connection issue, leading me to ctrl c it. Just to guarantee that nothing was wrong, I tried reinstalling it and removing, but since then Im facing this everytime I install or remove anything:

[✓] Installation/removal related stuff
[✗] Restarting VirtualBox services                                      failed

A copy of the command output follows:

Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of vboxdrv.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to reload units.
Job for vboxdrv.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status vboxdrv.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.


 [✗] Restarting VirtualBox services                                      failed

A copy of the command output follows:

Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of vboxdrv.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to reload units.
Job for vboxdrv.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status vboxdrv.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

What I have done since then

removed /usr/lib64/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh thinking that my problems would also go away and that virt-manager is better anyways
damn i shouldn't have done that
rebooted, many times
updated my system, i believe that i even updated my kernel
systemctl daemon-reload
installed virtualbox and virtualbox-current and removed them trying to fix the issue

This problem doesn't seem to be doing any harm but i don't think it is a good practice to just have some kernel modules missing/broken. Any help is apreciated.

Suggested commands' outputs:

systemctl status vboxdrv.service

Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of vboxdrv.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to reload units.
● vboxdrv.service - VirtualBox Linux kernel module
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib64/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2021-08-21 18:51:50 -03; 6min ago
    Process: 3476 ExecStart=/usr/lib64/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh start (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
        CPU: 1ms

ago 21 18:51:50 budgiee systemd[1]: Starting VirtualBox Linux kernel module...
ago 21 18:51:50 budgiee systemd[3476]: vboxdrv.service: Failed to locate executable /usr/lib64/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh: No such file or directory
ago 21 18:51:50 budgiee systemd[3476]: vboxdrv.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/lib64/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh: No such file or directory
ago 21 18:51:50 budgiee systemd[1]: vboxdrv.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
ago 21 18:51:50 budgiee systemd[1]: vboxdrv.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
ago 21 18:51:50 budgiee systemd[1]: Failed to start VirtualBox Linux kernel module.
root@budgiee /lib64/modules/5.13.12-193.current #

journalctl -xe, right after installing or removing something, translated by me

░░ 
░░ O processo /usr/lib64/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh couldn't be executed and failed.
░░ 
░░ The error code returned by this process is ERRNO.
ago 21 18:44:11 budgiee systemd[1]: vboxdrv.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit vboxdrv.service has exited.
░░ 
░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 203.
ago 21 18:44:11 budgiee systemd[1]: vboxdrv.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ The unit vboxdrv.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
ago 21 18:44:11 budgiee systemd[1]: Failed to start VirtualBox Linux kernel module.
░░ Subject: A unidade vboxdrv.service falhou
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░  vboxdrv.service unit failed.
░░ 
░░ The result is failed.

Sorry for my bad english, still learning.

kyrios

The easiest way if the installation was done recently is to use eopkg history to revert the update.

If you manually delete files that have been installed by some packages instead of uninstalling them properly, chances that you'll end with a broken system are high.

If you want to see which virtualbox packages are still installed on your system, you can use the command eopkg list-installed with a command like eopkg li | grep virtualbox

Last but not least, if you need help for installing virtualbox, please read the doc

Guaxim

kyrios Thank you so much!! With eopkg li | grep virtualbox i could see that virtualbox-common had not been removed, and removing it solved the issue. Thanks again!