Question

5

Run Oracle VM VirtualBox on Ubuntu 13.04

rated 0 times [ 5] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 3205 / 3 Years ago, sat, october 9, 2021, 1:48:52

When I try to run Oracle VM VirtualBox, it says that I need to add a kernel module and recompile the Linux kernel for it to work.

The error I get is:

WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel or it failed to
load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

I downloaded Oracle VM VirtualBox from their download site and selected the deb package for Ubuntu 13.04 AMD64

How would I do that?

Answers

Only authorized users can answer the question. Please sign in first, or register a free account.

lowstonnequ

Add To Favorites

Follow

Total Points: 279

Total Questions: 125

Total Answers: 123

Location: Finland

Member since Sun, Dec 5, 2021

2 Years ago

lowstonnequ questions

1 Battery indicator/upower not working since 22.10 upgrade

Wed, Oct 26, 22, 14:40, 2 Years ago

1 Keyboard ALT + SHIFT doesn't work

Tue, Feb 28, 23, 01:39, 1 Year ago

1 wifi not working after kernel update to 5.13.0-27-generic in Ubuntu 20.04

Sat, Mar 12, 22, 18:48, 2 Years ago

1 How do I handle windows that are too tall?

Wed, Dec 1, 21, 23:44, 2 Years ago

1 Gnome extensions under Ubuntu 21.10

Thu, Apr 21, 22, 13:13, 2 Years ago

View All

answered 3 Years ago ticeate · Accepted Answer

Make sure you have linux kernel headers and build essentials installed:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-generic linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential dkms

Then run:

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

watch for errors.