[xubuntu-users] Virtual Box Lost

[Pasi Lallinaho]

On 05/17/2012 08:52 PM, Michael Comperchio wrote:
>
>
> On 05/17/2012 01:50 PM, Pasi Lallinaho wrote:
>> On 05/17/2012 08:47 PM, Michael Comperchio wrote:
>>> Ok, so I got fed up trying to get the NVIDIA drivers working again
>>> in *Oneiric Ocelot, so I ran the command line distro updater...
>>> marvelous, I've got X back. But I've lost VirtualBox!!!!!
>>>
>>> From the popup window....
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
>>>
>>
>> Please run this from terminal;
>>
>> sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>> I am not really that knowledgeable about kernal stuff ... HELP!
>>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Pasi
>> -- 
>> Pasi Lallinaho (knome)                      » http://open.knome.fi/
>> Leader of Xubuntu and Shimmer Project       » http://shimmerproject.org/
>> Graphic artist, webdesigner, Ubuntu member  » http://xubuntu.org/
>>
>>
> I tried that! /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup doesn't exist... I tried
> removing, then installing, still no sunshine..
> -- 
>
> Michael Comperchio
>
> michael.comperchio at gmail.com
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>
You could try installing the virtualbox-dkms -package.

Cheers,
Pasi

-- 
Pasi Lallinaho (knome)                      » http://open.knome.fi/
Leader of Xubuntu and Shimmer Project       » http://shimmerproject.org/
Graphic artist, webdesigner, Ubuntu member  » http://xubuntu.org/

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