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The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv.
Please reinstall the kernel module by executing

'/sbin/rcvboxdrv setup'

as root. If it is available in your distribution, you should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps
track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.

where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not
installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.

*** When this command is run

bash: /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup: No such file or directory

***** Changed to
bash: /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup

Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS ...done.
Starting VirtualBox kernel modules ...failed!
(modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why)

dmesg gives

[ 2240.977157] VBoxSVCWatcher[7187]: segfault at 18 ip 00007fa4faf4ecb0 sp 00007fa4ec173e80 error 4 in VBoxXPCOM.so[7fa4faef7000+ff000]

Thanks for any help to get this resolved.
Bob

I would purge VirtualBox and then install new being sure to use the official version from virtualbox.org.

Thanks. I was just hoping there was an easy fix before having to doing that. Been running VB for better than 6 years and this is the first time I've seen an update
destroy it this bad. Previous updates that killed it was an easy fix.

It can be due to a lot of things and you and I conversing about it will take a lot longer to figure it out. You can continue to diagnose this and yes you can fix it, but depending on the kernel verrsion, version of VBox, Etc. it will have a lot to do with your success. Remember that kernel updates can overrun the installed version of VBox and even if you have installed an earlier version that depended on init.d and the OS not longer supporting it. Sometimes it is just easier to purge and install. Your guest will remain intact so that should not be a concern.

Thanks. Already working on the purge.

Well, Now there is really something going wrong.

Installing 5.1 on 14.04 ran fine

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a
permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executing

'/sbin/vboxconfig'

as root.

where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The
support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.

*** I ran this, and it all seemed to be doing good but then errored.

vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.

*** dmesg gives

[ 2240.977157] VBoxSVCWatcher[7187]: segfault at 18 ip 00007fa4faf4ecb0 sp 00007fa4ec173e80 error 4 in VBoxXPCOM.so[7fa4faef7000+ff000]

It also gives something about nss-myhostname
but that is not available when I try to install it.
E: Unable to locate package nss-myhostname

What version of QT are you running?

Ubuntu 14.04, I use VLC, never installed Quick Time.

Quick time is not available in the software center. Is there a command line install?

Thanks

Did you read the link I sent you. Linux QT is not Quick Time like you remember it.

"Qt is used mainly for developing application software with graphical user interfaces (GUIs)"

Run the following in the host terminal:
qmake --version

Showed who uses it, including VLC etc, I guess I was looking for something about installing it, but I was thinking
it was Apple quick time.

I'll try another way to get this working or just pull out the old Win 7 laptop and fire it up, has exact setup. I only use it
one or twice a month, so it's not too much a priority.

qmake: could not exec '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qmake': No such file or directory

Perryg wrote:Run the following in the host terminal:
qmake --version

You probably need to upgrade to qt5 since the latest version of VirtualBox relies on it.