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Hello,
hope someone can help. I'm trying to install on ubuntu 9.0.4 the version 3.0.2 of virtualbox.
it seems to run install ok by double clicking on the .deb file downloaded from the site. However, no app shortcut appears. So i rerun install, and now get shortcut....
I try make new VM and go through the wizard but when i try and start it i get error message....
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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. Re-setup the kernel module by executing

'/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'

as root. Users of Ubuntu, Fedora or Mandriva should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.
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in the /etc/init.d folder there is no vboxdrv file.....
any suggestions welcome

Have you added your login to the vboxusers group?

usermod -aG vboxusers <your username>

You should read the FAQ VirtualBox FAQ

yes i checked this. the install does that on its own with no problem.

I know that when i try reinstall i have to delete the group first otherwise install fails.

it just seems that when the install runs ...it does not complete even though it says it does.....

Read the FAQ I sent for installation requirements and the proper way to install.
It should not be a problem to install in Ubuntu 9.04 if you have all of the prerequisites done before hand.
Also installing by clicking is not the proper way to install. Install it from terminal while in SU mode.
It's all in the FAQ

I had some problems with the downloaded version too, but got everything running after adding the virtualbox repositories to my software sources and install using the synaptic package manager.
Detailed instructions on how to add these repositories and the corresponding key can be found at the bottom half of the download page:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Make sure you only add the repository line for ubuntu 9.04:
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jaunty non-free
It will be best if you remove your previous installation first.

GAJ wrote:I had some problems with the downloaded version too, but got everything running after adding the virtualbox repositories to my software sources and install using the synaptic package manager.
Detailed instructions on how to add these repositories and the corresponding key can be found at the bottom half of the download page:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Make sure you only add the repository line for ubuntu 9.04:
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jaunty non-free
It will be best if you remove your previous installation first.

the repo's are for OSE edition, not PUEL that you download from virtualbox.org

i'd say the problem is double-clicking the .deb file instead of "sudo dpkg -i *.deb"

Actually this is not totally correct. You can add the virtualbox PUEL to your sources.list and import the key to download and install the PUEL version on Ubuntu or other Linux distros via update and apt-get install, or by the synaptic package manager. It is explained on the VirtualBox.org site as well. But I totally agree with the double click. I have only seen it work once and it was not that pretty.

still more bad: double-clicking a .deb file is abuse

Confirm this behavior when clicking on the deb in 9.04 to install:

No app entry appears in applications.

That's as far as I got. Then I came here.

w4sh5ub,
You should not try to install by double clicking as it will almost always fail. You should open a terminal and run it from there as su.