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

[stegfeld]

hey,

all of your tips didnt help for me.. the command

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

works as long as I don't restart my PC.. after the reboot I have to do the same again..

if I hit

sudo aptitude update

I get

Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy Release                                                   
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/main Sources                                              
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/non-free Sources        
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/contrib Sources         
Treffer http://download.virtualbox.org wheezy Release.gpg       
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/main amd64 Packages     
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/non-free amd64 Packages 
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/contrib amd64 Packages  
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/main i386 Packages      
Treffer http://download.virtualbox.org wheezy Release           
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/non-free i386 Packages  
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/contrib i386 Packages   
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/contrib Translation-en  
Treffer http://download.virtualbox.org wheezy/contrib amd64 Packages
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/main Translation-de_DE  
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/main Translation-de     
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/main Translation-en     
Treffer http://download.virtualbox.org wheezy/contrib i386 Packages
Treffer http://ftp.de.debian.org wheezy/non-free Translation-en 
Treffer http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg   
Treffer http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release
Treffer http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Sources
Treffer http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main amd64 Packages
Treffer http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main i386 Packages
Treffer http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org wheezy/contrib Translation-de_DE
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org wheezy/contrib Translation-de
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org wheezy/contrib Translation-en

after this I hit

sudo aptitude install dkms

and I get
0 updated, 0 added, 0 deleted

then I hit

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

and I get

[ ok ] Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules:.
[ ok ] Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules:.
[ ok ] Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS:.
[ ok ] Starting VirtualBox kernel modules:.

well, as I already said, it works, as long as I don't restart my PC..

whats wrong? could it be a rights-problem?

[stegfeld]

heelp!!

[CharlesA]

I don't use virtualbox anymore but you could check to see if the kernel modules are actually loaded or not after a reboot.

What do you get back if you run this after a reboot:

lsmod | grep vbox

[stegfeld]

after a reboot there is no output,

when I execute this command

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

I get

vboxpci                19096  0 
vboxnetadp             25443  0 
vboxnetflt             23608  0 
vboxdrv               217233  3 vboxnetflt,vboxnetadp,vboxpci

what can I do?

[CharlesA]

OK, it might be a problem with Vbox on Wheezy. I would suggest making a thread on the virtualbox forums and seeing what they say.
https://forums.virtualbox.org/

[stegfeld]

they seem to be on vacation.. no answer after two days..
I tried to add

@reboot .../vbox.sh

this on /etc/crontab

in this vbox.sh script there is only

#!/bin/sh
#
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

but it doesn't work as well.. I still have to execute this vboxdrv setup after every reboot/logon

[stegfeld]

solution:
change line #32 at /etc/init.d/virtualbox (as root)

test -d /usr/share/doc/virtualbox -a -x /usr/bin/VBoxHeadless || exit 0

to

test -d /usr/share/doc/virtualbox-4.2 -a -x /usr/bin/VBoxHeadless || exit 0

[CharlesA]

You'd need to run it in a root crontab and reference it via full path. If that still doesn't work, you could try purging vbox and all the extra junk it pulls in and then reinstalling it to see if that fixes it.

EDIT: I guess the uninstall script didn't clean up after itself. >.<

[one-up]

I had the same problem and I tried to reinstall virtualbox, the 'dkms' package, run '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' or add 'vboxdrv' to '/etc/modules' but nothing worked. For me the solution was to install the 'virtualbox-dkms' package by running 'sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms'

[Steve H]

Hi,

I found a solution for the reboot problem from here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1313989

You just have to log in as a root and add one line code in a file: /etc/modules

The line is: vboxdrv

Then save, reboot and log in a usual. Worked for me.

That worked for me on Debian Wheezy. Many thanks.