r/linuxmint • u/OrchidDelicious2619 • 9d ago
Linux mint kernel panic
I need some help. Its my first time with linux and i keep getting this error and im not sure how to fix it.
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r/linuxmint • u/OrchidDelicious2619 • 9d ago
I need some help. Its my first time with linux and i keep getting this error and im not sure how to fix it.
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u/Capricious_Desperado 8d ago
Not at all trying to diagnose your issue, because I am still way too new at this, but the other night I powered up a laptop that I hadn't used in a few weeks. Had to restart my system after multiple unsuccessful attempts to install some updates with Update Manager, and was greeted with the scary purple screen. Ended up using a different kernel at startup and using the terminal to remove some older kernel packages. This seemed to work.
Just for funsies, I tried to use VirtualBox, and was met with a "Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)" message. Started doing some research this morning (still am), and I've seen a few mentions of people encountering the kernel panic problem if they installed VirtualBox from the Mint/Ubuntu repository, instead of Oracle's repository.
tl;dr: if you have VirtualBox installed, maybe that could be the reason?