VirtualBox error: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

[Burley_Gwaltney]

If you are having this problema nd the previous solutions don't work for you, try this -

Run (in a terminal)

sudo ls /etc/init.d

Look for somethis like vbox, or virtualbox (on mine it was virtualbox-ose)

Then run

sudo /etc/init.d/whatever-it-is-in-yours restart

If you get errors there, post them here

This worked for me! Thanks for this.

[_SoNiC_]

Thanks bro it's worked for me

[marsanyi]

For those for whom /etc/init.d/vboxdrv doesn't exist, you might try this:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall virtualbox-dkms

Even though I had virtualbox-dkms installed, I had to force a reinstall to trigger the rebuild of the kernel module, which fixed things. I'm running 12.04LTS, did the normal update today (April 25)

[Sagar_Gorijala]

sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms

Solved my problem.

[ryan-arnold-k]

i juast started getting this error after a suggested software update.

i ran:
udo apt-get remove virtualbox-dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms

removal worked fine, reinstall ended with the following error:
Unpacking virtualbox-dkms (from .../virtualbox-dkms_4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6_all.deb) ...
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6) ...
Loading new virtualbox-4.1.12 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.13.0-32-generic
Building initial module for 3.13.0-32-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/make.log for more information.

what did i break?

[oldpilsbury]

I have also this problem, and i have tried the solution in this thread, but it just do not work. I use the PUEL version of virtualbox and i have also tried with the OSE version. None of them work.



I have tried the



Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
But this is what comes out.


bash: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: No such file or directory


Do anybody have some solutions on my problem?

In Linux Mint 17 I received the same error. I had a looksee and there is no vboxdrv in /etc/init.d/. There is a script called virtualbox.

sudo ./virtualbox force-reload

Success.

[ahmad10]

Well, just use these commands

cd /etc/init.d

sudo ./vboxdrv setup

And that's it

[steve186]

So I had this issue and nothing here worked. I had tried to reinstall virtualbox without success. So here is what worked for me:

sudo apt-get remove --purge virtualbox
--- I rebooted, not sure if I needed to.
--- here I went to root, not sure if I needed to but I did it anyway
su
apt-get install virtualbox
--- rebooted again and works fine now. The reason I just 'su' over 'sudo' was per the permission errors and in the past sudo sometimes hasn't made the cut.


hope this helps someone.

[javier38]

try this command:

apt-get install dkms

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

good luck

[uRock]

I'm having the same issue. Totally regretting installing the latest release from Oracle.

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMSError! Your kernel headers for kernel 3.13.0-35-generic cannot be found.
Please install the linux-headers-3.13.0-35-generic package,
or use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located
 ...failed!
  (Failed, trying without DKMS)
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules ...failed!
  (Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong)

Edit: Went into Synaptic and installed linux-headers-3.13.0-35-generic, then reran the above command.

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS ...done.
Starting VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.

Fixed the issue. Virtualbox now runs with no problems.