VirtualBox OSE -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED).

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First let me say that I don't want to change to the non free version from Sun.

My kernel was updated recently, within the last week as I recall. Currently I am running 2.6.24-25-generic. The latest Virtualbox-ose-modules listed in Synaptic is 2.6.24-24.

When I try to start a virtual machine I get:

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}


I have DKMS installed. When I run:

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
I get the response:

* Usage: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv {start|stop|restart|status}

The same thing happens if I substitute "virtualbox-ose" in the command and there are no other commands related to VirtualBox there.

All of the solutions I have found in the forums either don't work for me (as above) or refer to the non-free version from Sun.

Edit / Update: Switching back to the 2.6.24-24 kernel IS a workaround. However I'd rather have a solution that lets me stay with the latest kernel.

Any ideas ??

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Bump ??

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Solved when virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-25-generic was installed as part of a routine update. I have switched back to the new kernel and everything is working just fine.