Virtual box not running - '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' issue

Question

Before asking i have checked Virtualbox Kernel driver not installed and VirtualBox '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' issue, i have exactly same issue and have reinstalled VB also,

output of running sudo dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms is shown below :

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Deleting module version: 4.1.12 completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done. Loading new virtualbox-4.1.12 DKMS files... Building only for 3.5.0-47-generic Building initial module for 3.5.0-47-generic 
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.5.0-47-generic (i686) 
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/make.log for more information.

make.log

DKMS make.log for virtualbox-4.1.12 for kernel 3.5.0-47-generic (i686) Thu Apr 3 21:37:08 IST 2014 make: Entering directory /usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-47-generic' LD
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/built-in.o LD
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/built-in.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrv.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvSem.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/alloc-r0drv.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/initterm-r0drv.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/memobj-r0drv.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/mpnotification-r0drv.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/powernotification-r0drv.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/assert-r0drv-linux.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/initterm-r0drv-linux.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.o /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c: In function ‘rtR0MemObjLinuxDoMmap’: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1150:9: error: implicit declaration of function ‘do_mmap’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] cc1: some warnings being treated as errors make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv] Error 2 make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build] Error 2 make: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-47-generic'

If someone has faced same situation...please help me out!!

Answer 1

Since no helpful answer is found, here is what helped me... :

uninstall the exisiting VB :

  sudo apt-get purge virtualbox

Dependency

First install the dependency package to avoid error.**

sudo apt-get install dkms

To add PPA

Open a terminal and run the following command to download and install the key from Oracle. Issue the password for the user when prompted.

wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

After installing the Oracle public key, use the below command to add it to your repository.

For Ubuntu 13.10

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian saucy contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

For Ubuntu 13.04

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian raring contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

For Ubuntu 12.10

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian quantal contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

For Ubuntu 12.04

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian precise contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

For Ubuntu 11.10

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian oneiric contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

For Ubuntu 11.04

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian natty contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

Once you added the repo using the above command,
Update your repository.

sudo apt-get update

To Install

Now install the virtualbox 4.3 using the below command.

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.3

To install the previous version just replace 4.3 to 4.2 / 4.1 / 4.0 / 3.2 in the above command.

To Open

Go to dash and type Virtualbox, click on the icon.

here is source url