Virtualbox errors out when creating or opening VM
Posted
by
user106986
on Ask Ubuntu
See other posts from Ask Ubuntu
or by user106986
Published on 2012-11-10T17:14:51Z
Indexed on
2012/11/10
17:17 UTC
Read the original article
Hit count: 161
virtualbox
I installed Virtual-box about a week ago and now every time I either try to start a VM or create a new one I get the error listed below. I am in the vboxusers group. I completely uninstalled and re-installed the application without any change in the error. When I run the command below I receive "command not found". Then when I try to install dkms they systems says it is already installed. Right now I have removed the application and any files and would love to re-install the application again to get it working. I remove the application using:
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox* --purge
Any ideas?
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executing
'/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
as root. If it is available in your distribution, you should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: Machine Interface: IMachine {5eaa9319-62fc-4b0a-843c-0cb1940f8a91}
© Ask Ubuntu or respective owner