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teja483
May 20th, 2011, 01:00 PM
i installed virtual box software.

created a "VM-Operating System". for WIN7.

double clicked it to see how i can install WIN7.

i got

" p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and execute 'modprobe vboxdrv' as root.
"


what should i do.


thanks for your support.:P

dargaud
May 20th, 2011, 01:04 PM
How did you install it, via the package manager / apt-get method, or by downloading the .deb file from Oracle ?

teja483
May 20th, 2011, 01:25 PM
virtualbox 4.0_4.0.8-71778~Ubuntu~lucid_i386.deb

i downloaed it from the net and installed it.

teja483
May 21st, 2011, 10:40 AM
http:///home/testuser/Pictures/Screenshot.png
please check to this error.

this was whai im getting

teja483
May 21st, 2011, 10:41 AM
sorry i tried to send the scren shot of my error.

looks like i failed in the attempt.

craigsmith86
May 21st, 2011, 11:44 AM
You could try installing that ose package from synaptic then add the module.

If you get that far then you're further than me, I'm having trouble upgrading virtualbox to 4.0.4