got this:
[guido@nixosl1:~]$ VBoxManage startvm hello
Waiting for VM "hello" to power on...
VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'hello' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine
[guido@nixosl1:~]$ echo $?
1
[guido@nixosl1:~]$ id
uid=1000(guido) gid=100(users) Gruppen=100(users),1(wheel),57(networkmanager),72(vboxusers),3000(eltern)
Starting with the GUI gives me: “kernel driver not accessible”.
I had searched the internet and the forum but I didn’t come to a helpful end.
[root@nixosl1:~]# lsmod|sort
8021q 28672 0
ac 16384 0
aes_generic 36864 6
af_packet 53248 6
agpgart 40960 4 intel_gtt,ttm,nouveau,drm
ahci 40960 1
asus_nb_wmi 32768 0
asus_wmi 40960 1 asus_nb_wmi
at24 24576 0
ath 32768 3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
ath9k 118784 0
ath9k_common 20480 1 ath9k
ath9k_hw 454656 2 ath9k_common,ath9k
atkbd 32768 0
autofs4 49152 0
backlight 20480 5 video,asus_wmi,i915,nouveau,drm
battery 20480 1 asus_wmi
blake2b_generic 20480 0
bridge 241664 0
btrfs 1474560 1
button 24576 1 nouveau
ccm 20480 9
cdrom 61440 1 sr_mod
cec 53248 1 i915
cfg80211 831488 4 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath,mac80211
configfs 49152 1
coretemp 20480 0
crc32c_generic 16384 0
crc32c_intel 24576 2
crc32_pclmul 16384 0
crc_t10dif 20480 1 t10_pi
crct10dif_common 16384 3 crct10dif_generic,crc_t10dif,crct10dif_pclmul
crct10dif_generic 16384 0
crct10dif_pclmul 16384 1
cryptd 20480 2 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel
crypto_simd 16384 0
ctr 16384 3
dm_mod 139264 0
drm 512000 13 drm_kms_helper,i915,ttm,nouveau
drm_kms_helper 212992 2 i915,nouveau
ehci_hcd 94208 1 ehci_pci
ehci_pci 20480 0
evdev 24576 18
fan 20480 0
fb_sys_fops 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
fuse 135168 1
ghash_clmulni_intel 16384 0
glue_helper 16384 0
hid 135168 2 usbhid,hid_generic
hid_generic 16384 0
i2c_algo_bit 16384 2 i915,nouveau
i2c_core 86016 11 videodev,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,at24,i2c_smbus,i2c_i801,i915,psmouse,regmap_i2c,nouveau,drm
i2c_i801 36864 0
i2c_smbus 20480 1 i2c_i801
i8042 28672 1 asus_nb_wmi
i915 2617344 38
input_leds 16384 0
intel_cstate 20480 0
intel_gtt 24576 1 i915
intel_pmc_bxt 16384 1 iTCO_wdt
intel_powerclamp 20480 0
intel_rapl_common 28672 1 intel_rapl_msr
intel_rapl_msr 20480 0
intel_uncore 147456 0
ip6table_filter 16384 1
ip6table_nat 16384 0
ip6table_raw 16384 1
ip6_tables 32768 5 ip6table_filter,ip6table_raw,ip6table_nat
ip6t_rpfilter 16384 1
ip_set 49152 2 xt_set,ip_set_hash_net
ip_set_hash_net 45056 2
iptable_filter 16384 1
iptable_nat 16384 0
iptable_raw 16384 1
ip_tables 28672 4 iptable_filter,iptable_raw,iptable_nat
ipt_rpfilter 16384 1
irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
iTCO_wdt 16384 0
joydev 28672 0
kvm 790528 1 kvm_intel
kvm_intel 315392 0
led_class 20480 6 snd_hda_codec_generic,input_leds,rtsx_usb_sdmmc,ath9k,asus_wmi,nouveau
ledtrig_audio 16384 1 snd_hda_codec_generic
libaes 16384 1 aes_generic
libahci 36864 1 ahci
libarc4 16384 1 mac80211
libata 249856 2 libahci,ahci
libcrc32c 16384 3 nf_conntrack,nf_nat,btrfs
libphy 102400 3 r8169,mdio_devres,realtek
libps2 20480 2 atkbd,psmouse
llc 16384 2 bridge,stp
loop 36864 0
lpc_ich 28672 0
mac80211 819200 1 ath9k
mac_hid 16384 0
macvlan 28672 0
mc 53248 4 videodev,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
mdio_devres 16384 1 r8169
mei 118784 3 mei_hdcp,mei_me
mei_hdcp 24576 0
mei_me 40960 1
memstick 20480 1 rtsx_usb_ms
mmc_core 163840 1 rtsx_usb_sdmmc
Module Size Used by
mousedev 24576 0
mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau
nf_conntrack 143360 2 xt_conntrack,nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4 16384 1 nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv6 24576 1 nf_conntrack
nf_log_common 16384 2 nf_log_ipv4,nf_log_ipv6
nf_log_ipv4 16384 1
nf_log_ipv6 16384 1
nf_nat 45056 2 ip6table_nat,iptable_nat
nfnetlink 16384 1 ip_set
nouveau 2236416 1
psmouse 155648 0
pstore 28672 1
r8169 102400 0
raid6_pq 118784 1 btrfs
rapl 16384 0
realtek 24576 1
regmap_i2c 16384 1 at24
rfkill 24576 6 asus_wmi,cfg80211
rtc_cmos 28672 1
rtsx_usb 28672 2 rtsx_usb_sdmmc,rtsx_usb_ms
rtsx_usb_ms 24576 0
rtsx_usb_sdmmc 32768 0
sch_fq_codel 20480 3
scsi_mod 229376 3 sd_mod,libata,sr_mod
sd_mod 53248 2
serio 24576 6 serio_raw,atkbd,psmouse,i8042
serio_raw 20480 0
snd 90112 16 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_pcm
snd_hda_codec 135168 4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_codec_generic 90112 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 69632 4
snd_hda_codec_realtek 131072 1
snd_hda_core 86016 5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel 49152 4
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_intel_dspcfg 28672 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm 114688 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
snd_timer 36864 1 snd_pcm
soundcore 16384 1 snd
sparse_keymap 16384 1 asus_wmi
sr_mod 28672 0
stp 16384 1 bridge
syscopyarea 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
t10_pi 16384 1 sd_mod
tap 28672 0
thermal 20480 0
tiny_power_button 16384 0
ttm 98304 1 nouveau
tun 53248 0
usb_common 16384 4 xhci_hcd,usbcore,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd
usbcore 278528 7 xhci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid,rtsx_usb,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,xhci_pci
usbhid 57344 0
uvcvideo 110592 0
vboxdrv 450560 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
vboxnetadp 28672 0
vboxnetflt 32768 0
video 49152 3 asus_wmi,i915,nouveau
videobuf2_common 53248 2 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 20480 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_v4l2 28672 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_vmalloc 20480 1 uvcvideo
videodev 249856 3 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
watchdog 24576 1 iTCO_wdt
wmi 28672 3 asus_wmi,mxm_wmi,nouveau
x86_pkg_temp_thermal 20480 0
xhci_hcd 270336 1 xhci_pci
xhci_pci 20480 0
xhci_pci_renesas 20480 1 xhci_pci
xor 24576 1 btrfs
x_tables 40960 13 ip6table_filter,xt_conntrack,ip6table_raw,iptable_filter,ip6t_rpfilter,xt_LOG,xt_tcpudp,xt_set,ip6_tables,ipt_rpfilter,xt_pkttype,iptable_raw,ip_tables
xt_conntrack 16384 2
xt_LOG 20480 2
xt_pkttype 16384 2
xt_set 16384 2
xt_tcpudp 20480 9
[root@nixosl1:~]# grep -i virtual -A 3 /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
virtualbox
vlc
wget
##wifi-password
--
virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable = true;
users.extraGroups.vboxusers.members = [ "guido" ];
[root@nixosl1:~]# nix-channel --list | grep nixos
nixos https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-21.05
I tried to track it with “strace VBoxManage startvm hello” but that didn’t produce extra insight to me. If needed I could prvide that output as well.
Many thanks in advance