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  <title>Linux Kernel Module Refuses to Load</title>
  
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    <p>
        If the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> kernel module, <userinput>vboxdrv</userinput>,
        refuses to load you may see an <codeph>Error inserting vboxdrv:
        Invalid argument</codeph> message. As root, check the output of
        the <userinput>dmesg</userinput> command to find out why the load
        failed. Most probably the kernel disagrees with the version of
        <userinput>gcc</userinput> used to compile the module. Make sure
        that you use the same compiler that was used to build the
        kernel.
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