kernel upgrade 2.6.24-17 to 2.6.24-19 breaks virtualbox

[fethio]

Hello

virtualbox gives the following error when i boot with my new 2.6.24-19 kernel.


Failed to start the virtual machine ...

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}

when i boot with 2.6.24-17, vbox works.

help is appreciated...

[hopelessone]

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

[fethio]

thanks. here's the output of your suggestion

fethi@desktop-A709:/boot$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start
* Starting VirtualBox kernel module vboxdrv
* Modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.

[zgornel]

'setup', not 'start' :D

[negativ]

'setup', not 'start' :D

That gives me:


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

[Maitar]

you don't have the setup option because you're using an old version of virtualbox. (probably 1.5.6 or so) The version available in the ubuntu/kubuntu repository is an older version, so don't bother waiting for an update. The current version is 2.0.6
Go to virtualbox.org and get the latest version. Install instructions for the open source edition are on the site (at the bottom of the downloads page) if you don't know how to do it. Follow them carefully and you'll have no trouble. Once updated it should work fine. Or you can use the binaries for the closed source version if that suits you.