On June 7, 2008 07:59:47 pm David C. Rankin wrote: > Mike Jeays wrote: > > I have been using Vbox 1.4.0 with Ubuntu's Gutsy Gibbon as host, with > > great success running XP as a guest. Yesterday, I upgraded the host to > > Hardy Heron, and VirtualBox no longer works - I get: > > > > "VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was > > either > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > It has given you the answer. First confirm that the module is, or isn't > installed. From a console (x-term or konsole, etc.), run: "lsmod | grep > vbox" > > If installed, you get: > > 15:57 Rankin-P35a~> lsmod | grep vbox > vboxdrv 74632 0 > > If not installed, you get nothing. > > Next as root try and install the module manually from your console > window. > You must be root to do this. Use "modprobe -v vboxdrv". If you get any > error, then the kernel driver (module vboxdrv.ko) can't be loaded and you > will have to rebuild it. > > To rebuild the kernel module you MUST have the "kernel source" > installed. > Otherwise, you have nothing to build the module with. VirtualBox provides > you with a script to build the driver. To build the driver, you must be > root and execute: > > /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup > > Consult the excellently prepared, but underutilized user guide at: > > http://www.virtualbox.org/download/1.6.2/UserManual.pdf
Thanks - the kernel source is not installed for the latest release! Duh. I should be back in business soon. The manual is a very well done - I do have a bookmarked copy on my machine, but have obviously underutilized it. -- Mike Jeays http://www.jeays.ca _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
