VirtualBox

[Steven Davies-Morris]

On 10/01/2014 02:04 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> Good evening
> Maybe this is not the right place to ask, but I would appreciate, if you
> could bear with me for a second.
>
> I installed VirtualBox via the Software-Center. Xubuntu 14.04; 2 note
> PCs; plenty of RAM, HDD space
> Added the "name" of a virtual machine.
> When I try to start/run VB, I get the error:
> "Failed to open a session for the virtual machine "WinXP".
> "Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)"
>
> Following the instructions in the User Manual an trying to install said
> WinXP does not work, because the error occurs first of all.
>
> I tried to work on this for hours on end, googled me silly but cannot
> find anything that really helps.
> ALL entries relating to this (or similar) problems are at least 5-6
> years old.
> (meaning the problem should have been fixed by now?)
>
> Tried to follow all sorts of suggestions, like manually downloading some
> libraries, dependencies etc.,
> manually installing VB and/or parts thereof,
> running: "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup"
> etc.
>
> but so far nothing has worked.
>
> Is there maybe a trick somewhere that DOES NOT require me completing a
> course in computer science?
> Preferrably one written/explained in plain English without all the
> specialized computer terminology that I do not understand.
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience.
> (I have been told many times in the past: "If you don't know anything
> about computers, should not dare go near Linux.")
> Thomas

FYI.  This is the link for the virtualbox specific mailing list.  I am 
on it and have found it very useful over the last few years.

<https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community>
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