Virtual box

[keter682]

I can't use virtual box.


File vboxdrv don't exist.
DKMS installed/
OS Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit.

[howefield]

I think it is the headers that you need to install to match your installed kernel.

Install them then run the command in the error.

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

[keter682]

I think it is the headers that you need to install to match your installed kernel.

Install them then run the command in the error.

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv don't exist

[efflandt]

How did you install virtualbox? Did you download the deb file from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads or follow instructions farther down the page for "Debian-based Linux distributions"?

I did the latter (adding the repository and using sudo apt-get), and the only thing I had to do after installing it was add myself to the vboxusers group (although, I am running 64-bit 12.04). I also added the "Extension Pack" from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

VboxGuestAdditions.iso ends up in /usr/share/virtualbox which you can mount on the virtual CD of a guest operating system. Although, in certain Linux distributions you might need to uninstall their older default guest additions before installing this matching version.

[keter682]

How did you install virtualbox? Did you download the deb file from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads or follow instructions farther down the page for "Debian-based Linux distributions"?

I did the latter (adding the repository and using sudo apt-get), and the only thing I had to do after installing it was add myself to the vboxusers group (although, I am running 64-bit 12.04). I also added the "Extension Pack" from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

VboxGuestAdditions.iso ends up in /usr/share/virtualbox which you can mount on the virtual CD of a guest operating system. Although, in certain Linux distributions you might need to uninstall their older default guest additions before installing this matching version.

Thank you. I soloved my problem.