Comments on: How To Install VirtualBox Open Source Edition on Ubuntu 7.10

By: Aida Philips

Aida Philips — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:58:45 +0000

when i start to install virtual box on my computer i receive a message that the software is no compatible with the window logo. I need your help to install this software or recommend me an other that passed the windows xp logo.

Many thanks for your help

By: Serg

Serg — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:18:23 +0000

Can i run my lexmark p4350 from vbox?

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:00:59 +0000

It is a shame that virtualbox is so tricky. The first time I installed it, everything worked fine. A few months later my HDD died on me, forcing a reinstall of everything on a new drive.

Installed Ubuntu etc…, then got to reinstalling Virtualbox. Completely buggered up the OS after install. I had to reformat and start again.

Now, after installing through the package manager I have kernal not loaded problems once again.

Pity.

By: peter

peter — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:27:06 +0000

This is about the 10th ‘how to install virtualbox on gutsy’ tutorial I’ve recently read. None of them work
I guess virtualbox should have a correct install script, otherwise newbies might think it’s a pile of shit.
Shame on Sun.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:48:41 +0000

Havo no /dev/vboxdrv folder…?

By: LiNuts

LiNuts — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:05:59 +0000

Maaaan, this is one of the best Vbox tutorials out there! Geez, I’d tried it the first time and worked by the book. Then a few weeks after that I had to reinstall Ubuntu(nothing to do with Vbox, though…)and then I couldn’t find this page again. Will never happen again! I’m just bookmarking it! ;D

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:29:48 +0000

Why am I getting this error?

pr@home:~/Desktop$ sudo m-a a-i virtualbox-ose
sudo: m-a: command not found
pr@home:~/Desktop$

By: Roy

Roy — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:46:33 +0000

I’m new to Linux. Please help.

Followed your instructions and got the following error when running
sudo m-a a-i virtualbox-ose

Onscreen message:
Updated infos about 1 packages
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.22-14-server
Kernel headers available in /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-server
Creating symlink…
apt-get install build-essential
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Done!
unpack
Extracting the package tarball, /usr/src/virtualbox-ose.tar.bz2, please wait…
Target package file /usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-server_1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu3+2.6.22-14.46_i386.deb already exists, not
rebuilding!
(however, you could use the -f switch to ignore it)
dpkg -Ei /usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-server_1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu3+2.6.22-14.46_i386.deb
dpkg: regarding …/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-server_1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu3+2.6.22-14.46_i386.deb containing virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-server:
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-server conflicts with virtualbox-ose-modules
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-generic provides virtualbox-ose-modules and is present and installed.
dpkg: error processing /usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-server_1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu3+2.6.22-14.46_i386.deb (–install):
conflicting packages – not installing virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-server
Errors were encountered while processing:
/usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-server_1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu3+2.6.22-14.46_i386.deb

I: Direct installation failed, trying to post-install the dependencies

apt-get -f install
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:44:33 +0000

Thanks for the clear, easy-to-understand guide! I had trouble installing VirtualBox with Synaptic Package Manager GUI, but your instructions quickly solved the problem. Will look forward to reading more useful information…

By: aspir8or

aspir8or — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:24:24 +0000

Ok, I’m lost. How do I modprobe vnboxdrv? Never added modules to the kernel before. sudo m-a a-i virtualbox-ose closes with error
Setting up virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-generic (1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu1+2.6.22-14.43) …
FATAL: Error inserting vboxdrv (/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/misc/vboxdrv.ko): Invalid argument
* Reloading kernel event manager…

Alpha_Cluster suggest modprobe, but I’ve never added modules to a kernel before, how do I do that?

No hurry. I’ll check back in a month when I get out of hospital. Going in today for spine surgery.

Cheers.