Vboxdrv software is not installed in the Machine

Asked By ingridgonzalou 30 points N/A Posted on - 02/08/2013

Hi,

The “virtualbox-dkms” software is installed before now. “Sudo modprobe vboxdrv” explained that vboxdrv software is not installed in the machine. I installed the package again. On the other hand it gives similar error. After that I uninstalled and installed virtualbox again by the side of all helpful packages.

However it gives a similar error till now. Will somebody assist me with explained procedure to get on working?

 

Kernel driver not installed (rca-1908)

Please install the Virtualbox-dkms package and execute ‘modprobe vboxdrv’ as root.

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Win XP

The Virtual machine ‘WinXP’ has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1.

 

• Status: Open
• Question Views: 768
• Answer Count: 1
• Vote Up 0 Vote Down

• Answer Accepted: No
• Question Category: Software Others

Answered By Drake Vivian 30 points N/A #143345

Vboxdrv software is not installed in the Machine

 

Hi there Ingridgonzalou,

 

This happens sometimes after updating the Linux OS and the solution is really quick and simple.

 

Try running the following commands, one by one:

 

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude install dkms

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

 

Those commands should go through the setup and update and repair all the missing, corrupted or outdated files so everything should be working again.

About Drake Vivian

Questions
0

Answers
820

Best Answers
186

• Vote Up 0 Vote Down

• Posted on - 02/28/2013
• Question Category: Software Others