VirtualBox: "Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)" and /sbin/vboxconfig: command not found on Manjaro

I’m trying to use Redox OS on a virtual machine in Manjaro Linux with no luck.

❯ sudo pacman -S qemu-desktop virtualbox linux612-virtualbox-host-modules zstd

Optional (for GUI management):

❯ sudo pacman -S virt-manager libvirt
❯ sudo systemctl enable --now libvirtd
❯ cd /public/software/systems
❯ wget https://static.redox-os.org/img/x86_64/redox_demo_x86_64_2025-12-21_192_harddrive.img.zst
❯ sudo pacman -S zstd
❯ zstd -d redox_demo_x86_64_*_harddrive.img.zst

QEMU Instructions

❯ SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -d cpu_reset,guest_errors \
  -enable-kvm \
  -smp 4 \
  -m 2048 \
  -chardev stdio,id=debug,signal=off,mux=on,"" \
  -serial chardev:debug \
  -mon chardev=debug uefi=yes \
  -machine q35 \
  -cpu host \
  -device ich9-intel-hda \
  -device hda-duplex \
  -netdev user,id=net0 \
  -device e1000,netdev=net0 \
  -device nec-usb-xhci,id=xhci \
  -drive file=`echo /public/software/systems/redox_os/redox_demo_x86_64_*_harddrive.img`,format=raw

qemu-system-x86_64: uefi=yes: Could not open 'uefi=yes': No such file or directory

VirtualBox Instructions

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver is either not loaded or not set up correctly. Please try setting it up again by executing

'/sbin/vboxconfig'

as root.

If your system has EFI Secure Boot enabled you may also need to sign the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load them. Please see your Linux system's documentation for more information.

where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT. 
❯ sudo /sbin/vbox
VBox*             vboxballoonctrl@  VBoxBugReport@    vbox-img@         VBoxManage@       VBoxSDL@
vboxautostart@    VBoxBalloonCtrl@  vboxheadless@     vboximg-mount@    vboxreload*       vboxwebsrv@
VBoxAutostart@    vboxbugreport@    VBoxHeadless@     vboxmanage@       vboxsdl@
❯ sudo /sbin/vboxconfig
[sudo] password for user:
sudo: /sbin/vboxconfig: command not found

VirtualBox Instructions

To run Redox in a VirtualBox virtual machine you need to do the following steps:

  1. Create a VM with 2048 MB of RAM memory (or less if using a simpler Redox image variant) and 32MB of VRAM (video memory)
  2. Enable Nested Paging
  3. Change the keyboard and mouse interface to PS/2
  4. Change the audio controller to Intel HDA
  5. Disable USB support
  6. Go to the network settings of the VM and change the NIC model to 82540EM
  7. Go to the storage settings of the VM, create an IDE controller and add the Redox bootable image on it
  8. Start the VM!

If you want to install Redox on the VM create a VDI disk of 5GB (or less if you are using a simplier Redox image variant).

Command for the pre-installed image

If you want to do this using the command-line, run the following commands:

VBoxManage createvm --name Redox --register
VBoxManage modifyvm Redox --memory 2048 --vram 32 --nic1 nat --nictype1 82540EM \
--cableconnected1 on --usb off --keyboard ps2 --mouse ps2 --audiocontroller hda \
--audioout on --nestedpaging on
VBoxManage convertfromraw $HOME/Downloads/redox_demo_x86_64_*_harddrive.img harddrive.vdi
VBoxManage storagectl Redox --name SATA --add sata --bootable on --portcount 1
VBoxManage storageattach Redox --storagectl SATA --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium harddrive.vdi
VBoxManage startvm Redox

Command for the Live ISO image

If you want to use the Live ISO run the following commands:

VBoxManage createvm --name Redox --register
VBoxManage modifyvm Redox --memory 2048 --vram 32 --nic1 nat --nictype1 82540EM \
--cableconnected1 on --usb off --keyboard ps2 --mouse ps2 --audiocontroller hda \
--audioout on --nestedpaging on
VBoxManage storagectl Redox --name SATA --add sata --bootable on --portcount 1
VBoxManage storageattach Redox --storagectl SATA --port 0 --device 0 --type dvddrive --medium $HOME/Downloads/redox_demo_x86_64_*_livedisk.iso
VBoxManage startvm Redox

QEMU Instructions

Linux

If you don’t have QEMU installed use one of the following commands on Ubuntu, Debian or PopOS:

  • x86 (i586) and x86-64 images
sudo apt-get install qemu-system-x86 qemu-kvm
  • ARM64 images
sudo apt-get install qemu-system-arm qemu-kvm
  • RISC-V images
sudo apt-get install qemu-system-riscv

Use one of the following commands to run QEMU with a Redox-compatible configuration:

  • x86 (i586) image
SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 qemu-system-x86_64 -d cpu_reset,guest_errors -smp 1 -m 2048 \
    -chardev stdio,id=debug,signal=off,mux=on,"" -serial chardev:debug -mon chardev=debug \
    -machine pc -cpu pentium2 -device AC97 -netdev user,id=net0 \
    -device e1000,netdev=net0 -device nec-usb-xhci,id=xhci \
    -drive file=`echo $HOME/Downloads/redox_demo_i586_*_harddrive.img`,format=raw
  • x86-64 image
SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 qemu-system-x86_64 -d cpu_reset,guest_errors -enable-kvm -smp 4 -m 2048 \
    -chardev stdio,id=debug,signal=off,mux=on,"" -serial chardev:debug -mon chardev=debug \
    uefi=yes -machine q35 -cpu host -device ich9-intel-hda -device hda-duplex -netdev user,id=net0 \
    -device e1000,netdev=net0 -device nec-usb-xhci,id=xhci \
    -drive file=`echo $HOME/Downloads/redox_demo_x86_64_*_harddrive.img`,format=raw
  • ARM64 image
SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 qemu-system-aarch64 -d cpu_reset,guest_errors -smp 4 -m 2048 \
    -chardev stdio,id=debug,signal=off,mux=on,"" -serial chardev:debug -mon chardev=debug \
    uefi=yes -machine virt -cpu max -vga none -device ramfb -netdev user,id=net0 \
    -device e1000,netdev=net0 -device nec-usb-xhci,id=xhci \
    -drive file=`echo $HOME/Downloads/redox_demo_aarch64_*_harddrive.img`,format=raw
  • RISC-V image
SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 qemu-system-riscv64 -d cpu_reset,guest_errors -smp 4 -m 2048 \
    -chardev stdio,id=debug,signal=off,mux=on,"" -serial chardev:debug -mon chardev=debug \
    -machine virt,acpi=off -cpu max -vga none -device ramfb -audio none -netdev user,id=net0 \
    -device e1000,netdev=net0 -device nec-usb-xhci,id=xhci \
    -drive file=`echo $HOME/Downloads/redox_demo_riscv64gc_*_harddrive.img`,format=raw

:light_bulb: Tip: if you encounter an error with the file name, verify that the name passed into the previous command (i.e., $HOME/Downloads/redox_demo_x86_64_*_harddrive.img) matches the file you downloaded.

❯ uname -r
6.12.62-1-MANJARO
❯ pacman -Qs virtualbox
local/libvirt 1:11.10.0-1
    API for controlling virtualization engines
    (openvz,kvm,qemu,virtualbox,xen,etc)
local/linux612 6.12.63-1
    The Linux 6.12 kernel and modules
local/linux612-virtualbox-host-modules 7.2.4-10 (linux612-extramodules)
    Virtualbox host kernel modules for Manjaro Kernel
local/virtualbox 7.2.4-1
    Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as
    home use
❯ pacman -Qs linux612-virtualbox-host-modules
local/linux612-virtualbox-host-modules 7.2.4-10 (linux612-extramodules)
    Virtualbox host kernel modules for Manjaro Kernel
❯ inxi --filter --verbosity=8
System:
  Kernel: 6.12.62-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=ccb03787-acc9-4013-be82-5792a0d5f65a rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor
    resume=UUID=7b15e779-e83d-494e-9e90-4a711f30e94c udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.51 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.0 tools:
    avail: cinnamon-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B450 AORUS PRO v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450 AORUS PRO-CF serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends LLC.
    v: F63d date: 07/20/2022
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15 GiB used: 6.42 GiB (42.8%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill
    part-no: F4-3200C16-8GVK serial: N/A
  Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill
    part-no: F4-3200C16-8GVK serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Zen 3 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0xA500012
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB
    desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4464 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400
    4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400
    bogomips: 93464
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de debug_swap decodeassists erms
    extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt
    ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
    misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
    nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
    pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni
    popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep
    sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
    stibp succor svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip user_shstk
    v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall vpclmulqdq
    wbnoinvd wdt x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
    xtopology
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
    STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa mitigation: Clear CPU buffers
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
  Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series /
    Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1
    bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 temp: 27.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 driver:
    X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: BenQ GC2870 serial: <filter>
    built: 2017 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 79 gamma: 1.2
    chroma: red: x: 0.686 y: 0.310 green: x: 0.263 y: 0.690 blue: x: 0.153
    y: 0.051 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 621x341mm (24.45x13.43")
    diag: 708mm (27.9") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x900,
    1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1280x720, 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600,
    720x576, 720x480, 640x480, 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:
    drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.3.2-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
    renoir ACO DRM 3.61 6.12.62-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:1638
    memory: 500 MiB unified: no
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir/Cezanne HDMI/DP Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Ryzen HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 09:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.62-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Gigabyte driver: igb v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager, sshd, systemd-timesyncd
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 131.88 TiB used: 111.17 TiB (84.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SanDisk model: Extreme 1TB X3N
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 731100WD temp: 37.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST18000NM000J-2TV103
    size: 16.37 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SN02 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST16000NM001G-2KK103
    size: 14.55 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SN03 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Toshiba model: MG08ACA16TE
    size: 14.55 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4303 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Toshiba model: MG09ACA18TE
    size: 16.37 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0104 scheme: GPT
  ID-6: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Seagate model: ST16000NM001G-2KK103
    size: 14.55 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SN03 scheme: GPT
  ID-7: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 vendor: Seagate model: ST18000NM000J-2TV103
    size: 16.37 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SN02 scheme: GPT
  ID-8: /dev/sdg maj-min: 8:96 vendor: Toshiba model: MG08ACA16TE
    size: 14.55 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0102 scheme: GPT
  ID-9: /dev/sdh maj-min: 8:112 vendor: Seagate model: ST16000NM001G-2KK103
    size: 14.55 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SB30 scheme: GPT
  ID-10: /dev/sdi maj-min: 8:128 vendor: Seagate model: Portable
    size: 4.55 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
    rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 0712 scheme: GPT
  ID-11: /dev/sdj maj-min: 8:144 vendor: Seagate model: Expansion
    size: 4.55 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
    rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 0712 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 914.72 GiB size: 914.72 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 59.79 GiB (6.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: ccb03787-acc9-4013-be82-5792a0d5f65a
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 640 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: DDD2-171A
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 914.72 GiB size: 914.72 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 59.79 GiB (6.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: ccb03787-acc9-4013-be82-5792a0d5f65a
  ID-4: /media raw-size: N/A size: 130.12 TiB used: 111.11 TiB (85.4%)
    fs: fuse.mergerfs
    logical: mnt/S/personal:mnt/T/personal:mnt/hdd5/personal:mnt/hdd8/personal:mnt/S/public:mnt/T/public:mnt/hdd1/public:mnt/hdd2/public:mnt/hdd3/public:mnt/hdd4/public:mnt/hdd5/public:mnt/hdd6/public:mnt/hdd7/public:mnt/hdd8/public:run/media/user/*/personal:run/media/user/*/public
  ID-5: /mnt/S raw-size: 4.55 TiB size: 4.51 TiB (99.19%)
    used: 4.16 TiB (92.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdi1 maj-min: 8:129 label: S
    uuid: d3a73702-a997-4fe4-b864-6713675b9c3e
  ID-6: /mnt/T raw-size: 4.55 TiB size: 4.51 TiB (99.19%)
    used: 2.97 TiB (65.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdj1 maj-min: 8:145 label: T
    uuid: 47faf9ab-da11-4b66-849a-5313fa1d1912
  ID-7: /mnt/hdd1 raw-size: 16.37 TiB size: 16.3 TiB (99.60%)
    used: 14.09 TiB (86.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: hdd1
    uuid: 70d5adcb-a0c6-4a73-9854-7e0e5e783d5a
  ID-8: /mnt/hdd2 raw-size: 16.37 TiB size: 16.3 TiB (99.60%)
    used: 14.09 TiB (86.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdf1 maj-min: 8:81 label: hdd2
    uuid: a9745a20-6b6b-4399-84b1-c9be7976fb7b
  ID-9: /mnt/hdd3 raw-size: 16.37 TiB size: 16.3 TiB (99.60%)
    used: 14.08 TiB (86.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49 label: hdd3
    uuid: f5d058f9-19ed-4e10-9c56-3aef33fcacd8
  ID-10: /mnt/hdd4 raw-size: 14.55 TiB size: 14.44 TiB (99.20%)
    used: 12.31 TiB (85.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: hdd4
    uuid: 56d2b87f-9c26-4214-9c29-b909e2cecc94
  ID-11: /mnt/hdd5 raw-size: 14.55 TiB size: 14.44 TiB (99.20%)
    used: 12.4 TiB (85.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sde1 maj-min: 8:65 label: hdd5
    uuid: 09c5a056-b616-4b20-a054-d045fa916465
  ID-12: /mnt/hdd6 raw-size: 14.55 TiB size: 14.44 TiB (99.20%)
    used: 12.31 TiB (85.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdg1 maj-min: 8:97 label: hdd6
    uuid: f5441299-8485-47c6-bb96-a4f6d103fff5
  ID-13: /mnt/hdd7 raw-size: 14.55 TiB size: 14.44 TiB (99.20%)
    used: 12.31 TiB (85.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 label: hdd7
    uuid: 2d67063b-e066-4337-8907-784e6d574881
  ID-14: /mnt/hdd8 raw-size: 14.55 TiB size: 14.44 TiB (99.20%)
    used: 12.4 TiB (85.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdh1 maj-min: 8:113 label: hdd8
    uuid: b12efb92-a6ee-443f-92e2-d74c0c6e6c53
  ID-15: /personal raw-size: N/A size: 37.9 TiB used: 31.92 TiB (84.2%)
    fs: fuse.mergerfs
    logical: mnt/S/personal:mnt/T/personal:mnt/hdd5/personal:mnt/hdd8/personal:run/media/user/*/personal
  ID-16: /public raw-size: N/A size: 130.12 TiB used: 111.11 TiB (85.4%)
    fs: fuse.mergerfs
    logical: mnt/S/public:mnt/T/public:mnt/hdd1/public:mnt/hdd2/public:mnt/hdd3/public:mnt/hdd4/public:mnt/hdd5/public:mnt/hdd6/public:mnt/hdd7/public:mnt/hdd8/public:run/media/user/*/public
  ID-17: /var/cache raw-size: 914.72 GiB size: 914.72 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 59.79 GiB (6.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: ccb03787-acc9-4013-be82-5792a0d5f65a
  ID-18: /var/log raw-size: 914.72 GiB size: 914.72 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 59.79 GiB (6.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: ccb03787-acc9-4013-be82-5792a0d5f65a
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.5 GiB used: 1.2 MiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: swap
    uuid: 7b15e779-e83d-494e-9e90-4a711f30e94c
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 3-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-2.1:3 info: Razer USA RZ01-0321 Gaming Mouse [DeathAdder V2]
    type: mouse,keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 1532:0084 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 3-2.2:4 info: SONiX USB Keyboard type: keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 2efd:7812 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 4-1:2 info: Seagate RSS LLC Expansion type: mass storage
    driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 896mA chip-ID: 0bc2:2343 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-6: 4-2:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 05e3:0612
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 6-1:2 info: Seagate RSS LLC Portable type: mass storage
    driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 896mA chip-ID: 0bc2:2344 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 28.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2015 pm: pacman pkgs: 1996 libs: 419 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 19
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://mirror.raiolanetworks.com/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://mirrors.ft.uam.es/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://ftp.caliu.cat/pub/distribucions/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 553
  1: cpu: 11.6% command: firefox pid: 14474 mem: 787.8 MiB (5.1%)
  2: cpu: 10.7% command: calibre pid: 14356 mem: 1494.1 MiB (9.7%)
  3: cpu: 7.3% command: cinnamon pid: 1763 mem: 216.1 MiB (1.4%)
  4: cpu: 6.5% command: firefox pid: 15122 mem: 453.6 MiB (2.9%)
  5: cpu: 3.2% command: firefox pid: 24704 mem: 402.4 MiB (2.6%)
  Memory top: 5 of 553
  1: mem: 1494.1 MiB (9.7%) command: calibre pid: 14356 cpu: 10.7%
  2: mem: 1270.2 MiB (8.2%) command: pamac-manager pid: 18576 cpu: 1.0%
  3: mem: 787.8 MiB (5.1%) command: firefox pid: 14474 cpu: 11.6%
  4: mem: 453.6 MiB (2.9%) command: firefox pid: 15122 cpu: 6.5%
  5: mem: 402.4 MiB (2.6%) command: firefox pid: 24704 cpu: 3.2%
Info:
  Processes: 553 Power: uptime: 23m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 5.98 GiB services: csd-power,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: tmux:
    inxi: 3.3.40

Always use the wiki here or the Arch wiki - which is much better, in my opinion,
but doesn’t cover the small differences between Arch and Manjaro.

See section 1.3 and 1.4 in the Arch wiki:

VirtualBox - ArchWiki

The easiest way is to just reboot - or manually load the modules.

And do add you user to the vboxusers group - before reboot (or log out and back in)


and please(!)

use
pacman -Syu to install stuff - not just pacman -S
(unless you have just now, just a few minutes ago, fully updated the whole system)


personal opinion:
have a look at virt-manager instead of VirtualBox
or perhaps a more easy to use frontend:
gnome-boxes
(I much prefer virt-manager in favor of gnome-boxes)

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It seems to work with QEMU after removing the uefi=yes part and enabling virtualization in the BIOS:

❯ SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -d cpu_reset,guest_errors \
  -enable-kvm \
  -smp 4 \
  -m 2048 \
  -chardev stdio,id=debug,signal=off,mux=on,"" \
  -serial chardev:debug \
  -mon chardev=debug \
  -machine q35 \
  -cpu host \
  -device ich9-intel-hda \
  -device hda-duplex \
  -netdev user,id=net0 \
  -device e1000,netdev=net0 \
  -device nec-usb-xhci,id=xhci \
  -drive file=`echo /public/software/systems/redox_os/redox_demo_x86_64_*_harddrive.img`,format=raw

If that wasn’t enabled, while you wanted to do just that (virtualization)
of course it didn’t work and now it does …