Install problem on Debian Lenny 5.01

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digiwo
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Joined: 6. Apr 2009, 10:57
Primary OS: Debian Lenny
VBox Version: OSE Debian
Guest OSses: Windows XP

Install problem on Debian Lenny 5.01

Post by digiwo »

Hallo.
I get follwing messge by trying to start Virtualbox

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WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
	 Please install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for your kernel and
	 load the module named vboxdrv into your system.

	 You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
if i try to run "modprobe vboxdrv" i will get

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FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found.
what shoul i do? all packages are installed.
Sasquatch
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Re: Install problem on Debian Lenny 5.01

Post by Sasquatch »

You're using the OSE version, so do what the message states, install the OSE-Modules from apt.
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