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

**elsetherock** · August 19th, 2012

Originally Posted by rinocom

Try tabbing out the vboxdrv portion of 'sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv' and see if it has been moved... I say this because I found that I had a file called '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv.dpkg-bak'. I executed

Code:

laptop:~$ sudo cp /etc/init.d/vboxdrv.dpkg-bak /etc/init.d/vboxdrv
laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
 * Stopping VirtualBox kernel module                                             *  done.
 * Removing old VirtualBox netadp kernel module                                  *  done.
 * Removing old VirtualBox netflt kernel module                                  *  done.
 * Removing old VirtualBox kernel module                                         *  done.
 * Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module                                          *  done.
 * Starting VirtualBox kernel module                                             *  done.

I seem to be good now.

Rhino

very good, it's work for me.

Thanks

**Chuck Glenn** · November 6th, 2012

here's what has worked for me.. after reading the full message, and paying attention to the fact that it's saying something about kernel headers... drum roll please

I go to software center, enter "kernel headers". I remember something about "generic" from the last time I had this same issue, so I install the linux-headers-3.5.18-generic, then restart my machine. VOILA.

SO I guess VirtualBox needs the "generic headers" for whatever kernel you're running. Any time the kernel updates (pay attention to the updates window), you gotta re-install the headers and restart. Worked for me.

**mutified** · December 10th, 2012

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.2.6 (x86_64) Consult the make.log in the build directory /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-ose/3.1.6/build/ for more information. dpkg: error processing virtualbox-ose-dkms (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: virtualbox-ose-dkms is a persistent error. The same line occurs during: aptitude install synaptic or other install commands. I was still able to start synaptic and then selected all of the upgrades. One of them was virtualbox-ose-dkms. Installing...brb http://ubuntuforums.org/images/smilies/guitar.gif

**mutified** · December 10th, 2012

At the end of my Synaptic applications upgrade these are the results: "E: virtualbox-ose-dkms: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10" This error repeats throughout the upgrades and just following the python compatibility check. I'm at a loss. Sorry for not generating the upgrade script report.

**bbkudk** · January 25th, 2013

Thats helped for me:
aptitude purge virtualbox

Code:

echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(uname -r) contrib" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list 
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add - 
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install linux-headers
sudo aptitude install virtualbox-4.2

**XBMC old School** · January 27th, 2013

Sorry i have the same problem and booting into the default generic kernel didn't fix the VMmachine issue

**Gwaro** · February 18th, 2013

I downloaded the .deb file from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads , installed it with gdebi and I have had brighter days since then

!

**corswors** · February 21st, 2013

Hi Guys.

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

This is what i did to get the error above fixed

apt-get install linux-headers

apt-get install linux-headers-3.5.0-24-generic

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install dkms
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Working !!!

**XBMC old School** · February 23rd, 2013

Originally Posted by corswors

Hi Guys.

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

This is what i did to get the error above fixed

apt-get install linux-headers

apt-get install linux-headers-3.5.0-24-generic

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install dkms
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Working !!!

I tried the above method and got back errors.

Code:

                      P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }   Brock@Gonad:~$ apt-get install linux-headers  
 E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)  
 E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?  
 Brock@Gonad:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers  
 [sudo] password for Brock:  
 Reading package lists... Done  
 Building dependency tree        
 Reading state information... Done  
 Package linux-headers is a virtual package provided by:  
   linux-headers-3.7.4-lld-bfs-bfq 3.7.4-lld-bfs-bfq-10.00.Custom  
   linux-headers-3.6.6-low-latency-desktop 3.6.6-low-latency-desktop-10.00.Custom  
   linux-headers-3.6.6-lld+bfq 3.6.6-lld+bfq-10.00.Custom  
   linux-headers-3.6.6-crazyass-fast 3.6.6-crazyass-fast-10.00.Custom  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-38-lowlatency 3.2.0-38.40  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-37-lowlatency 3.2.0-37.37  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-36-lowlatency 3.2.0-36.36  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-35-lowlatency 3.2.0-35.34  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-33-lowlatency 3.2.0-33.33  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-38-virtual 3.2.0-38.61  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-38-generic 3.2.0-38.61  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-38 3.2.0-38.61  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-37-virtual 3.2.0-37.58  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-37-generic 3.2.0-37.58  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-37 3.2.0-37.58  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-36-virtual 3.2.0-36.57  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-36-generic 3.2.0-36.57  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-36 3.2.0-36.57  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-35-virtual 3.2.0-35.55  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-35-generic 3.2.0-35.55  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-35 3.2.0-35.55  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-34-virtual 3.2.0-34.53  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-34-generic 3.2.0-34.53  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-34 3.2.0-34.53  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-33-virtual 3.2.0-33.52  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-33-generic 3.2.0-33.52  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-33 3.2.0-33.52  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-32-virtual 3.2.0-32.51  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-32-generic 3.2.0-32.51  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-32 3.2.0-32.51  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-31-virtual 3.2.0-31.50  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-31-generic 3.2.0-31.50  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-31 3.2.0-31.50  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-30-virtual 3.2.0-30.48  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-30-generic 3.2.0-30.48  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-30 3.2.0-30.48  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-29-virtual 3.2.0-29.46  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-29-generic 3.2.0-29.46  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-29 3.2.0-29.46  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-27-virtual 3.2.0-27.43  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-27-generic 3.2.0-27.43  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-27 3.2.0-27.43  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-26-virtual 3.2.0-26.41  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-26-generic 3.2.0-26.41  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-26 3.2.0-26.41  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-25-virtual 3.2.0-25.40  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-25-generic 3.2.0-25.40  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-25 3.2.0-25.40  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-24-virtual 3.2.0-24.39  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic 3.2.0-24.39  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-24 3.2.0-24.39  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-23-lowlatency 3.2.0-23.31  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-23-virtual 3.2.0-23.36  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic 3.2.0-23.36  
   linux-headers-3.2.0-23 3.2.0-23.36  
 You should explicitly select one to install.  
 

 E: Package 'linux-headers' has no installation candidate  
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 Reading package lists... Done  
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 The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:  
   libsdl-ttf2.0-0 linux-headers-3.2.0-29 linux-headers-3.2.0-29-generic  
   language-pack-kde-zh-hans-base language-pack-kde-en kde-l10n-engb  
   language-pack-zh-hans-base kde-l10n-zhcn language-pack-zh-hans  
   language-pack-kde-zh-hans language-pack-kde-en-base  
 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.  
 The following extra packages will be installed:  
   linux-headers-3.5.0-24  
 The following NEW packages will be installed:  
   linux-headers-3.5.0-24 linux-headers-3.5.0-24-generic  
 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.  
 Need to get 13.1 MB of archives.  
 After this operation, 70.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.  
 Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y  
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 Fetched 13.1 MB in 5s (2,572 kB/s)                       
 Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-3.5.0-24.  
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 Setting up linux-headers-3.5.0-24 (3.5.0-24.37~precise1) ...  
 Setting up linux-headers-3.5.0-24-generic (3.5.0-24.37~precise1) ...  
 Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.  
 run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 3.5.0-24-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-24-generic  
 Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.5.0-24-generic (x86_64)  
 Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/make.log for more information.  
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 W: Failed to fetch http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/dists/precise/InRelease  Unable to find expected entry 'contrib/source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)  
 

 E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.  
 Brock@Gonad:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.5.0-24-generic  
 Reading package lists... Done  
 Building dependency tree        
 Reading state information... Done  
 linux-headers-3.5.0-24-generic is already the newest version.  
 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.  
 Brock@Gonad:~$ sudo aptitude install dkms  
 No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.  
 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.  
 Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.  
                                           
 Brock@Gonad:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup  
 Brock@Gonad:~$

There is something wrong with my sources or my virtual box Key and i don't know how to fix it.

**CharlesA** · February 23rd, 2013

It should be either:

Code:

linux-headers-generic

OR

Code:

linux-headers-server

Depending if you have the server or desktop version of Ubuntu installed.

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