Comments on: How To Fix Virtualbox After Upgrading Ubuntu

By: Macufendo

Macufendo — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:56:01 +0000

Thank you so much!

The solution for me was also:

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Regards,

Macufendo.

By: Titus

Titus — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:08:26 +0000

Hey Dave, just to tell you you are the best!
It worked “out of the box” for me, after I had spent hours trying to understand what could have caused the issue.

100 points +!

Thanks, Titus.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:35:19 +0000

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup worked great for me after kubuntu 8.10 update.
Thanks for the help

By: Ian Berean

Ian Berean — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:09:45 +0000

Follow-up to my previous post: I’ve removed VB and then reinstalled from the site and everything seems to be working. Once again, many thanks.

By: Ian Berean

Ian Berean — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:43:29 +0000

Thanks for putting this together. Unfortunately, I’m left with the same error that I received previously:

VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (rc=-1908)

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Re-setup the kernel module by executing

‘/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup’

as root. Users of Ubuntu or Fedora should install the DKMS package at first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.

I’ve performed your suggestions twice, and rebooted in-between, but no luck alas. Any ideas, Dave? Any suggestions gratefully received. Thank you. Ian