"VirtualBox kernel driver not installed" error after Hardy upgrade

[jbirdjavi]

Yeah same problem here. The 17 kernel that I installed came from hardy-updates. But Virtualbox doesn't yet have an updated kernel module. Guess I'll be booting into 16 until that time...

[ivze]

Kernel module may also be obtained by compiling it from sources (that exist in the repository - search for "virtualbox" in synaptic). For me that worked fine.

[ubuntism]

but how do i compile it then?

[_angel__]

I got the same problem after today's kernel update. Reinstall virtualbox solved it.

[destiney]

Try this:

http://destiney.com/blog/virtualbox-...kernel-upgrade

[ubuntism]

Try this:

http://destiney.com/blog/virtualbox-...kernel-upgrade

That's a good one. Although, i wish they'd make sure it works before releasing the kernel to the public.

Edit: Disclaimer: I haven't actually tried the proposed solution, but it looks like a good one. A temporary fix until the real one is released. I went with the "boot into the old kernel"-option, which is alot easier.

[ubuntism]

Shows over. It works now. Just upgrade from the repository. Thanks ubuntu people. Whoever you all are, thanks.

[michaelzap]

Shows over. It works now. Just upgrade from the repository. Thanks ubuntu people. Whoever you all are, thanks.

THANKS for posting this! I was pulling my hair out trying to get this to work right now and if I hadn't seen your post I never would've looked for another update since I booted this morning. Now I just need to log out and back in for the change to take effect...

[michaelzap]

THANKS for posting this! I was pulling my hair out trying to get this to work right now and if I hadn't seen your post I never would've looked for another update since I booted this morning. Now I just need to log out and back in for the change to take effect...

Er... I didn't read the VirtualBox error message that carefully, but it did also say that I should add my user to the virtualbox user group (which I hadn't done, since this was a fresh install and I didn't pay attention). So of course THAT was why I needed to log out and back in...

Once I applied the kernal driver update, added myself to the virtualbox user group, and logged out and back in, my virtual machine worked again.

[nunki]

I had the 64bit deb installed and got this same error this morning after the upgrade. I just ran

sudo dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox

Seemed to clear the problem up.