Virtual Box is annoying me! Help!

[macintosh]

Hello It's macintosh hear having a problem with his Linux Box. He gets this error which is hard to put into words
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/5652/screenshotvboxgtkkd5.png
This is a more detailed error message

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}

iConsole? That's funny!

[zachalekos]

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
Use this address to download virtual box. then add yourself (your user) to vboxusers group. remember to remove the version you have installed first.

[macintosh]

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
Use this address to download virtual box. then add yourself (your user) to vboxusers group. remember to remove the version you have installed first.

does the OSS version work with vboxgtk? I only use the FOSS version because of that.

[albinootje]

does the OSS version work with vboxgtk? I only use the FOSS version because of that.

The error message suggested installing the virtualbox modules that are needed.
You can check whether you have them with :

uname -a
dpkg -l|grep -i virtualbox

[joebeasley]

Is the module loaded? /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start

[stephanvaningen]

Possibly this came up after a Ubuntu-update where a new kernel-version was updated/installed. Do this:
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
And you should be up and running, correct?