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Hi,

Having installed kernel 2.6.24.18-generic on Ubuntu 8.04 I get the following message when I launch the Windows XP SP3 guest OS. Note this still works under the kernel 2.6.24.16-generic.

VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Re-setup the kernel module by executing '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' as root.
VBox status code: -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED).

Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {d5a1cbda-f5d7-4824-9afe-d640c94c7dcf}

I excuted the command above and got the following message:
$ su /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Unknown id: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv

I suppose the question is how do I install the VirtualBox kernel driver for this kernel?

Thanks

I installed Virtualbox 1.6.2 from here: Link on Ubuntu 8.04 with last weeks kernel upgrade. It runs fine but I can't get my USB to work (see my other thread), though that's likely a separate issue.

Hi,

I resolved the problem by logging in to Ubuntu 8.04 using the kernel 2.6.24.18-generic, I reinstalled Virtualbox 1.6.2 using dpkg -i virtualbox_1.6.2-31466_Ubuntu_hardy_i386.deb and accepting the option to complie the vboxdrv kernel module.

I presume that each time Ubuntu issues a new kernel image, I will have to repeate this?

Thanks