Yesterday morning I got the following error message on my Ubuntu 10.4 host, trying to start up my Windows 7 Enterprise (64-bit)Virtual Box guest.
Virtual box error NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
The short answer is to run
sudo '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
The results are the following, after which the VMs fire up just fine.
cgrant@desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
[sudo] password for cgrant:
* Stopping VirtualBox kernel module * done.
* Removing old VirtualBox netadp kernel module * done.
* Removing old VirtualBox netflt kernel module * done.
* Removing old VirtualBox kernel module * done.
* Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module * done.
* Starting VirtualBox kernel module * done.
cgrant@desktop:~$
[sudo] password for cgrant:
* Stopping VirtualBox kernel module * done.
* Removing old VirtualBox netadp kernel module * done.
* Removing old VirtualBox netflt kernel module * done.
* Removing old VirtualBox kernel module * done.
* Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module * done.
* Starting VirtualBox kernel module * done.
cgrant@desktop:~$
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI have same error but after I run this command sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup I have this error
* Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules * done.
* Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules
Error! There are no instances of module: vboxhost
3.2.12 located in the DKMS tree.
* done.
* Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS
Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 2.6.32-34-generic cannot be found at
/lib/modules/2.6.32-34-generic/build or /lib/modules/2.6.32-34-generic/source.
* Failed, trying without DKMS
* Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules
* Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong
How can avoid such error