Virtualbox kernel not loaded

[wbrokow1]

When I installed Virtualbox I get an error that the kernel module was not loaded. How can I remedy this? I did many searches in the forum and no solutions work, I am using ubuntu 8.04

Thanks for any help

[warddr]

Did you already restart your computer after installation?

[hictio]

What is the exact error message you are getting?

[wbrokow1]

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}

[demosthenese]

Whenever VirtualBox is upgraded, or your kernel is upgraded, you need to reinstall the driver.


sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

[wbrokow1]

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

[wbrokow1]

Failure to create the Virtualbox COM object
terminate

any help is appreciated