[xubuntu-users] Virtual Box Lost

[Joshua O'Leary]

On 17/05/12 19:10, Michael Comperchio wrote:
>
>
> On 05/17/2012 02:07 PM, Joshua O'Leary wrote:
>> On 17/05/12 18:47, 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'
>>>
>>> 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!
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> Michael Comperchio
>>>
>>> michael.comperchio at gmail.com
>>> 860 387 2650
>>> 44 Eagle St, 3 fl
>>> Torrington, CT. 06790
>>> */Computers were created to help people become more productive... 
>>> then someone invented the internet./*
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> Michael Comperchio
>>>
>>> michael.comperchio at gmail.com
>>> 860 387 2650
>>> 44 Eagle St, 3 fl
>>> Torrington, CT. 06790
>>> */Computers were created to help people become more productive... 
>>> then someone invented the internet./*
>>>
>>>
>> sudo modprobe vboxdrv
>>
>>
> module vboxdrv not found
>
> ugh.
> -- 
>
> Michael Comperchio
>
> michael.comperchio at gmail.com
> 860 387 2650
> 44 Eagle St, 3 fl
> Torrington, CT. 06790
> */Computers were created to help people become more productive... then 
> someone invented the internet./*
>
>
Try
sudo apt-get --reinstall install virtualbox-ose-dkms -y

Joshua
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