Retriable failure: create: precreate Error // The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist

[ZCJ]

I have been using minikube for a long time and never had issues - I have recently upgraded to ubuntu 19.10 and since then I am unable to start minikube.
virtualbox-dkms is installed (as recommended in the message below) and security boot is disabled as per #3974

The exact command to reproduce the issue: minikube start

The full output of the command that failed:

minikube v1.5.2 on Ubuntu 19.10
🔥 Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2000MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
🔄 Retriable failure: create: precreate: We support Virtualbox starting with version 5. Your VirtualBox install is "WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.\n\t Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate\n\t headers, most likely linux-headers-oem.\n\n\t You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.\n6.0.14_Ubuntur132055". Please upgrade at https://www.virtualbox.org
🔥 Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2000MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
🔄 Retriable failure: create: precreate: We support Virtualbox starting with version 5. Your VirtualBox install is "WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.\n\t Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate\n\t headers, most likely linux-headers-oem.\n\n\t You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.\n6.0.14_Ubuntur132055". Please upgrade at https://www.virtualbox.org
🔥 Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2000MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
🔄 Retriable failure: create: precreate: We support Virtualbox starting with version 5. Your VirtualBox install is "WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.\n\t Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate\n\t headers, most likely linux-headers-oem.\n\n\t You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.\n6.0.14_Ubuntur132055". Please upgrade at https://www.virtualbox.org
🔥 Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2000MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
🔄 Retriable failure: create: precreate: We support Virtualbox starting with version 5. Your VirtualBox install is "WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.\n\t Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate\n\t headers, most likely linux-headers-oem.\n\n\t You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.\n6.0.14_Ubuntur132055". Please upgrade at https://www.virtualbox.org

💣 Unable to start VM
❌ Error: [VBOX_DEVICE_MISSING] create: precreate: We support Virtualbox starting with version 5. Your VirtualBox install is "WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.\n\t Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate\n\t headers, most likely linux-headers-oem.\n\n\t You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.\n6.0.14_Ubuntur132055". Please upgrade at https://www.virtualbox.org
💡 Suggestion: Reinstall VirtualBox and reboot. Alternatively, try the kvm2 driver: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/drivers/kvm2/
⁉️ Related issues:
▪ #3974

The output of the minikube logs command:

api load: filestore "minikube": Docker machine "minikube" does not exist. Use "docker-machine ls" to list machines. Use "docker-machine create" to add a new one.

😿 Sorry that minikube crashed. If this was unexpected, we would love to hear from you:
👉 https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/new/choose

docker-machine ls
NAME ACTIVE DRIVER STATE URL SWARM DOCKER ERRORS

The operating system version: ubuntu 19.10

[tstromberg]

If VirtualBox is failing, there is not much we can do to make it work. Can you confirm that VirtualBox works for starting another VM?

If so, minikube should function properly.

[ZCJ]

I think there is an issue with virtualbox and ubuntu 19.10

[ZCJ]

command (sudo modprobe vboxdrv) from this link fixed it for me