I've had this happen to me a couple times now and the simple fix that I've been using is:
sudo apt-get install dkms
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
I've had this happen to me a couple times now and the simple fix that I've been using is:
sudo apt-get install dkms
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
I think I already tried that once, as I usually Google first and only ask here if I can't solve it myself.Code:statia@quokka:~$ sudo apt-get install dkms Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done dkms is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. statia@quokka:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup sudo: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: command not found
So why does that work for you, but not for me?
Sometimes I think I should call my box Murphy...
I have this same problem after every kernel update my virtualbox stops working. After searching I found this solution from this here
not convenient but at least I don't have to re-install virtualbox and the two OS's I have in virtual machines.sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms
I've created a bash script to execute these commands, now a little more convenient.
Last edited by Kufa61; October 15th, 2012 at 06:00 PM.
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms
worked for me
Yes the same thing happened to me yesterday. I haven't used Virtualbox for a few weeks and went to use it yesterday and had the same problem with the kernel.
I spent a couple of hours trying to sort it out to no avail. This was after spending quite a bit of time getting it installed in the first place.....this is totally frustrating. I'm going to sent virtualbox to the bin and just use a dual boot. I know it takes time to change from one system to another but it doesn't take that much time. A lot less than the time I've spent trying to get a simple upgrade worked out. Hey virtualbox...... this is just not acceptable....it's 2012 get it sorted.
DM
Well I used the two simple commands and virtualbox now works!
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms
Note to self.....remember these commands.
DM
Well, just upgraded to 3.2.0-33 and this time VirtualBox kept working, so it seems solved. I'll mark this thread as solved and would like to thank everyone for their input.
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