Virtual box driver problem

[Kungfuu_Plop]

Hi, Sorry if this is the wrong place to put it, I have installed virtual Box configured and when I click start I get this messege

VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Re-setup the kernel module by executing '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' as root.
VBox status code: -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED).


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

Could someone please advise in dumb dumb lanuage ,total noob,thankyou guys =D
and btw I have tried doing what it says but it says no such directry or some such ='[[[

[smolloy]

I've seen this error before. I think you need to install the vboxdrv module.

Can you tell us which linux distro you're using?

[Kungfuu_Plop]

Well my mate gave it to me on a disc it is called linuxOS07 or something ,sorry I cant be of anymore help

[smolloy]

Try this and tell me what happens

/sbin/modprobe -l *box*

[Kungfuu_Plop]

[root@laronkarn will]# /sbin/modprobe -1 *box*
/sbin/modprobe: invalid option -- 1
Usage: /sbin/modprobe [-v] [-V] [-C config-file] [-n] [-i] [-q] [-b] [-o <modname>] [ --dump-modversions ] <modname> [parameters...]
/sbin/modprobe -r [-n] [-i] [-v] <modulename> ...
/sbin/modprobe -l -t <dirname> [ -a <modulename> ...]

[smolloy]

It's not -1, it's -l (a lower case "L")

/sbin/modprobe -l *box*

Just copy and paste from here and it will work.

[Kungfuu_Plop]

[root@laronkarn will]# /sbin/modprobe -l *box*
/lib/modules/2.6.18.8.tex5/misc/vboxdrv.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.18.8.tex5/kernel/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.18.8.tex5/kernel/3rdparty/vbox/vboxdrv.ko.gz

[smolloy]

Cool. The first line shows that you have the vboxdrv module on your system. Now let's try inserting it into the running kernel.

modprobe vboxdrv
lsmod | grep vboxdrv

Copy the output here again.

[Kungfuu_Plop]

[root@laronkarn will]# modprobe vboxdrv
FATAL: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.18.8.tex5/misc/vboxdrv.ko': No such file or directory
[root@laronkarn will]# lsmod | grep vboxdrv
[root@laronkarn will]#

Okay this is slightly ove my head
I was expecting some code to pop up to the second line

[smolloy]

Weird. That should have worked.

What happens when you do this?

ls /lib/modules/2.6.18.8.tex5/misc/