The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Error While Attemping To Run VBox on WSL2

[Windows98SE-dev]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [version 10.0.22631.3235]

WSL Version

2.0.9.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.133.1-1

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

I just try to run VBox and it says that it can't find the kernel modules

Expected Behavior

No errors and being able to install the extension pack and run VMs

Actual Behavior

WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (5.15.146.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2+) or it failed to
load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

       sudo /sbin/vboxconfig

     You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

Qt WARNING: QStandardPaths: wrong permissions on runtime directory /run/user/1000/, 0755 instead of 0700

I tried running the command but then it gave me this :

vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.

There were problems setting up VirtualBox. To re-start the set-up process, run
/sbin/vboxconfig
as root. If your system is using EFI Secure Boot you may 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.

Diagnostic Logs

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[sirredbeard]

WSL does support nested virtualization, but I would not recommend a type 2 hypervisor like VirtualBox.

I would instead recommend using a type 1 hypervisor inside WSL, specifically KVM.

You could use qemu-kvm, gnome-boxes, virt-manager, or Cockpit on WSL to drive a KVM VM.

There is also a fork of VirtualBox that supports KVM as the hypervisor backend, but you have to compile it from source.

[Windows98SE-dev]

Ok, I'll try that !

[Windows98SE-dev]

Thanks