On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Gene Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ok, so I ran  sudo insmod /lib/modules/2.6.24-17-generic/misc/vboxdrv.ko 
> again to get virtualbox working again then your command :
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ modprobe -r vboxdrv
> FATAL: Error removing vboxdrv 
> (/lib/modules/2.6.24-17-generic/misc/vboxdrv.ko): Operation not permitted
>
> so I guess that I am not permitted to run modprobe now that depmod has
> been run ? did I even do what you wanted me to try correctly ?

I get the same errors if I don't run them with sudo.
Because of security issues only users with special capabilities can
insert/remove kernel modules.
Run them all with sudo!

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