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    "Manual" start of virtual box kernel manager

    As I've mentioned in another thread, I am having an intermittent problem with some services not starting at boot. One of these is vbox's kernel manager. I've written a little script I can run to fix this issue when it occurs, but at the current moment it does not fix vbox. Instead, when I try to start a guest I get an error, and the "default" fix that is offered is to recompile the kernel. As many here can appreciate, this takes a bit of time and is overkill in regards to fixing the true issue.

    I was wondering if anyone knows how to "manually" start the vbox kernel manager (i.e. from the command line). I've not been able to figure out how to do this. I did find a few imaginative ways to wreck vbox though,,,

    I'm running vbox 3.2.6 r63112 (the closed source version) in Ubuntu 10.04, 64 bit.

    Thanx

    Bryan

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    Re: "Manual" start of virtual box kernel manager

    After a whole day of searching (instead of working - he, he) I managed to track down my answer. At the command line enter:

    Code:
    sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start
    This will start the vbox kernel driver.

    Now, if only I could get it to load every time I boot...

    Bryan

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