RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 (rc=-1912)

[Jared Norris]

On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 at 10:29, Bob <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net> wrote:

> After an update I now get the error massage "RTR3InitEx failed with
> rc=-1912 (rc=-1912)" when I try to start a virtual machine.
>
> The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox.
> The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing
>
> 'modprobe vboxdrv'
>
> may correct this. Make sure that you are not mixing builds of VirtualBox
> from different sources.
>
> where: supR3HardenedMainInitRuntime what: 4
> VERR_VM_DRIVER_VERSION_MISMATCH (-1912) - The installed support driver
> doesn't match the version of the user.
>
>
> Running "modprobe vboxdrv" does not fix the problem.
>
> I tried to reinstall Virtual using "sudo apt remove virtualbox" "sudo
> apt install virtualbox" which did not fix it.
>
> Searching the internet the fix is to install VirtualBox from Oracle.  I
> tried to do that but have not had success.  I have never tried to
> install anything except from Ubuntu.  What is the proper way to install
> things from other sources?
>
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Hi Bob,

I also got that message recently after an update. A simple apt-get update
and apt-get upgrade fixed it for me. Have you tried that?

Regards

Jared
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