The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded

[pHuXx]

I updated to Jaunty and am getting this:

q@q-desktop:~$ sudo VirtualBox
[sudo] password for q:
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (2.6.28-11-generic) or it failed to
load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

When i do sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup:

q@q-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
* Stopping VirtualBox kernel module * done.
* Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module
* Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong

So what should i do.
Please help.

[bluefrog]

* Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong
as said

[Perryg]

I would suggest that you do what the message is telling you to do.
Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong

Probably you need the kernel-headers for you Linux version, but this will be in the last few lines of the log.

[pHuXx]

"Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong"

This is var/log/vbox-install.log:

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv: 342: /usr/share/virtualbox/src/vboxdrv/build_in_tmp: not found


So what should i do.

[squareff255]

I FOUND THE SOLUTION! You just need to use the following commands


cd /etc/init.d

and then...

sudo mv vboxdrv.dpkg-bak vboxdrv

and finally...

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Then, if you have any virtualbox anything running, shut it off and turn it back on. Worked for me on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala with VirtualBox 3.1.2

[ntitdost]

I

sudo mv vboxdrv.dpkg-bak vboxdrv


My system don't have file vboxdrv.dpkg-bak, I use 10.04. Maybe have any mistake here?

[jospehko]

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
solved my problem....


Thank you.
Joseph