VirtualBox

[Dick Dowdell]

On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz <thomas at s7.dion.ne.jp>
wrote:

>
> (2014/10/02 4:33), NoOp wrote:
>
>> On 10/01/2014 02:37 AM, Nils Kassube wrote:
>>
>>> Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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)"
>>>>
>>> The kernel driver should be installed through DKMS automatically when
>>> there is a new kernel. Therefore I suppose that the package
>>> "virtualbox-dkms" is missing on your system.
>>>
>>>
>>> Nils
>>>
>>>
>>>  The repository virtualbox-dkms is not necessary, you only need the base
>> dkms package[1]:
>>
>> $ dpkg -l | grep dkms
>> ii  dkms
>> 2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5  all  Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
>> ii  sl-modem-dkms 2.9.11~20110321-9 amd64        SmartLink software
>> modem driver - module building source
>>
>> @Thomas:
>>
>> if you have not already added the virtualbox repository to your
>> /etc/apt/sources.list add it now:
>>
>> echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian trusty
>> contrib" > /etc/apt/sources.list
>>
>> Note: don't add it again if you already have done this previously.
>>
>> Backup your 'VirtualBox VMs' folder, or any other folder with your
>> vmdk's before you do anything else.
>>
>> Then
>>
>> sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev linux-headers-`uname -r`
>> sudo apt-get install dkms
>> sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-4.3
>> wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo
>> apt-key add -
>> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
>> sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.3
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> <https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads>
>> ====
>>   Note: Ubuntu/Debian users might want to install the dkms package to
>> ensure that the VirtualBox host kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt and
>> vboxnetadp) are properly updated if the linux kernel version changes
>> during the next apt-get upgrade. For Debian it is available in Lenny
>> backports and in the normal repository for Squeeze and later. The dkms
>> package can be installed through the Synaptic Package manager or through
>> the following command:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install dkms
>> ====
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>  Thank you!
> But, I am really sorry about that, I do not understand how to add this
> repository thing to some file ...
>
> Anyway, I tried (I really am; I am spending hours on end on this ...) to
> follow your instructions.
> Could not make them work the first time (this includes removing VirtualBox
> once, right?), so I went through the entire process several times.
> Finally VB showed up WITHOUT error, but that is about it.
> I am supposed to be shown a "First Session Wizard" or so (the instruction
> manual says so) to actually install an OS, but there is no such thing.
> VB just sits there and does not allow me to do anything.
>
> AND ..... while fixing a minor problem, I with a new, MAJOR problem. See
> next thread.
>
> (Linux is definitely not for the faint-hearted!
> I have been trying (!!) for seven years to get friendly with it and never
> made it past the OS setup.
> After that it is always an unending stream of problems with just about
> everything.)
>
>
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Thomas,

I've used VirtualBox on Ubuntu for years and have had only the occasional
problem building the vbox guest additions on some Linux guest systems.
There is one problem that I have noticed when starting a VM.  Some PC BIOS
come with hardware virtualization turned off.  Neither VirtualBox or VMware
will start a VM if that is the case.  You may want to check your BIOS
settings.
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