Virtualbox Help SOLVED

[kachilda]

I downloaded and installed virtualbox and went to use it in Mint 5.0.rc2 and got this message.


VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Please install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for your kernel, e.g. virtualbox-ose-modules-generic..
VBox status code: -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED).


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}

I'm a rookie at the command line and not sure what packages it needs any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[67GTA]

Open a terminal and become root

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su

. Run

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gedit /etc/modules

Then add

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vboxdrv

and save the file. Reboot and see if that works. Sometimes the kernel module (vboxdrv) doesn't get loaded correctly.

[kachilda]

Thanks. I'll give it a try and post back. koodles on the latest mint distro i look forward to the final release. (Take your time).
I do have another question though I was wondering where i mite be able to find and download a tool bar like the one in the latest dream linux release. I found one for windows at http://www.crystalxp.net/ and would like to be able to incorporate it into my linux distro Thanks again.

[67GTA]

Avant seems to be pretty popular. It is in the repos. Just open the package manager and look for it.

[kachilda]

avant is way cool thanks. Mint is not letting me in as su i will log out and log back in to a terminal tomrow and try it again. if no luck there are other options. vm is not a necessity for me just a conveanance to keep me out o windows and in linux as much as posible. windows slow linux fast lifes good.

[67GTA]

Just use sudo.

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sudo gedit /etc/modules

and

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sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

When you use sudo, it gives you super-user powers to edit files. Sudo only requires your user password. What error did you get when trying to become su? If you type su in a terminal, it will ask for your root password, but the password is not shown while your typing it.

[piratesmack]

You have to

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sudo su

or else you get

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su: Authentication failure

I'll write you a quick little virtualbox howto:
-Download and install the latest Ubuntu x86 Virtualbox .deb (sounds like you have already)
http://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enf ... y_i386.deb
-Now open the Mint Menu and go to Administration>Users and Groups
-Click Unlock and type in your password
-Click Manage Groups
-Scroll down to the bottom and double-click vboxusers
-Add yourself and root to the group
-reboot

Now virtualbox will work, but you'll notice that USB doesn't work right.

Here's how to fix USB:
-open a terminal and type:

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sudo gedit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh

-That should open up a text editor, locate this:

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	#
	# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work
	#
	#mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
	#domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
	#ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
	#mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

-And uncomment those last 4 lines, so it should look like:

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	#
	# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work
	#
	mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
	domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
	ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
	mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

-Save and close the text editor
-Reboot

And everything should work

[kachilda]

Dude yo rock. Virtual box is now working perfect. Thanks

Moderator should I continue to ask my newbie questions in this thread or post them each as a knew topic under the umbrella of newbie questions. Thanks.

[67GTA]

It would be best to make a new post if it about something other than virtualbox.

[piratesmack]

Dude yo rock. Virtual box is now working perfect. Thanks

Moderator should I continue to ask my newbie questions in this thread or post them each as a knew topic under the umbrella of newbie questions. Thanks.

Whoops, just realized that the changes to /etc/fstab and /etc/init.d/mountkernfs.sh were unnecessary


So basically all you have to do is:
-Add yourself to the group, vboxusers, to get write permissions to /dev/vboxdrv
-Uncomment those 4 lines in /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh
-Reboot

And Virtualbox + USB will work fine

Sorry about those unnecessary changes

[kachilda]

No prob. This is a test install to see how to best partition my drive between Windows and Linux Mint; so any mistakes are all part of the learning curve. The idea is to see how many programs games and applications I really need to run in Windows and how many can be replaced with Linux. So far i see a couple of games, two or three Bible programs, and a Lambda Lexicon that came packaged with Cubase LE for (windows). The Bible programs I can run in Windows through Virtual box but the other two items I mentioned are best run in native Windows. Perhaps there's a workaround for my Lambda Lexicon I'll post that question in the appropriate place under hardware. So no worry s and thanks again for the help.