getting VurtualBox up 'n running

[reggler]

Hi there,

I'm trying to get Virtual Box going on my Kubuntu 8.04 here at work.
When starting my virtual machine i keep getting this:

VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Please install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for your kernel, e.g. virtualbox-ose-modules-generic..
VBox status code: -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED).

Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}

even tho I had installed "virtualbox-ose-modules-generic" already.
When issueing "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv start" i get this:

root@NovaxPRG-T1111:~# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start
* Starting VirtualBox kernel module vboxdrv
* No suitable module for running kernel found.

What's going on here? I'm running kernel 2.6.24 with Kubuntu 8.04.
What do I need to do Surprised

Thanks for your help!
Ron

[Zerix01]

Re: getting VurtualBox up 'n running

I just installed Virtual box the other day and I know I had that issue. I'm just not sure how I fixed it

Looking through the PDF manual I think I just needed to add my user to the group.

sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers username

You will need to log out and back in before it will take effect.

Let me know if that helps. Also if you can figure out how to get USB support to the VM let me know.

[Guest]

Re: getting VurtualBox up 'n running

Hi,

Try installing virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-[whatever is appropriate for the host in question]. That solved the problem for me when I got the same error after installing the -modules-generic.

~ Anders Benke