Just install the latest version of VirtualBox (4.2.6) from this link,
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
Just install the latest version of VirtualBox (4.2.6) from this link,
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
Thanks, "Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)" is solved!
Not exactly. You cannot have both versions of VirtualBox installed at the same time as they conflict with each other and have different dependencies. If you are going to use the one from virtualbox.org, you need to purge the OSE edition that was installed from the Ubuntu repos.
After it is purged, I recommend adding the VirtualBox repo to your sources.list instead of just installing the deb, that way your version of VirtualBox is kept up-to-date.
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Same problem here: I checked with
ttdave@ttbunt:~$ dkms status
fglrx, 8.960, 3.2.0-36-generic, x86_64: installed
fglrx, 8.960, 3.2.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed
so...no virtualbox marked installed in dkms
then I found this on the net:
I have been having this same problem and I think I fixed it today. Turns out that the virtualbox update never deleted the old directory from /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost. In my case the old version was 4.1.4. I'm currently running 4.1.8 but I swear I was running 4.1.4, then 4.1.6, and now 4.1.8. So I think the problem actually began between the 4.1.4 and 4.1.6 releases.
To resolve this simply delete the old directory and then run the setup again:
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$ cd /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost
$ sudo rm -rf 4.1.4
$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
So I moved all the stuff I had from /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost in another place (just in case...) and then did the usual dance:
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms
checked fi virtualbox was working, and it was so I checked again dkms:
ttdave@ttbunt:~$ dkms status
fglrx, 8.960, 2.6.32-44-generic, x86_64: installed
fglrx, 8.960, 3.2.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed
fglrx, 8.960, 3.2.0-33-generic, x86_64: installed
fglrx, 8.960, 3.2.0-34-generic, x86_64: installed
fglrx, 8.960, 3.2.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
fglrx, 8.960, 3.2.0-36-generic, x86_64: installed
fglrx, 8.960, 3.2.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.12, 3.2.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed
Now virtualbox is listed as installed in dkms! Hopefully at next kernel release it will compile automatically as it should (and was in 10.04 lts)
After 6 months without trouble this issue is back on 12.04. Good thing the old solution still does it.
This thread has now over 50 k visits, which is about 2.5 times what the Ubuntu Phone thread has, pretty impressive.
Last edited by lads; February 14th, 2013 at 08:43 AM.
Back again after only 5 days running... and this time the old solution doesn't seem to work.
Can anyone help?
Last edited by CharlesA; February 20th, 2013 at 05:57 PM. Reason: MS slang
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