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Virtualbox Kernel driver not installed

I am trying to install Oracle VirtualBox on Ubuntu.

I have installed virtualbox-4.2 from the Oracle website without a hiccup; however, when I create a new windows and try to start it I get the following two error messages.

One says: Kernel driver not installed(rc=-1908) and proceeds to tell me to run /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

The other says: 

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine. The virtual machine has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1.

I tried sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup and discovered that vboxdrv does not exist in the init.d directory. I have been trying to install this for some time without success. I would be very grateful for any help any one could offer.

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  • Do you still have the OSE edition from the software centre installed? If so, remove it before trying to install the PUEL version from the Oracle website. – fabricator4 Dec 26 '12 at 05:34
  • Oh, and why would this be off topic? Installing and running third party applications on Ubuntu is ON-topic. – fabricator4 Dec 26 '12 at 05:35
  • I ran a sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-ose before I installed the oracle version. – BBS Dec 26 '12 at 08:03
  • Sorry, what do you mean this is off topic, I'm new did I post this in the wrong spot? – BBS Dec 26 '12 at 08:04
  • Aww yes, I saw that post, but all the answers were based on being able to run sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup, and I do not have vboxdrv in my init.d directory, so the answers on the other problem seemed moot to me. – BBS Dec 26 '12 at 08:17
  • @Banner B. schafer : not you, someone else flagged this as off topic. It might be a duplicate, but it's not off-topic ;-) – fabricator4 Dec 26 '12 at 08:19
  • Try the sudo command-you might not be able to see or execute the file unless you use sudo. – fabricator4 Dec 26 '12 at 08:21
  • Okay that's working I think I'm now getting an error telling me to check /var/log/vbox-install.log, and that tells me I failed to install dkms and the computer is attempting to install without a makefile:181 – BBS Dec 26 '12 at 08:27
  • Okay I got it. I don't quite know what happened. Do I close this issue now? – BBS Dec 26 '12 at 08:44

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