There seem to be a number of threads related to VirtualBox problems in Hardy, but I've looked at several, and haven't seen this exact problem.
Since I upgraded to Hardy (386), I can't get VirtualBox to work.
The VirtualBox console will launch, but when I try to launch a virtual machine (my one VM is Windows XP 32-bit), it pops up a dialog with the following message:
VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Please install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for your kernel and execute '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv start' as root.
VBox status code: -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED).
Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}
When I search Synaptic for VirtualBox, I find the following packages:
virtualbox-ose (version 1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu3)
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22 6
The updater also keeps popping up and reminding me to install virtualbox-ose (version 1.5.6-dfsg-6ubuntu1). When I click on "Install Updates," it fails with the following message:
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-ose_1.5.6-dfsg-6ubuntu1_i386.deb: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
I tried following the instructions in the error box and ran
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start
The result was:
* Starting VirtualBox kernel module vboxdrv
FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found.
* Modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.
I also ran across a message suggesting that I run vboxdrv with the command "setup", so I ran
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start
The result was:
* Usage: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv {start|stop|restart|status}
Any suggestions on how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance!
Edit: oops, I made a cut and paste error. The last bit should read:
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
The result was:
* Usage: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv {start|stop|restart|status}
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