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VirtualBox choking

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I had VirtualBox running just fine but on the update to 11.04 it choked. I am running:

dkms version 2.1.1.2-5ubuntu1

virtualbox-ose-dkms v. 4.0.4-dfsg-1ubuntu4.1

virtualbox-ose-qt v. 4.0.4-dfsg-1ubuntu4.1

virtualbox-ose v. 4.0.4-dfsg-1ubuntu4.1

When I try to create a new machine or launch my existing machine, I get two alerts:

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and execute 'modprobe
vboxdrv' as root.

I tried that and got an error: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found.

The other alert just reads:

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Foo. The virtual
machine 'Foo' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit
code 1.

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: Machine
Interface: IMachine {662c175e-a69d-40b8-a77a-1d719d0ab062}

Web forums all seem to suggest that other people addressed the latter error message by installing VirtualBox 3.2.12, but we're past that now.

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answered 2 Years ago restlerfin · Accepted Answer

You're possibly missing the kernel headers, you can install these by running:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic

If you've a kernel update available, but do not wish to install the new kernel, install the headers matching the loaded kernel by running:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

After installation, the VirtualBox kernel modules are (re-)built automatically.