On my notebook computer I have Virtual Box running quite well. On my desktop the results are quite different at this point. On attempting to start up a virtual machine the following pop up error occurs:

VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Please install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for your kernel, e.g. virtualbox-ose-modules-generic..

VBox status code: -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED).

Interface:

Result Code:	0x80004005
Component:	Console
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}

And here''s how it presents itself:


The error message tells me to install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for my kernel. To identify my computers kernel I will open the terminal and execute the following code:

• $ uname -r
  

And when I do I get the following reply: 2.6.24-19-generic

In the Synaptic Package Manager I search for VirtualBox and select to download and install the following:

virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.24-19-generic

Despite the fact that I have the driver installed now, the same error remains. I posted for help at the VirtualBox forum. This is how I learned that I should ensure that I have installed Install gcc, automake, autoconf, kernel-source. Then I had to actually uninstall the virtualbox-ose via the Synaptic Package manager. I then downloaded VirtualBox directly from the following web page: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads. Once installed I was able to open the VirtualBox, then the guest operating system without the error!