Kali Linux on a Chromebook

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2022-10-21
10_Ram

Kali Linux on a Chromebook

Hey guys!

I got the Acer Chromebook 514 Spin a few month ago. Now I wanted to install Kali Linux on a Virtual Box. I installed both of them but when I started the Virtual Box a Error came in "Failed to enumerate host USB devices.
Could not load the Host USB Proxy service: VERR_NOT_FOUND." But I added KaliLinux as a new machine. That worked!!! But as I tried to start it another Error appeared "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. "

Now I am really frustrated and need help. I would be very happy if you could help me. If you need more information just comment and I will anwser fast.

Bye and Thanks!
2022-10-23
Fred Sheehan

Did you start with a VM version of Kali for virtual box?

https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-virtual-machines

Did you import it correctly;

https://www.kali.org/docs/virtualiza...de-virtualbox/
2022-10-23
thomaspatrickwilson

Just out of curiosity, has anyone gotten Kali Linux to run as a single-boot install on a chromebook? I love the 2-in-1 Lenovo with Stylus, I just would prefer linux because chromeOS is sort of buggy.
2022-11-08
rokytnji

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomaspatrickwilson

Just out of curiosity, has anyone gotten Kali Linux to run as a single-boot install on a chromebook? I love the 2-in-1 Lenovo with Stylus, I just would prefer linux because chromeOS is sort of buggy.

Yep. Even have touchpad working.

Code:

$ inxi -zv8 System: Kernel: 5.19.0-kali2-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.19.0-kali2-amd64 root=UUID=c63f5c29-1fad-4b32-a88a-ed35a1c7b6ab ro quiet splash Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.34 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: Kali GNU/Linux 2022.3 kali-rolling base: Debian testing Machine: Type: Laptop System: GOOGLE product: Candy v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: GOOGLE model: Candy v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: coreboot v: MrChromebox-4.18.1 date: 10/27/2022 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 41.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 41.8/44.5 Wh (94.1%) volts: 12.8 min: 11.4 model: Samsung DELL XK type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full cycles: 84 Memory: RAM: total: 3.76 GiB used: 1.9 GiB (50.7%) RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. PCI Slots: Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. CPU: Info: model: Intel Celeron N2840 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Silvermont level: v2 built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x37 (55) stepping: 8 microcode: 0x838 Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 112 KiB desc: d-2x24 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 1x1024 KiB Speed (MHz): avg: 500 min/max: 500/2582 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 500 2: 500 bogomips: 8666 Flags: 3dnowprefetch acpi aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept erms est flexpriority fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pni popcnt pse pse36 pti rdrand rdtscp rep_good sep smep ss sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq tsc_reliable vme vmx vnmi vpid xtopology xtpr Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected Type: l1tf status: Not affected Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations Type: retbleed status: Not affected Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected Type: srbds status: Not affected Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Graphics: Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f31 class-ID: 0300 Device-2: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 064e:c236 class-ID: 0e02 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31") Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x235c built: 2014 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 136 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.569 y: 0.333 green: x: 0.329 y: 0.569 blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.133 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 256x144mm (10.08x5.67") diag: 294mm (11.6") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768 EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 0 API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 22.2.0 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (BYT) direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f04 class-ID: 0403 Sound API: ALSA v: k5.19.0-kali2-amd64 running: yes Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.59 running: yes Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b1 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter> IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link WAN IP: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-4:5 chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: disabled rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: <filter> Info: acl-mtu: 1021:5 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff link-mode: peripheral accept Logical: Message: No logical block device data found. RAID: Message: No RAID data found. Drives: Local Storage: total: 22.29 GiB used: 6.41 GiB (28.8%) SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1 maj-min: 179:0 vendor: Hynix model: HAG2e size: 14.68 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0x7 scheme: GPT ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: PNY model: USB 2.0 FD size: 7.61 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR Message: No optical or floppy data found. Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 13.22 GiB size: 12.92 GiB (97.66%) used: 5.66 GiB (43.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk1p2 maj-min: 179:2 label: N/A uuid: c63f5c29-1fad-4b32-a88a-ed35a1c7b6ab ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 144 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/mmcblk1p1 maj-min: 179:1 label: N/A uuid: D264-3C90 ID-3: /media/harry/DC4E-F021 raw-size: 7.61 GiB size: 7.59 GiB (99.80%) used: 760.4 MiB (9.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A uuid: DC4E-F021 Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 976 MiB used: 768 KiB (0.1%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/mmcblk1p3 maj-min: 179:3 label: N/A uuid: 726ae05d-69c0-4551-b3ec-dcf015fe87f7 Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1boot0 maj-min: 179:256 size: 4 MiB fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A ID-2: /dev/mmcblk1boot1 maj-min: 179:512 size: 4 MiB fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 1-2.1:6 info: PNY Classic Attache Flash Drive type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 154b:007a class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter> Device-2: 1-2.3:4 info: Microchip Composite HID + CDC APP-ESS14-1 type: HID,Abstract (modem),CDC-Data driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04d8:0b28 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter> Device-3: 1-3:3 info: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 064e:c236 class-ID: 0e02 Device-4: 1-4:5 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001 Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Repos: Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1241 libs: 736 tools: apt,apt-get,synaptic Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 1: deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free Processes: CPU top: 5 of 171 1: cpu: 23.4% command: xorg pid: 38535 mem: 118.5 MiB (3.0%) 2: cpu: 15.1% command: firefox-esr pid: 45520 mem: 668.1 MiB (17.3%) 3: cpu: 3.6% command: libcpugraph.so started by: wrapper-2.0 pid: 38817 mem: 35.6 MiB (0.9%) 4: cpu: 2.8% command: conky pid: 45160 mem: 18.4 MiB (0.4%) 5: cpu: 2.7% command: conky pid: 39213 mem: 14.5 MiB (0.3%) Memory top: 5 of 171 1: mem: 668.1 MiB (17.3%) command: firefox-esr pid: 45520 cpu: 15.1% 2: mem: 146.2 MiB (3.8%) command: firefox-esr pid: 45730 cpu: 0.5% 3: mem: 132.5 MiB (3.4%) command: firefox-esr pid: 54690 cpu: 2.2% 4: mem: 118.5 MiB (3.0%) command: xorg pid: 38535 cpu: 23.4% 5: mem: 102.4 MiB (2.6%) command: qterminal pid: 84708 cpu: 1.7% Info: Processes: 171 Uptime: 3h 12m wakeups: 30523 Init: systemd v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A Shell: sh running-in: qterminal inxi: 3.3.23 $
2022-11-13
thomaspatrickwilson

rokytnji,

What process did you use to get it going?
2022-11-15
rokytnji

Paid for it

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204099018195

Just to mention. These 16 gig ssd drive are bit small for a kali install. I deleted my /swap partition to pick up more space because I can live with just 4 gig of ram and zram is a option also.
I broke my install when I blew away swap. Got the dreaded initramfs boot process telling me I needed run fschk on y install partition.
So made me a Live usb with gparted on it . Made sure my partition was unmounted before I did the fschk. All done graphically during live session run.
Well. I fixed it.

Code:

$ inxi -zv7 System: Kernel: 6.0.0-kali3-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.34 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: Kali GNU/Linux 2022.4 kali-rolling base: Debian testing Machine: Type: Laptop System: GOOGLE product: Candy v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: GOOGLE model: Candy v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: coreboot v: MrChromebox-4.18.1 date: 10/27/2022 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 42.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.3/44.5 Wh (95.2%) volts: 12.8 min: 11.4 model: Samsung DELL XK type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full cycles: 84 Memory: RAM: total: 3.76 GiB used: 1.71 GiB (45.6%) RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. CPU: Info: dual core model: Intel Celeron N2840 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Silvermont rev: 8 cache: L1: 112 KiB L2: 1024 KiB Speed (MHz): avg: 875 high: 1250 min/max: 500/2582 cores: 1: 500 2: 1250 bogomips: 8666 Flags: 3dnowprefetch acpi aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept erms est flexpriority fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pni popcnt pse pse36 pti rdrand rdtscp rep_good sep smep ss sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq tsc_reliable vme vmx vnmi vpid xtopology xtpr Graphics: Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f31 class-ID: 0300 Device-2: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 064e:c236 class-ID: 0e02 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31") Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x235c res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 136 size: 256x144mm (10.08x5.67") diag: 294mm (11.6") modes: 1366x768 API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 22.2.0 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (BYT) direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f04 class-ID: 0403 Sound API: ALSA v: k6.0.0-kali3-amd64 running: yes Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.60 running: yes Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b1 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter> IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link WAN IP: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-4:5 chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: disabled rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: <filter> Logical: Message: No logical block device data found. RAID: Message: No RAID data found. Drives: Local Storage: total: 14.68 GiB used: 8.32 GiB (56.6%) ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1 vendor: Hynix model: HAG2e size: 14.68 GiB type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0x7 scheme: GPT Message: No optical or floppy data found. Partition: ID-1: / size: 13.85 GiB used: 8.32 GiB (60.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk1p2 label: N/A uuid: c63f5c29-1fad-4b32-a88a-ed35a1c7b6ab ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 144 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/mmcblk1p1 label: N/A uuid: D264-3C90 Swap: Alert: No swap data was found. Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1boot0 size: 4 MiB fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A ID-2: /dev/mmcblk1boot1 size: 4 MiB fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 1-2.3:4 info: Microchip Composite HID + CDC APP-ESS14-1 type: HID,Abstract (modem),CDC-Data driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04d8:0b28 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter> Device-2: 1-3:3 info: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 064e:c236 class-ID: 0e02 Device-3: 1-4:5 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001 Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 165 Uptime: 17m wakeups: 9390 Init: systemd v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1459 Shell: sh running-in: qterminal inxi: 3.3.23

To boot my usb on this dell chromebook I bought. I Just have to hit the esc key to bring up bios boot order. I could have installed another distro if I so chose.
But. Curiosity won out to see if my fix would work.