<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">virtualbox-qt (4.3.10-dfsg-1) requires virtualbox-dkms. Without this, I get the following error when I try to start a virtual machine:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">
<p style="margin:0px"><font face="monospace"><span style="font-weight:600">Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)</span><br><br>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<br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">'/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'</span><br><br>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.</font></p><p style="margin:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px">However, /etc/init.d/vboxdrv does not exist. But if I install virtualbox-dkms manually my virtual machine will start up. It seems like virtualbox should at least suggest virtualbox-dkms be installed.</p><p style="margin:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px">I'm using Mint 17 and Synaptic.</p><p style="margin:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px">thanks</p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Scott</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div>