Virtualbox OSE's first use

Hi guys,

I'm new to Linux (distro Ubuntu). Please forgive me for my green question but...

Today I installed the app by doing apt-get virtualbox ose.
It installed. I can see the GUI in X and everything.

In the shell, I saw this:

WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
Please install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for your kernel,
which is likely virtualbox-ose-modules-generic.

You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

What is a character device?
How do I create it?

I tried apt-get virtualbox-ose-modules-generic
Doesn't work...

What else do you suggest I try?

if you have a 2.6.22 kernel you could try :

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-generic

other packages you can try :

virtualbox-ose-modules-virtual
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules

or try : apt-cache search virtualbox | grep modules
or : apt-cache search virtualbox | grep generic

Should be some package there to support the character device.

Hi Benitito,

Thanks for your reply.
However, nothing seems to work!!

Here is a copy of my terminal output:

apt-get install virtual-ose-modules-virtual
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package virtual-ose-modules-virtual

apt-get virtualbox-ose-guest-modules
E: Invalid operation virtualbox-ose-guest-modules

apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-mogdules
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package virtualbox-ose-guest-mogdules

# apt-get install apt-cache search virtualbox Àgrep modules
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package apt-cache

apt-cache search virtualbox| grep modules
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-16-386 - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-16-386
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-16-generic - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-16-generic
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-16-openvz - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-16-openvz
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-16-rt - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-16-rt
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-16-server - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-16-server
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-16-virtual - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-16-virtual
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-16-386 - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-16-386
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-16-generic - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-16-generic
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-16-openvz - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-16-openvz
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-16-rt - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-16-rt
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-16-server - virtualbox-ose modules for linux-image-2.6.24-16-server
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-16-virtual - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-16-virtual
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-18-386 - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-18-386
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-18-generic - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-18-generic
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-18-openvz - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-18-openvz
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-18-rt - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-18-rt
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-18-server - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-18-server
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-18-virtual - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-18-virtual
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-19-386 - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-19-386
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-19-generic - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-19-openvz - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-19-openvz
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-19-rt - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-19-rt
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-19-server - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-19-server
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-19-virtual - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-19-virtual
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-20-386 - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-20-386
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-20-generic - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-20-generic
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-20-openvz - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-20-openvz
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-20-rt - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-20-rt
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-20-server - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-20-server
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-20-virtual - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-2.6.24-20-virtual
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-386 - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-386
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-generic - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-generic
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-openvz - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-openvz
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-rt - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-rt
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-server - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-server
virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-virtual - virtualbox-ose-guest module for linux-image-virtual
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-18-386 - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-18-386
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-18-generic - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-18-generic
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-18-openvz - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-18-openvz
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-18-rt - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-18-rt
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-18-server - virtualbox-ose modules for linux-image-2.6.24-18-server
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-18-virtual - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-18-virtual
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-19-386 - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-19-386
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-19-generic - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-19-openvz - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-19-openvz
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-19-rt - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-19-rt
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-19-server - virtualbox-ose modules for linux-image-2.6.24-19-server
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-19-virtual - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-19-virtual
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-20-386 - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-20-386
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-20-generic - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-20-generic
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-20-openvz - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-20-openvz
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-20-rt - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-20-rt
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-20-server - virtualbox-ose modules for linux-image-2.6.24-20-server
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-20-virtual - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-2.6.24-20-virtual
virtualbox-ose-modules-386 - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-386
virtualbox-ose-modules-generic - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-generic
virtualbox-ose-modules-openvz - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-openvz
virtualbox-ose-modules-rt - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-rt
virtualbox-ose-modules-server - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-server
virtualbox-ose-modules-virtual - virtualbox-ose module for linux-image-virtual

apt-get install virtualvox-ose-modules02.6.24.19-virtual
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package virtualvox-ose-modules02.6.24.19-virtual

apt-get install virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24.20-openvz
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24.20-openvz


Weird?
I'm not sure which kernel I am running....

What does the following command give you? :

Code:

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uname -a

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Also note the typos:
apt-get install virtualvox-ose-modules02.6.24.19-virtual
apt-get install virtualvox-ose-modules-2.6.24.19-virtual

apt-get install virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24.20-openvz
apt-get install virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-20-openvz

Hi Benitito,

Granted on the typos. Tried again with proper spelling of virtualbox and same error...

As for the result of uname -a, I have the following:

Linux CENNAT-4 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 23:41:49 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux