Help help i need help

[touchapedia]

man this is annoying me i need someone to help me fix this error


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}


if you know how please send a reply or email thanks

[prshah]

Please install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for your kernel, e.g. virtualbox-ose-modules-generic..


As a first step: Open a terminal, (Applications-Accessories-Terminal) and give the command sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-modules-generic

[touchapedia]

As a first step: Open a terminal, (Applications-Accessories-Terminal) and give the command sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-modules-generic
it gives me this in terminal

reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
virtualbox-ose-modules-generic: Depends: virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-20-generic but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

[prshah]

virtualbox-ose-modules-generic: Depends: virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-20-generic but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-20-generic The virtualbox-ose-generic is a metapackage that should automatically select the correct version for your running kernel; but that didn't happen, so the above command will work.

[touchapedia]

this is what i get i uninstalled virtualbox and did it and this is what happend

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-20-generic: Depends: linux-image-2.6.24-20-generic but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

[pingnak]

I have the same problem. For some reason that 'latest, greatest' -20 kernel ain't installed, but the configurator thinks it is, but once it tries, it discovers it can't install the -20 version because for whatever reason, I'm not running the -20 kernel.

Looks like I have versions up to -19 installed, but nothing touched my grub/menu.lst to update it, so -16 is running.

You can manually install the version that matches the kernel you're currently running.

Check the kernel version that you're actually running. The numbers should match with the module.

So, if you have 2.6.24-16-generic installed as the kernel...
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-16-generic

Remember, the NEXT time an 'automatic update' updates the kernel, this will break, and you'll need to manually install the kernel goodies for THAT.

[melojo]

type
uname -r in a console and that will tell you what kernel you have

[touchapedia]

2.6.24-19-generic

it says this ^^^^^

[melojo]

2.6.24-19-generic

it says this ^^^^^
Sorry it took so long to get back to you
you may have already figured it out!!!
type in a console
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-19-generic

[ad_267]

I'm having the same problem. That worked for me.