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When I installed Virtual box it would not run a machine. Same problem as encountered previously of it missing vboxdrv. Old fixes didnt work.

VMWare won't install as kernel headers do not match.

Can anyone help~? Thanks

Tom Bucknall
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  • What is the error message you get for the kernel errors with VMWare? – Charles Green Oct 29 '14 at 21:06
  • I also encountered this. In my case apparently, when virtualbox (vb) was updated the extension pack wasn't that caused vb to crash. So I removed vb completely. downloaded the latest version and the latest extension pack and installed both. After that my old vdi worked just fine! Hope this helps. A –  Oct 29 '14 at 20:48
  • @CharlesGreen It told me that it couldn't find kernel header 3.13.0-37-generic and that if it was under a different directory. Then gave me an option to browse to find it. – Tom Bucknall Oct 30 '14 at 10:22
  • @TomBucknall Have you tried `sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-uname -r – Charles Green Oct 30 '14 at 13:12
  • @TomBucknall Code in comments is difficult - the "uname -r" needs to have backticks around it when entered into a command line. This expands unto the version number , so the command becomes sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-3.13.0-37 – Charles Green Oct 30 '14 at 13:18
  • @CharlesGreen It says: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done Package linux-headers-3.13.0-37-generic is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source     – Tom Bucknall Oct 30 '14 at 14:06
  • @TomBucknallI should have read more carefully - as of Ubuntu 14.10, you should be on kernel 3.16, not 3.13. Can you enter the command uname -r and verify that you are running the current kernel? – Charles Green Oct 30 '14 at 15:04
  • @CharlesGreen It says that I am on 3.13 – Tom Bucknall Oct 30 '14 at 15:09
  • @TomBucknall Interesting. And the command lsb_release -a – Charles Green Oct 30 '14 at 15:11
  • @CharlesGreen No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.10 Release: 14.10 Codename: utopic – Tom Bucknall Oct 30 '14 at 15:14
  • Did you recently upgrade from Ubuntu 13.04 or 13.10? Somehow your system is stuck on an older kernel version – Charles Green Oct 30 '14 at 15:19
  • @CharlesGreen Nope, I installed 14.04 then recently 14.10 when it prompted the upgrade. I did have a little problem with booting to a black screen (I upgraded nvidia) and the fix for that may have something to do with it. – Tom Bucknall Oct 30 '14 at 15:22
  • @TomBucknall Will post in answer - askubuntu is complaining about extended conversations. – Charles Green Oct 30 '14 at 15:26

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The kernel in use is 13.13.0-37, but should be 13.16 for Utopic.

My suggestion for attempting to fix this would be as follows:

Backup important data...

Remove the Nvidia drivers, as they may be a problem when upgrading kernels. They can be reinstalled after kernel upgrade

Attempt to do a distribution upgrade: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

reboot

Check to see if the kernel has been update uname -r - kernel should be 3.16.0-24

Reinstall Nvidia drivers if desired

Reinstall VMWare

Charles Green
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Thank's to Charles Greens's answer, Next time when I installed VMware Player I followed this:

VMware Player 7.0.0 Installation

First of all, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

To install VMware Player 7.0.0 under Ubuntu 14.10 or older, run simply these commands from the Terminal:

mkdir ~/VMware && cd ~/VMware 

wget -c http://goo.gl/A9LHQv -O VMware-Player-7.0.0.x86_64.bundle.tar

tar -xvf VMware-Player-7.0.0.x86_64.bundle.tar

chmod +x VMware-Player-7.0.0-2305329.x86_64.bundle 

sudo sh VMware-Player-7.0.0-2305329.x86_64.bundle

Source: http://dothisbest.com/how-to/install-vmware-player-7-0-0-on-ubuntu-14-10/

Luzan Baral
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I fixed the problem by uninstalling the virtualbox installed in software center. Then install the deb package from official site.

lingceng
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