Cannot install OS

ahurd · Post by **ahurd** » 30. Jul 2008, 17:39

I am on Kubuntu 8.04. I have installed and configured VB 1.5.6. When I try to start VB with win2000 disk in CD drive in order to install win2000, I get

The VirtualBox kernel driver is not accessible to the current user. Make sure that the user has write permissions for /dev/vboxdrv by adding them to the vboxusers groups. You will need to logout for the change to take effect..
VBox status code: -1909 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE

Googling gives reports of similar probs. Could someone tell me how to proceed?

AllenSco · Post by **AllenSco** » 30. Jul 2008, 22:34

Let me give this a shot. Get out of VB and go to the user manager in KDE (I use Gnome). Under the groups management, find vboxusers and make sure YOU are in that group. Then log out and back in and it should start up for you.

I did the same thing...no worries now. All is working.

Hope this helps...

Allen

ahurd · Post by **ahurd** » 31. Jul 2008, 01:31

Did all that as far as I can see. A little googling showed that there may be a problem with VB concerning vboxdrv and 2.6.24-19 kernel although not 2.6.24-18. I tried the following:

albert@ALBERT:~$ sudo modprobe vboxdrv
[sudo] password for albert:
FATAL: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-openvz/misc/vboxdrv.ko': No such file or directory

so apparently vboxdrv is not even installed. How do I get VB correctly installed in Kubuntu 8.04 since it has 2.6.24-19 kernel, or can I somehow get the vboxdrv part installed separately?

Post by **Sasquatch** » 31. Jul 2008, 09:10

Vboxdrv is not a module, but a device. Check /dev/ if there is a listing of vboxdrv. If it's not, run sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup and you're good to go. If you use the OSE version, install the proper kernel module (virtualbox-modules-<kernel type>).